Temperate rainforest

eats different things provided by nature but, they feed off of nature, yet nature feeds on them. The monkey lives in a dense rainforest located in South America, and they have a tail that almost acts like an another arm. They enjoy eating leaves and other things, and always look for their favorite food... fruit! Far away lives the howler monkey in the deep thick rainforest. The howler monkey can live in several different places in South America. They also live in different countries such as,…

Part 1 Biome location- Alice springs is situated in the centre of Australia at Longitude 23.6980 S and Latitude 133.8807 E, the surrounding region being central Australia. Alice springs is nearly equidistant from Adelaide, South Australia and Darwin and is located adjacent to the Simpson desert. Alice Springs has an annual average rainfall of 285.9 millimetres (though 70% of years are below average) and has a high evapotranspiration rate and aridity meaning it has a desert climate. The town…

The environment is a unique unit and incorporates all the living and non-living components such as plants, animals, streams and lakes. Deforestation refers to the long-term loss of tree canopy and the conversion of the land to other purposes. The overuse of resources and the industrialization process are some major causes of this phenomenon. This process goes on without check leading to soil erosion, floods, silting of irrigation canals, all of which degrade the environment. Deforestation in the…

A helicopter is flying over the Amazon rainforest, and the most spectacular bird’s eye view can be observed; this is the luscious, natural production of the planet Earth. From above, only a field of rich green treetops can be seen. However, the simple blanket is covering a most extraordinary and complex ecosystem underneath, filled with thousands of species of flora and fauna. The rainforest has four main layers: the emergent layer, canopy, understory, and the forest floor. The multiple layers…

Tree(s) of Life The folk hero Johnny Appleseed is known for planting hundreds of trees across the North American frontier, but few know that this story is more fact than fiction. His real name was John Chapman, and for forty years he traveled from Philadelphia to Ohio, scavenging apple seeds from cider mills which he would eventually plant in scattered locations across the country (Means 82). Thanks to certain homestead acts which considered his trees to be land stakes, it is estimated Chapman…

The Rhetoric of Deforestation The first image, entitled WWF: Lungs, is an anti-deforestation advertisement published by the World Wildlife Fund, a group well-known and respected for its conservation work. The WWF has become an authority on environmental subjects, such as deforestation. The image consists primarily of a forest shaped like a pair of lungs, with part of the forest/lung gone. The color scheme has been changed in the area where the forest has been cut down. The colors shift from a…

Bolivia is a beautiful multiethnic and democratic country in the middle of South America. The official capital city of Bolivia is Sucre. Another capital they used is La Paz, located in the west-central part of the country. It is landlocked borders or neighbors with Peru, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil. Bolivia is sometimes referred to as the Tibet of Americas. It is one of the most remote countries in the Western hemisphere. Bolivia is named after Simon Bolivar, an independence fighter…

The Dark Side of Deforestation Did you know that 80% of the world’s known plants and animals live in forests and are steadily losing their habitats to deforestation? Deforestation happens for a number of reasons and causes biodiversity to decline. As biodiversity declines, animals are dying and relocating because their ecosystem is becoming unstable. Some of the species in forests are unidentified species, others vast webs of plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria. Deforestation causes many…

A major ecological issue is deforestation, deforestation is a major issue all around the world. The reason why deforestation is a major issue is because there are forest being lost, the reason we should care is because they shade people and the planet. deforestation causes a major heat increase due to the fact that trees eat sunlight and store it for food that they create. When trees are cut down hot air, or carbon is released giving our atmosphere extra pounds of carbon heat not being absorbed…

The hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), also known as the stinkbird, or Canje pheasant, is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riparian forests, and mangroves of the Amazon and the Orinoco Delta in South America. It is notable for having chicks that possess claws on two of their wing digits. It is the only member of the genus Opisthocomus (Ancient Greek: "wearing long hair behind", referring to its large crest) which in turn is the only extant genus in the family Opisthocomidae. The taxonomic…