Climate change is caused by an increase of carbon dioxide in the Earth' s atmosphere  Carbon dioxide traps heat and remains in the atmosphere longer than other heat-trapping gases  Between 2000 and 2012, 890, 000 square miles of trees around the world were cut down -- more than one-eighth of the original forest covering Earth  Overall, deforestation has led to the loss of half the world' s trees
Unless the rapid pace of deforestation is halted, the Earth' s climate will change drastically in the near future
Trees lower the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.