Environmental manipulation of a crop can not only have unexpected consequences, but also have a negative impact on the atmosphere as well. The crops produced might be of inferior quality than expected. The amount of crop that grows can also be less. More water might be needed for the crops to grow.
Important factor defining the desert biomes is its tendency to lose water by evaporation, and this potential for water loss exceeds the annual rainfall and defines what organism can live in there.
Okay, I googled it because I wasn’t sure but, according to the article *ahem* “Destructive as forest fires may seem, forests often regrow in their wake. In some cases, however, forest fires become so intense they cause severe damage to the soil that may take years or even decades to repair”.
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It gets smaller because that's what Lynx eat. If their food population goes down, they can't eat. So the Lynx might die.