Areas affected by droughts tend to be the same as those susceptible to floods. And Nepal is not alone. The soil lost in one location rarely produces a gain where it ends up. Instead, siltation fills river beds and causes intensified downstream flooding, fills up lakes behind dams, and destroys offshore fisheries. A n increase in the intensity of hurricanes experienced in recent years has been tied to global warming.
Warmer seas feed developing storms with more moisture and energy.
Strange though it may seem to connect bigger blizzards with global warming, recent blizzards of increased intensity have been explained in the same way. M any of these examples of the impacts of lost forest cover fall under the heading of destabilizing of the earth's climate. Intense outbreaks of weather in particular areas are part of global changes in climate, termed global warming by many. Forests sequester immense amounts of carbon, including emissions from cars and other sources. Warmer climate means drier forests, which in turn means increased forest fires in northern forests.