Geography 1400F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Trade Winds, Leaf Area Index, Richard Leakey
3 Dec 2014
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With the loss of the tropical rainforests, we face the possibility of an extinction spasm as dramatic and far-reaching as anything in the history of life on earth. Michael robinson the itcz like a heat pump", producing warm, moist air that rises (nasa) Flows pole-ward cools & loses moisture (warmer air holds more moisture than cooler air fundamental control on patterns of life. The most comprehensive survey ever into the natural systems that sustain life on earth . Virtually all students of the extinction process agree that biological diversity is in the midst of its 6th great crisis, this time precipitated entirely by man [sic]. >20% of all coral reefs destroyed since 1980 (+ 20% degraded) (un mea) It is hard to avoid the conclusion that most coral in most areas will be lost [within 50 years]. We are looking at a loss which is equivalent to the tropical rain forests.
