Forest City, Iowa

Imagine this, a world without trees or wildlife, all caused by careless humans. Deforestation is a mass clearing of trees, used for rural and urban purposes. However, it is harmful to the ecosystem and wildlife that take shelter in the forests. Although many believe that deforestation is essential to the economy, it should be illegal because it affects biodiversity, climate change, and the water cycle. Deforestation may be believed to be helpful to the economy and essential to the way humans…

The documentary Earth on Fire that focuses on how mega-fires and fires effect forest and ecosystems in today’s world. The documentary primarily focuses on New Mexico and the southwest region of the United States along with areas in Australia. For starters I knew forest fires can be deadly to forest areas as far as harming the ecosystem and ruining soil but this documentary opened my eyes to the long term effects forest fires can have and introduced to me the term “mega-fire” which I was not…

and death to wildlife could of been stopped if society would just look at the forests nowadays. Forests used to be like patchwork, unlike the thick and dense forests we have currently. The problem is that this huge population of trees in such a high density are much more susceptible to hosting mega firings and mass depletion of wildlife. With the patchwork, the fire would only burn that certain area, not the entire forest. In the past, Native Americans intentionally would burn land to increase…

Research Paper In the past 114 years, an abundance of the Earth’s species have gone extinct due to deforestation, and humans are mostly responsible. Environmentalist Ed Begely Jr, also a well know actor, said “I don’t understand why when we destroy something created by man we call it vandalism, but when we destroy something created by nature we call it progress.” (Begely,1). Deforestation is a global issue that impacts a wide range, including human and animal life ultimately leading to the…

Tropical Andes The Tropical Andes is located from western Venezuela to northern Argentina and Chile with a span of 1,542,644 km² and also include parts of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and portions of the Andes Mountains. The hotspots extends 1000 meters down where it borders the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena Hotspot in the west. One of the reasons that the Tropical Andes has such a diverse group of species is because it contains mountain snowcapped peaks, steep slopes, isolated valleys, and…

The tropical savanna is one particular biome with many interesting and defying aspects. The natural characteristics and animal and plant adaptions are what make the tropical savanna one of the most incredible biomes that is found on earth. The characteristics of the savanna can allow it to be easily identified from the many other biomes. The majority of it is filled with high grass and a conventional tree that provides shade for the animals (Wilkes 64-65). "The World Around Us." Your World A…

Importance of The Amazon Rainforest Kevin O’Gorman It’s suffering. The biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest is suffering from the rapid changes within it. Humans are cutting down the wood in the Amazon for resources. Everything is dying off because of the changes. It may be at a point of no return and impossible to save. The important plants are being destroyed for human resources. The Amazon is habitat to a variety of animals and humans. They’re suffering because the place they…

jagged hills that are actually volcanic plugs left over from a long, bygone era in prehistory, the GHMs abruptly jettison forth from Queensland's picturesque Sunshine Coast Hinterland. Each of the 11 towering craggy peaks lead through lush, open forests with walking trails reaching a separate lookout with…

there were only seventy-foot trees surrounding me. It was cold and I was freezing so I decided to take cover under a strangler fig. I was too scared to think. My mind was so frazzled. I was cold, in pain, and confused. I was lost in the tropical rain forest with little resources. I became so worked up on what happened that I eventually fell asleep. But then I woke up because realize that I was near the bengal bamboo, which meant that the Bengal tiger must be near by. So I gathered my materials…

Tropical forests are found near the equator in Central America, parts Africa and Asia. They are very hot and humid and contain a huge variety of plants and animals round half of the entire world's species. Trees are mostly hardwood. “The world's largest tropical rainforests are in South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia” (Line3 TR), this explain as to why the temperature in these places tend to be humid. Tropical forest is a great place for many different species of plant to grow because of…