In colder climates, water erosion occurs during the spring with the thawing and melting action of the snow. Since water and wind are those responsible for soil erosion, climate plays a large role. Extreme weather events can be disastrous to the soil. For example, long periods of drought can lead to wind erosion and huge downpours of rain can lead to water erosion. Poor land care can also lead to erosion, for example farmers leaving the ground completely bare during rain season, clear cutting forests, or overgrazing a pasture.
Tropical rainforests are essential to keeping our planet healthy and supporting all life on Earth.
They help regulate our climate, decrease the greenhouse effect, and produce a large number of resources and edible food crops. A living rainforest is far more valuable to us, in every sense, than a cleared one, but a football field-sized area of the rainforest is destroyed every second. When we think about the rainforest, it might surprise us to think that something on the other side of the hemisphere can effect us so much. They regulate rainfall worldwide, which in turn controls our global climate. The largest source of terrestrial oxygen comes from the rainforest.