Fossils fuels and elss

• 4.2 gt carbon added to atmosphere annually
• 10% of additional atmospheric carbon is due to land use changes
• 8.3 gt of carbon is added to atmosphere due to fossil fuels and cement
• Rainforests sequest 5.9 tonnes carbon per hectare per year
• Deforestation causes large losses in carbon stored in soil and biomass
• Areas with higher biomass have higher npp
• Deforestation decreases interception and increases surface storage of water and overland flow
• transpiration and evaporative precosses in rainforests cools the climate and in areas that are deforsted temps are 3 degrees hogher