Visualizing Environmental Science‚ answer the following questions in 25 to 100 words each. 1. What are Madagascar’s biomes? Discuss the major features of at least one of these biomes. Use the textbook for biome examples. Madagascar is a tropical rainforest‚ rain forest savanna and grasslands. The rain forest receives 120 inches of rain at least a year. It has very wet and dense vegetation within the trees. Anywhere from 70 plus percent of animal life lives in the trees. It is filled with lakes
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Around the world‚ forests are being logged for timber and paper pulp and cleared to grow mono-crops like palm oil and soy while they are deteriorating from the impacts of global warming. Deforestation is a major driver of global warming‚ responsible for up to 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions–more than all the cars‚ trucks‚ planes‚ boats and trains in the world combined. Deforestation doesn’t just threaten our climate‚ it threatens the livelihoods of 1.6 billion people that rely
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that cacao will improve economic‚ environmental‚ and social statuses as well as lift many out of poverty (176). Frydenborg believes that not only will this help areas in poverty‚ but it will provide means to fully stopping the deforestation of the rainforests. Frydenborg gives information from sources that her audience would believe to be reliable‚ because they are from members of companies that are involved in the chocolate industry. Through the use of this method‚ Frydenborg convinces her audience
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significant part in reducing erosion and moderating the climate. They remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store large quantities of carbon in their tissues. Trees and forests provide a habitat for many species of animals and plants. Tropical rainforests are one of the most biodiverse habitats in the world. Narrative Report A new chapter of our NSTP life was open; March 09 2013 at 07:30 in the morning to be exact‚ this day was so exiting because in this activity our class is the one
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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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and ever since‚ he decides to be the leading expert on the bird life of the island. But in the course of his field work he becomes just as curious about the people in Guinea. Jared Diamond’s quest to uncover the roots of inequality began in the rainforest of Papua New Guinea. In 1974‚ a local man named Yali asked Diamond a deceptively simple question. “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own?" Diamond realized that Yali’s question
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BIRD WATCHING There are so many species of birds at Lake Kenyir. There are some of 230 species of birds such as hornbills‚ Crested Serpent Eagle‚ Bat Hawk‚ Changeable Hawk Eagle‚ Lesser Fish Eagle‚ Magpie Robin‚ Pigeon‚ Dove‚ Mina‚ Woodpecker‚ Bulbul‚ Yellow Vented‚ Yellow Headed‚ Kingfisher‚ Raptors‚ Sunbird and many others. Lake Kenyir has the biggest number of hornbills species such as Rhinoceros Hornbills‚ Great Hornbills‚ Oriental Pied Hornbills‚ Black Hornbills‚ White Crown Hornbills‚ Wreathe
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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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Taiga Biome Essay By: Sam Kim and Kaelan Book Introduction to the Taiga The Taiga biome is the largest terrestrial biome. It is a vast forest that includes heavy snow‚ as well as a variety of different animals. This biome can be found in Alaska‚ Canada‚ as well as many places more. The geography of the Taiga has poor soil‚ tall trees‚ and is followed by the Tundra as well as the Permanent Ice caps. This terrestrial biome has both abiotic and biotic factors that can sustain an ecosystem. Sense the
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Madagascar is a small island located off the East Coast of Mozambique‚ home to a diverse group of organisms not known anywhere else on Earth. Theories on how they came to be on the island include: travelling across an exposed causeway between mainland Africa and Madagascar (McCall‚ 1996); being remnants of species found on a supercontinent known as Gondwana (Yoder & Nowak‚ 2006) and even floating over to the island on pieces of debris (Matthew‚ 1915). In whichever way the organisms that reside
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