• Question: What would happen if we stopped cutting down trees completely?

    Asked by grew021ace to Olga, Madhumidha, Connor, Canice, Aruna, Anthony on 10 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Aruna Chandrasekar

      Aruna Chandrasekar answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      We will be able to protect the environment in its natural order. I hope people stop cutting down trees.

    • Photo: Canice Coogan

      Canice Coogan answered on 10 Mar 2020: last edited 10 Mar 2020 5:51 pm

      If given time and space, trees (forests) would rejuvenate. This is occurring in some places around the world, but not enough.

      This is the number 1 way of returning our planet to stable climatic conditions that we had some 100 years ago, before climate change started.

    • Photo: Anthony Newell

      Anthony Newell answered on 11 Mar 2020: last edited 11 Mar 2020 9:26 pm

      Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air to grow so it wouldn’t increase as quickly or may even drop over a few years. The carbon dioxide levels actually drop worldwide May-July which is the northern hemisphere’s summer. This is because there’s more trees in the North than the South.

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