Life: The Science of Biology
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Chapter 53.3, Problem 2R
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The reason behind the fact that cities are warmer than rural areas. Also, describe country breezes. Also, give a reason as to how and why the temperature of a city changes with the establishment of a large forested park.
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Humans are behind the great transformation of the earth’s land surface, either by replacing it with infrastructure or by converting forest area into pasturelands or industries. Many human activities (anthropogenic) have brought a drastic change in the global climate since the preindustrialization era.
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