Green cover loss causes micro climate

There was an artice on sunday's times of india (1/2/2009) regarding the loss of green due to micro climate change. Due of loss of green or due to cutting of trees in pune, there has been some consequences such as changes in seasonal pattern, increasing temperatures during winters, untimely rainfall, disappearance of certain plant species, etc. According to experts tress are th lungs of pune and if they dissappear, there will not be adequate CO2 absorbtion which leads to overall warming. This has an impact on seasonal cycles as well as rabi crops due to higher temperature and cloudy skies in winter. The trees lining along the major roads have been cut for widening the roads. It leads to heating of roads and bring changes in the microclimate. The changes in land-use pattern have also affected birds and animal species, grasses and river bio-diversity.