another way in which the earth can become less beautiful. In the Oceans and on land‚ there is an abundance of diverse life‚ especially the rainforest. Sciennected says the rainforest is home to approximately 70% of the world’s animal species and 25 % of the world’s medicine is derived from rainforest plants. Unfortunately‚ deforestation is clearing Earth’s rainforests‚ which according to national geographic‚ cover about
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Biomes 29/11/2012 AD Taiga or Boreal forest The Taiga is an area of coniferous forest that is the largest land Biome as it makes up 29% of the forest cover of the world. It constitutes most of inland Canada‚ Alaska and northern US states‚ most of Sweden‚ Finland and Norway‚ lowland and coastal areas of Iceland‚ Russia: from St. Petersburg to the Pacific ocean including most of Siberia‚ northern Kazakhstan‚ northern Mongolia
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Sustainability When the industrial revolution first came‚ people did not pay much attention to its effects on the environment‚ for in the early stages‚ the damages were not apparent. The fact that industrial activity immensely benefited people resulted in worldwide rapid growth of industries. However‚ the more the industries spread‚ the more nature suffered. People eventually became aware that not only did manufacturing factories cause air‚ water‚ and land pollution‚ but they also destroyed natural
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Cited: Geographic‚ National. Modern-day Plague. 2013. Pimm‚ Stuart L. "Biodiversity: Extinction by Numbers." Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science (2004): 843-845. Science‚ Truth in. The Peppered Moth. 2005-2013. Taylor‚ Lisa. Rainforest facts. 21 December 2012.
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I have always held the view that killing an animal for food is morally wrong due to having being brought up as a vegetarian. Although I will maintain this lifestyle for as long as I live‚ I have begun to understand why the majority of people find vegetarianism a mystery. Around two million land animals are slaughtered everyday in the UK alone to be devoured by humans #. Whether this is a surprise to you or not‚ this is a big proportion of livestock and there is bound to be millions of more animals
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bio-sphere and atmosphere. It has caused huge amounts of damage to the species living in the rainforest. This problem is catastrophic and caused by us humans. If some of you are thinking its palm oil‚ your right! (change) What is palm oil? Palm oil is a highly saturated oil that comes from the fruit of a palm tree growing in tropical climates. Today most palm oil is produced in Indonesia and Malaysia. Rainforests are destroyed to make room for palm oil plantations. These areas‚ which are the lungs
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in temperate broadleaf and mixed forests‚ a more even distribution exists between evergreen and deciduous trees.Temperate deciduous forests‚ a subgroup of temperate broadleaf forests‚ consist of trees that lose their leaves every year. Finally‚ temperate rainforests typically have heavy rainfall and dense humidity. In the temperate region‚ winters are mild and rainfall is moderate.The forests have trees‚ scrubs and bushes.There is less undergrowth. Most of the trees are deciduous‚ which shed their leaves during
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Large trees have higher growth rates in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve Introduction Tropical rainforests are one of the most endangered habitats in the world. Many factors threaten these forests‚ possibly leading to deforestation and decrease of species within a forest. In South-East Asia‚ the point where tropical rainforests can only exist as preserved fragments in nature reserves is approaching very fast (Aiken & Leigh‚ 1985). One example is a nature reserve named “Bukit Timah” in Singapore. Next to
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ENDANGERED DUE TO OIL PALM TREE PLANTATIONS Would you like your home taken away from you? Many animal species including the Orangutan are becoming extremely endangered because of land clearage for new palm oil plantations in the tropical rainforests of Sumatra‚ an island near Indonesia and Malaysia in south-east Asia. Sadly‚ 80% of the Orangutan’s habitat has been lost in the past 20 years due to this. The rapid loss of environment has caused the existence of these primates severely threatened
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Essay on The Importance of Degradation to the Environment "Jimmy‚ let’s see if you know the creatures of the rainforest. What sound does this one make?" "That’s right‚ a chainsaw goes RRRRRRRRR." A simple cartoon in a magazine‚ that’s all people see it as. There is constantly talk about the environment being destroyed and we’ve become immune to the topic. It just washes over us‚ without the idea actually sinking in. Everything that is being done on this planet somehow affects someone‚ something
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