Tundra

When most people think of climate change, they think of polar bears and melting ice caps. Most people do not think of the families in North Dakota who lost their homes to floodwaters in 2009 or the twenty million people left homeless after the catastrophic 2010 monsoon in Pakistan. However, these disasters are the real consequences of climate change that we are facing. Climate change is the warming of our planet to dangerous temperatures as a result of the accumulation of greenhouse gases…

nation-state - Nation-states play a large role in American history, and are vital to the existence of the United States. A nation-state is the joining of one or many nationalities to create a formal political union, just like the (now) fifty United States of America. If the colonies were not able to unite as one in the beginning, the United States might not exist today, but instead be a continent full of many small countries like Europe. The melting-pot culture that the United States is known…

I will be writing about Global Warming. Global Warming has been a local issue because it is shaping the world til this day . Many people ask the question what is Global Warming ? Global warming is something that is not really answered. I choose to write about this topic because to me this has been a big issue. Global Warming impacts our lives in many ways. I also, chose to write about Global Warming because it’s an issue that is not really brought to many people’s attention . Global Warming…

A Viking—commonly thought of as a Nordic seafarer that plundered and pillaged countless seaside villages and merchant ships. This is a common misconception, since most "Vikings" were actually farmers, merchants, and explorers. Early Vikings travelled to and colonized Iceland, Greenland, and even areas around Newfoundland. Had the Vikings ventured south towards the eastern coastline of North America, colonization of the land would soon follow, and this alternate event would have been better than…

to go to Los Angeles to work and start making money so he could start his dream. It then goes on to tell about how he then hopped on a plane and then hitchhiked his way to Alaska for a job as a salmon fisher. He even slept in a tent on the frozen tundra. Todd Graves did all of this to get enough money so the bank would give him a loan and he could start making his dream come true. There are also pictures that show each step of the way in the journey that Todd took. It shows him in Los Angeles,…

Learning about Animal and People Minds Ever since I can remember I have been interested in and fascinated by animals. It is possible that my love for animals came from watching Disney movies such as The Lion King and One Hundred and One Dalmatians. My curiosity increased when I read Temple Grandin’s book Animals in Translation. Grandin discusses how animals think and communicate by using examples such as what melanin does in the brain (78). I have also grown up with animals throughout my life…

The Tigers Alive “Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.” ― Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and Shaw shank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons The…

Each rainforest differs in the animals it inhabits. Some of the animals that can be found are insects, fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals (EL, 2014: para.4). The animals live in the four layers of the rainforest. The Emergent layer: This is for animals such as parrots, vultures and eagles, macaws. The vultures help eat the dead animals which help keep the rainforest clean, the birds from this layer also help to create new plants in this rainforest by eating seeds then dropping them…

Introduction: The main purpose of this assignment is to explain about the European region and the consequences that affect the climate change and how does it impact the country. Europe is a continent, which is the second smallest in the world. This continent has a surface area of 9,938,000 square kilometers and contributes to 6.8% of the earth surface. Besides that, the continent also consists of 47 countries. The largest country that is located in Europe is Ukraine, which has an area of…

until you dry up like an old piece of leather. But I won’t stop there. I’ll have a reaper escort your soul straight to Lulerain where you will suffer for all eternity.” The demon had a smug look on his face. “You can’t touch me unless you’ve proof I committed a crime. Treaty rules say so.” He referred to the Thalox treaty that had been drawn up long ago, protecting demons from malicious slaughter. Seemed the world needed a balance of good and evil. Eli snarled. “I make my own rules, and they…