During the Carboniferous period, which occurred approximately 360 to 300 million years ago, most of Earth was covered in dense rainforests. These rainforests were sustained by a humid and tropical climate that lasted for most of the Carboniferous period. At the end of the period, Earth's climate became much colder and drier, leading to a wide-scale collapse of the rainforests and a significant loss of vegetation. How might the collapse of the Carboniferous rainforests have affected Earth's carbon cycle?
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Collapse of the Carboniferous rainforests have affected the Earth's carbon cycles as follows.
1. The amount of the carbon in the atmosphere is likely to increase as a result of the death of these carboniferous rainforests.
2. The amount of the carbon in the atmosphere is likely to decrease as a result of the collapse of these carboniferous rainforests hence affecting the carbon cycle.
3. The fossil fuels are likely to increase since the dead plants are likely to decompose and hence forming fossil fuels when buried underground.
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