Question

Predict how the tropical rain forest and desert biomes would change if Earth were 10°C cooler than it is today. What phenomenon keeps this from happening?

Answer 1

Rain forests would change dramatically. 10°C is 50°F, and that's a very large drop in temperature. Every living thing would be using more energy to stay warm, and that require much more energy then staying cold. Non mammals would have to stay out during the entire day, otherwise they would become slow and possibly die from the cold. The plants might make it, although some of them would certainly die. A colder forest means less water evaporates and turns into rain, which means they get less fresh water and more stagnant water.

Deserts would become colder, but they wouldn't change. Deserts undergo major temperature changes every day, because with little moisture in the air, it cools off incredibly fast when the sun goes down.

The Earth isn't cooling down. It's heating up, and this is due to the greenhouse effect. The Earth's atmosphere protects us from the brunt of the sun's radiation, but it also traps a lot of that heat inside, warming up the Earth.

Answer 2

Good answer @jcpd910

Answer 3

VERY good answer. thanks for taking the time to write that for me.

Answer 4

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