This may sound ironic, but Mother Nature can sometimes be her own worst enemy! Rainforests, we know, function as the Earth’s lungs. But what is a rainforest without rain?
Severe droughts occur when nature decides to stop raining for prolonged seasons. Then, lives within these rainforests either perish from thirst or succumb to pests, diseases, and even forest fires!
Storms are the windy villains! We read earlier how liana vines climb onto canopy roofs and stretch their arms around surrounding trees, big or small. When the power of the storms overrides the strength of the trees, they crash and bring down neighbouring inter-twined trees to the floor! Cyclones and typhoons, which are massive tropical storms, can cause almost irreparable destruction!
Volcanoes, the fiery villains, are known for their smoky black gases and boiling lava. These eruptions carry on for several days, and pollute the atmospheric air with poisonous gases. The avalanche of lava, along with pieces of rocks ejected by a volcano, melt and burn plants and animals that stand along its path of flow.
Surprisingly, volcano soils are blessed with plenty of nutrient matter. Once the lava cools down, the area turns into fertile land for new plant life to sprout again.
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