INTRODUCTION Philippines is a tropical country composed of islands that is beside pacific ocean and because of this scientific research says that mostly low pressure areas formulate in the oceans and the tendency is our country would be the first one to be hit by the typhoons. Climate has a major effect on building performance and energy consumption and it is very alarming today that our current country suffers from different kind of natural phenomenon which they say is beyond normal. Consecutive
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Tropical savannas are related to the tropical wet and dry climate type. Savannas grow in the regions where the climax community should be some form of seasonal forest or woodland‚ but changed conditions or bothers prevent the setting up of those types of trees with the same climax community. The word savanna directly means plains. Savannas are made up of continuous sheets a grass. They often grow with in 3-6ft tall. They may also have an open canopy of fire and drought resistant grasses‚ or
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2011 Willise Riche‚ M.D. Simulation Paper There are thousands of pharmaceutical companies in the world today who thrive on rainforests around the world for its plants and trees for production of different herbal remedies. The rainforests account for majority of the world’s plants and animals and produce a high amount of the world’s oxygen. Also the rainforest are home to different Indian Tribes such as the Kikuyu Tribe. The global population continues to grow and so does the demand for more
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Earth without forests is a picture that most of humankind could not presently conceive. Unfortunately‚ the Amazon Rainforest is on this path of devastation. With more than half of the world’s biodiversity in rainforests across the world and about 20% of the world’s oxygen produced by the Amazon‚ it is vital that the threat of deforestation comes to an end. It is widely known that trees across the globe are disappearing‚ but much of the general public is uninformed how urgent and serious the threats
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are a variety of animals in rainforests. This includes many types of monkeys‚ frogs‚ gorillas‚ wild cats‚ birds‚ snakes‚ and insects. The amount of wildlife here is amazing‚ and the diversity of rainforests can’t be topped by any other region. Since i’ve arrived here‚ i’ve tried
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The Amazon River is the largest river in South America by volume. The Amazon River contains many wildlife and plant species. The Amazon River is in a rainforest in Brazil. The Amazon River has a lot of rare and exotic fish. The Amazon River has a lot of animals that will attack humans off of self defense‚ hunger‚ or aggression. Britannica.com The Amazon River is more than 4‚000 miles long. Fish are very common in this river it is a good place to go fishing. There are fish like pirarucu different
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laws were enacted to protect forests. Today‚ 121 prescription drugs that are sold all over the world come from plant derived sources and 25 percent of Western medicine comes from rain forest ingredients. There may be cures for many diseases in the rainforest plants that we will never be able to discover. The U.S. National Cancer Institute states that there are 3‚000 plants that work against cancer cells and 70 percent of them are in the rain forest. Approximately 50‚000 species of
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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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Dear President of Brazil I am writing to inform you of how worries i am about the rainforest. It is getting cut down at a rate which the rainforests hasn’t got enough time to grow back. This means they are going to be totally gone in future time. This is being cause by the following... .Miners .Tree loggers .illegal tree loggers .Farmers .Tourism and cultural interests Rates of deforestation What do the miners want? South America is rich in natural resources and mining and minerals
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in Climate 1 Human influence Conclusion Rainforests have been around for thousands of years serving as a vital source for humans‚ animals‚ plants‚ and other organisms. Specifically‚ the Amazon Rainforest is one of the most essential geographical features because it is the largest rainforest in the world. People mistake the Amazon Rainforest as another wooded area‚ but the Amazon Rainforest is the biggest provider of oxygen due to its broad vegetation‚ and it also
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