Destruction in Borneo? By: Jessica – 9B Introduction The forests of Borneo are one of the most biologically diverse habitats on Earth and home to various rainforest species such as orangutans‚ clouded leopards and pygmy elephants. Nevertheless‚ many tropical areas around the world‚ similar to these treasured rainforests‚ are being cut and degraded for timber‚ palm oil‚ pulp‚ rubber‚ minerals‚ and other materials. The action of deforestation is prompt to endanger the existence of valuable species. Not
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one of the most famous beaches in Haikou. While staying on Holiday Beach‚ I realized some true meanings of our lives. Haikou‚ the capital city of Hainan province‚ is a famous tourist city in China. The city is located in the tropical coast and it has a variety of tropical resources and coastal scenery of the natural characteristics of landscapes. The Holiday Beach lies in the south part of Haikou City‚ covers an area of 54 hectares (not including the beach and sea) of the beach‚ 11 km away from
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to sophisticated natural medicines‚ and from high- tech wood based manufactures to paper products. Environmental benefits include water flow control‚ soil conservation‚ and atmospheric influences. Brazil ’s Amozonia contains half of the world ’s tropical rain forests. The forests cover a region 10 times the size of Texas. Only about 10% of Brazil ’s rain forests have been cut to date‚ but cutting goes on at an uncontrollable rate. Since pre-agricultural times the world ’s forests have declined one
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a part of the cause for the high casualty count from Category 5 Typhoon Bopha (Pablo)‚ especially in the Compostela Valley where government officials had warned people to stop the illegal activities. So far‚ 370 people have been found dead on the island of Mindanao with another 400 missing. Waters rose so high even emergency shelters were inundated. "If you abuse nature‚ nature will get back at us‚" Benito Ramos‚ executive director of National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)
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Easters Island has vanished‚ gone and is never coming back. Despite this fate planet Earth is still a blank slate. “Who is to say we won’t succumb the same fate?” -Jared Diamond. Diamond comes across his main point in his writing of “Easter’s End”. He strives to get the point across of the end of civilization for the Eastern Islanders in comparison to here on planet earth in several dramatic ways. He makes convincing arguments to his audience using his tone and the diction he uses. He argues that
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Hawaii‚ it consists of eight main islands. Hawaii is a place that I have always wanted to visit‚ and if I had one ticket this is where I would go. One thing that I like to do is travel‚ Traveling is fun because it allows you to visit cool places‚ and learn cool facts about it. One of my goals in life is to travel to all fifty states. One place that I would visit while in Hawaii is Pearl Harbor and Honolulu. While in Honolulu I would go sight-seeing. Also‚ another reason that I want to go to Hawaii
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conditions favored tropical cyclogenesis‚ which is developmental stage of a typhoon in the atmosphere‚ and the system later developed into a tropical depression on the next day‚ November 3‚ 2013. The immense strength of the winds making landfall in the Philippines caused major landslides‚ which in turn knocked out power and communication lines‚ causing catastrophic and widespread damage all across the Philippines. Thousands of homes have been flattened and almost every street on the islands was flooded
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of the Himalayas and the hills of the Peninsula above the height of 915 metres‚ the fall in the temperature affects the types of vegetation and its growth‚ and changes it from tropical to subtropical temperate and alpine vegetation. Temperature Characteristics of the Vegetation Zones Vegetation Zones Tropical Sub-tropical Temperate Alpine Mean Annual Average Temp.(in degree C) Above 24°C 17°C to 24°C 7°C to 17° C Below 7°C Mean Temp. In Jan. In degree C Above 18° 10°C to 18°C -1°C to (-10 ) °C
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decided to reward myself for achieving and maintaining this balance with a vacation to Hawaii. While there I enjoyed the beach‚ visited a volcano‚ explored a tropical rain forest‚ and slept outdoors. Immediately upon arrival I headed to the beach and buried my feet in the gleaming hot white sand. I stood on the edge of this breathtaking tropical island and saw water so blue‚ that it more resembled liquid sapphire. The ocean’s salt stained breeze kissed my skin only enough to askew my hair and soften the
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the storm bad like conditions‚ human error and large waves. The way the Hurricane hit the Eastern U.S was a surprise to all. The storm started somewhere off the coast of Africa as a tropical storm. It started small but grew as it moved across the West Atlantic Ocean at 20 mph. Soon the winds reaches 74 mph.The tropical storm had become a hurricane. The storm kept growing as it moved towards longisland. Soon the storm was 500 miles wide and had winds of more than 155 mph. The storm went from a category
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