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Clear-cut logging is a method of cutting down all the trees in a particular area. This type of logging is MOST LIKEY going to effect which earth process?

A. erosion

B. climate

C. weathering

D. mountain building

Respuesta :

Okie doke. Deforestation definitely does not affect mountain building, so D is out. It does kind of affect climate through not absorbing greenhouse gasses and contributing to global warming, but that’s not exactly the best answer, so B is out. Weathering is things breaking down by long exposure to air and erosion is the braking down of different things like wind, water, and other things. I think erosion is the answer, because soil erosion does happen with deforestation through not having trees being able to hold down the soil, which is really important. The answer is A: erosion.

Answer:

Erosion

Explanation:

Clearcutting can destroy an area's ecological integrity in a number of ways, including: the destruction of buffer zones which reduce the severity of flooding by absorbing and holding water; the immediate removal of forest canopy, which destroys the habitat for many rainforest-dependent insects and bacteria; the removal ...

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