1 Deforestation: Causes‚ Effects and Control Strategies Sumit Chakravarty1‚ S. K. Ghosh2‚ C. P. Suresh2‚ A. N. Dey1 and Gopal Shukla3 1Department of Forestry & Post Harvest Technology‚ Faculty of Horticulture Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya‚ Pundibari 3ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region‚ Research Center‚ Plandu Ranchi India 2Pomology 1. Introduction The year 2011 is ‘The International Year of Forests’. This designation has generated momentum bringing greater attention to the forests
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in climate Cambodia Cambodia This natural effect is responsible for the comfortable living conditions on earth‚ with a mean global temperature of 15 ºC. Without GHGs the mean temperature would be approximately 30 ºC lower. 5 What is Climate Change? Changes in long-term averages of daily weather Cambodia 6 Greenhouse Effect SUN Cambodia GREENHOUSE EFFECT INFRARED RADIATION GHGs GHGs EARTH 7 7 Causes of Climate Change Cambodia Increase in Green House
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The Ecosystem - Deserts An Ecosystem is a biodiversity community where biotic and abiotic elements inhabit the same environment. There are many types of ecosystems located throughout the world and one of which is known as the Gobi desert. The Gobi is a large desert region that scales from 500‚000 square miles and spans across two countries (China and southern Mongolia) covering parts of northern and northwestern China. Like all deserts‚ the Gobi desert is a cold biome desert that consists
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Practicing a sport is much more than the pure act of pushing your body through exhaustion or using your skills to reach your goals. There are many effects that show after you get involved in a sport. I am going to discuss some effects in this paper. The first major effect of practicing a sport is that you will develop physical abilities. Your body will be in better shape and you will be able to do things that you couldn’t physically do before. For example your speed‚ strength‚ stamina‚ lung capacity
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Food Deserts There is growing trend of cities across the United States that do not have access to food such as places in Buffalo‚ Baltimore‚ or Detroit. According to the USDA‚ a food desert is to qualify as a “low-access community‚” at least 500 people and/or at least 33 percent of the census tract ’s population must reside more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store (for rural census tracts‚ the distance is more than 10 miles). You can even look up a food desert locater
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| | The Population Explosion: Causes and Consequences by Carolyn Kinder Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute (2012) Until recently‚ birth rates and death rates were about the same‚ keeping the population stable. People had many children‚ but a large number of them died before age five. During the Industrial Revolution‚ a period of history in Europe and North America where there were great advances in science and technology‚ the success in reducing death rates was attributable to several factors
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Storm on the Island The extract I have in front of me is a poem by Seamus Heaney. Heaney is an Irish poet who grew up in rural Ireland. His poems often deal with childhood‚ farm life‚ politics and traditional culture in Northern Ireland. The poem I have is called Storm on the Island. Heaney’s poem explores the power of nature and the effect it has on people’s lives. This is conveyed through Heaney’s use of vivid imagery‚ personification‚ caesura and enjambment. The poem is structured in nineteen
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Michael Ryan History of World Civilization Before 1500 Jason St. Pierre December 08‚ 2012 Exploration: Cause and Effect The age of exploration was the time period that would change the world and be the catalyst for globalization and modernization. Both Christopher Columbus and Zheng He were young men who were ambitious to fulfill the needs and desires of their respected countries; In the case of Columbus‚ any country that would fund his mission. According to the readings‚ Columbus was denied
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Australian Desert 1. The Tropic of Capricorn passes thru the center of Australia. This means the country lies close enough to trade wind latitudes for the prevailing winds to be from the southeast. These bring maritime conditions‚ with abundant rain‚ to the coast of New South Wales and Queensland. 2. Inland lies the Great Dividing Range‚ a mountain range running the length of the country parallel to the east coast. 3. Lands to the west of the mountains lie in a rain shadow. 4. 40% of Australia’s
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Now on to the next Desert‚ situated along the border of America (Arizona and California) and Mexico lies another important region the Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran occupies 100‚000 square miles along the two countries. The Sonoran is the result of a rain shadow desert being bordered by the Peninsular Ranges in California as well as being in a latitude around 30 being effected by the Subtropical high. The Subtropical high is an area from the 20 -40 latitude where air subsides by compression leading
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