Desert island

and the ITCZ are humid low pressure areas where moist air is rising upwards from the equator, creating large amounts of precipitation, this is explained by Arbogast (2014). Like deserts, tropical rainforests can often be caused by a rain shadow, however rainforest are found on the opposite side of a mountain range to a desert. Research done by Edward K. Vizy and Kerry H. Cook (2006) explains an example of this in the Amazon Basin in South America. Moist prevailing easterly trade winds from the…

“Arid climates can be found on every continent. They range from hot and dry deserts that see almost no rain to semiarid scrub land where rain falls intermittently. Arid climates are not suitable for most life forms. Plants and animals that make their homes in arid climates have made special adaptations to the environment.”(Patrick, 2017) While periglacial environments is defined as “Periglacial literally means ‘edge’ of glacial. Periglacial environments are found on the fringes of polar or…

Thousands of miles traveled in the desert following nothing but omens. Despite bloodshed throughout the desert, Santiago is on his mission to find his treasure. Throughout the novel “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho, Santiago is helped by different people to achieve his Personal Legend. Santiago is given a personal legend to find a treasure. While trying to achieve his personal legend he needs help. The king reminds him to not stop searching for his treasure. He teaches him to pursue and not give…

with a herd of sheep. He stops to spend a night in an abandoned church in the desert, with a sycamore tree growing inside. Santiago is later woken up by a repeated dream that involves a child taking him to the Pyramids of Egypt, stating that treasure is hidden there. The following…

It describes the desert as a fragile environment because even the slightest change to it could cause dramatic consequences on the vegetation and animal life there. Tire tracks, stage coach tracks, even tracks from indigenous people from 500 years ago are visible and remain so for hundreds of years. The amount of disturbance to the desert landscape between the Mexico and United States border is increasing due to the nearly 12…

Immigration has been a major problem that has been happening in this country. Many people believe that if you were not born in the United States of America, you have no right to come here for a chance to live. There are many people that come from countries all over the world trying to find a better life even if it means coming here illegally. The major problem is that the mentality many people have is that every person that is illegal is Mexican, or that every person of colored skin and dark…

Alchemist Essay Trying to achieve your personal legend can become much more to a fulfilling life. Your personal legend is something you always wanted to accomplish in life. The Alchemist written by Paulo Coelho is about a young shepherd named Santiago, who seeks hidden treasure at the foot of the pyramids. It all started with an reoccurring dream of him finding the treasure. As he travels, meet new people, and learns new lessons on life. On his travels he meets a crystal merchant, who tells…

When I think of The Wombats, I think of odd-but-fun lyrics and upbeat, borderline psychedelic music, and the band's latest album, "Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life," provides just that. The first song on the album, "Cheetah Tongue," was pre-released as a single. The song itself is pretty simple, but the lyrics are very visual. I really like the line, "My hands shake like jellyfish when you're near." It also mentions black flamingos, which is a song title later in the album. The ridiculous…

Most of the islands are relatively small and easy to walk all around them with no more than an hour. Luxury hotels are located, each hotel on one whole island! Quite naturally, all the islands are surrounded by coral reefs which are driven waves and winds from reaching threaten and harm them. But outside the lagoon, it’s a whole different story , this…

They say it is one of the most unforgiving places on the planet. Five-thousand-nineteen square miles of desert wasteland, Death Valley is located in California about one-hundred miles west of Las Vegas. On July tenth, nineteen thirteen, it broke the official record for the hottest air temperature ever recorded in the world: one-hundred-thirty-four degrees Fahrenheit. That’s just the official recording. On July fifteenth nineteen seventy-two, the temperature is said to have reached two hundred…