Deforestation is one of the major detrimental affects of our planets rapid change. Forests have always had a major impact on the air we breathe. They cleanse the airborne pollution and oxidize the carbon in the air. With the destruction of these healthy trees, we lose reliable oxygen but also plant and animal habitats. Also, the trees can no longer help cool the earths surface and the trees remains are left to erode away. Deforestation does not just affect the direct species within the forest, but it removes many food sources, natural sustainable resources, endangers species, and hinders the air we breathe.