The importance of trees Trees are the largest and longest living organisms on earth. To grow tall the tree has become a miracle of engineering and a complex chemical factory. It is able to take water and salts out of the earth and lift them up to the leaves‚ sometimes over 400 ft above. By means of photosynthesis the leaves combine the water and salts with carbon dioxide from the air to produce the nutrients which feed the tree. In this process‚ as well as wood‚ trees create many chemicals‚ seeds
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Polars Bears are dying because the ice caps are melting because of global warming. Scientist have proof that humans are the cause of most of global warming and it has been that way from the mid-1900’s to now. We need to slow down global warming or the polar bears will die and a lot of other animals that live on the ice caps. If the ice caps melt that will rise the sea level and a lot of people will die. Global warming is getting worse causing melting icecaps which is caused by rising temperatures
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In my opinion‚ I strongly believe that the plow how made a huge impact on society. Imagine you have to shovel the roads and there was no such thing as a plow. Some people think that plows tear up the front of your truck‚ but I disagree I think that the plow helps by clearing the roads when there is a lot of snow on the ground. In my opinion‚ I strongly believe that the plow has made the huge impact on society. To begin with‚ the plow has a long history that made a big impact on society. The plow
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The Right Intentions of John Muir “No rat or squirrel has so innocent a look‚ is so easily approached‚ or expresses such confidence in one’s good intentions.” What exactly are right or good intentions? Perhaps they can be defined as an honest or courteous idea‚ action‚ or intention. What does this moral mean in John Muir’s life? John Muir‚ an environmentalist‚ naturalist‚ sheepherder‚ and conservationist was motivated by his zeal for nature. His life was based on this ethic‚ right intentions.
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The Silver Maple (Acer Saccharinum) samaras reside in the eastern United States and undergo seed dispersal between April and July of each year. During seed dispersal these fruits are trying to disperse their seeds as far away from their tree as possible to have the highest success to produce offspring. The seeds that disperse close to the parent plant have shown less success and higher mortality rates than seeds that disperse farther from the base of the tree. Also‚ fruits with larger seeds have
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I believe most of us known about the California fires‚ which was noticed on many networks a week ago. According to a report from bbc.com‚ it said‚ “17 wildfires in nine counties have burned more than 115‚000 acres in just the past 12 hours.” The data is reported in the past 12 hours‚ which means the damage is going to be larger‚ and there is no signal to show the fire will stop spreading out. By just looking at the cost it has created‚ I suddenly wonder did we actually consider the wildfires as a
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Maple decline affects primarily sugar maple‚ Norway maple‚ and red maple in the Northeast and Midwest. The problem is not a new one; stagheaded maples were described as early as 1917 in Massachusetts. At that time‚ dieback was attributed mainly to drought and poor conditions for tree growth afforded by the urban environment. These same conditions exist today‚ and reports of the incidence and severity of maple decline have increased markedly in recent years. In urban sites‚ principle stress factors
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Ever heard of the evil know as mountaintop mining? Mountaintop mining is the act of removing resources from mountains until there is nothing left of it. The mountain becomes hollow and is left standing there. The worst part of all is that during the operation so much pollution is being distributed into our atmosphere‚ that it has become one of the biggest reasons why our earth is dying. Mountaintop mining is horrible because it destroys ecosystems and damages biodiversity over an extreme scale.
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Deforestation has become an issue that is affecting our environment. Henry David Thoreau explains in his book “Walden” how to environment was conserved during his years of living in the forest. Thoreau brings up a point that we need to live within our means instead of building lavish homes‚ which impacts our environment and leads to deforestation. Over population is impacting our world like never before. Our world is growing and is causing a list of problems that include deforestation‚ shortage
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Rainforests A rainforest (or rain forest) is a tropical forest that gets a lot of rain. It usually has a lot of plants and animals. A very well known rainforest is the Amazon Rainforest. Most of it is in Brazil‚ though Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Chile and other countries have parts of it.Scientists say over half of all plant and animal species live in the rainforest. Also more than 1/4 of all medicines come from here. Covering only 2% of the Earth’s land area they still provide 40% of the oxygen.. It
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