QUIZ: Tropical deforestation could disrupt rainfall globally

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What are potential impacts of large-scale deforestation in the tropics?

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Shifts in rainfall, locally and regionally

Shifts in temperatures

Damage to agricultural regions

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Deforestation causes ...

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a drop in overall rainfall

an increase in biodiversity

a reduction in the availability of oxygen in the atmosphere

a shift in precipitation patterns

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According to the research, summarized in the graphic above, large-scale deforestation in the Amazon would ....

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increase rainfall in Australia

decrease rainfall in Africa

decrease rainfall in northern Europe and Russia

decrease rainfall in parts of North America

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Large scale deforestation in the Amazon would also ....

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increase rainfall in southern South America

decrease rainfall in southern South America

likely have no affect on rainfall in southern South America

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The effects of large-scale deforestation are already being observed in some regions

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