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.
Another example of a process which feeds on itself. And the list continues. Critical natural processes, including the life cycles of living things and evolution itself, depend on the maintenance of large intact areas, especially forested areas and other wildlands. To function effectively, these areas must remain relatively undisturbed by human activity. Breakdowns in the processes of nature are most noticeable in the loss of species we are experiencing, and in the resulting loss of biodiversity, which fuels the engine of evolution.