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Impact The environmental issue is how the Brown Tree Snakes are making native species extinct. This can affect the local, regional and global scale in multiple ways. This problem affects the local level because the snakes eat the species on the island weakening and eventually change the ecosystem and cause power outages for residents on Guam. This problem also affects them on a regional level because in the future the snakes might spread to other regional island and also weaken their ecosystems…

The Pacific Northwest tree octopus (Octopus paxarbolis) can be found in the temperate rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula on the west coast of North America. Their habitat lies on the Eastern side of the Olympic mountain range, adjacent to Hood Canal. These solitary cephalopods reach an average size (measured from arm-tip to mantle-tip,) of 30-33 cm. Unlike most other cephalopods, tree octopuses are amphibious, spending only their early life and the period of their mating season in their…

According to Entertainment News Service’s “Toxic Mice Latest Weapon Against Guam’s Brown Tree Snakes”, “The brown tree snake is responsible for the extinction of nine of 12 forest birds on Guam”. Brown tree snakes are dangerous to both humans and wildlife. It is essentially annihilating the forest ecosystems of Guam, and taking over the island. Guam’s brown tree snakes aren’t the only animals to harm other ecosystems. Yellowstone Park in Wyoming, has had many invasive trouts…

12th century Korea. Tree-Ear is an orphan who lives with his friend Crane-Man, who is disabled because of his leg. Tree-Ear has always been interested in pottery and he discovers Min who is a master potter which makes Tree-Ear very interested. One day when Tree-Ear sneaks into Min’s house and finds his pottery, he can’t help but touch it. As he is holding the beautiful pottery, Min walks in. This startles Tree-Ear so he drops it and it breaks. Min is furious but says that Tree-Ear will have to…

organisms, the American beech tree, the black cherry tree, and the Virginia opossum, make Monongahela especially extraordinary. The American beech tree is one of the many beautiful types of trees that you can find at Monongahela National Forest. It has smooth light gray bark, that you can run your hand along without getting a scratch. The leaves are dark green and simple, and turn a golden yellow during the fall that is pleasant to witness. The American beech tree is a shade-tolerant plant,…

If you've ever cut down a tree or had a tree fall, you were probably left wondering how to get rid of the stump. While some people leave an old tree stump in place if you want to have enough room to plant another tree, or if you don't want to have to deal with that tree continually regrowing (which some trees do and some don't), you are going to have to get rid of that stump. There are two ways to get rid of a tree stump, which is either stump grinding or a complete stump removal. Here are the…

who fought in other ways, to see a beautiful future for their precious American Oak. With the roots of the American Oak still stained red, with a civil war that split the tree and left a scar down the center, with wars that removed branches, and with the charred bark left from the lightning strike on September 11, 2001, the tree still stands tall and proud and its future is just as great now as it was when it was a small seed. As I stand here and gaze upwards, my vision for this grand American…

planting in beach sand, it will grow in your soil. It can handle droughts and torrential rains, even wet feet by a stream. Animal pests? They turn up their noses and walk away. Talk about easy to grow! Nature Hills sells the tree form of Amber Jubilee Ninebark. This great little tree is a veritable rainbow of colors all year round. In spring and summer the leaves…

Biome Description/ Definition The Savanna is an amazing biome and different from other biomes. The Savanna is an extensive grassland. In the grassland you will find a lot of shrubs and remote trees. The savanna can be found between a desert biome and the tropical rain forest. The desert as we know does not receive a lot of water but on the contrary the tropical rain forest so as you might have guessed the Savanna does not have much rain. In the Savanna it is mostly warm and only has 2 seasons.…

creative expression, conveying the notion that knowledge exists outside of the self. Possibly the most intricate understanding of the imagination, its ramifications and its advantages is best introduced in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem, “This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison.” Throughout this conversation poem, Coleridge introduces the bower as a symbol for the confines of the natural world, acting as a metaphorical prison. This is apparent when the speaker is unable to join his acquaintances on a…