Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer
Has reduction of green cover affected ecological degradation leading to global warming? Elaborate your answer with illustration.
- UPSC 2019
- 10 marks
- Challenges of Social Transformation
Yes, but with a stated degree. Loss of green cover warms through three mechanisms: loss of carbon sinks and release of stored carbon, altered albedo, and disrupted evapotranspiration that weakens local rainfall and raises land-surface temperatures. Globally, though, fossil combustion dominates; deforestation is one driver among several. Sociologically the question is why green cover is…
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