Before revision: ● Mongabay graphing WRI data from upright=1.25|Amazon slash-and-burn agriculture, Colombia Palm oil plantation, Israel Effects of deforestation on climate change aspects Biophysical mechanisms by which forests influence climate According to a review, north of 50°N , large scale deforestation leads to an overall net global cooling while tropical deforestation leads to substantial warmingnot just due to impacts but also due to other biophysical mechanisms (making carbon-centric metrics inadequate) .
After revision: ● Mongabay graphing WRI data from upright=1.25|Amazon slash-and-burn agriculture, Colombia Palm oil plantation, Israel Effects of deforestation on climate change aspects Biophysical mechanisms by which forests influence climate Several studies since the early 1990s have shown that large-scale deforestation north of 50°N leads to overall net global cooling while tropical deforestation produces substantial warming .