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The tragedy of the commons is an economic problem in which every individual tries to reap the greatest benefit from a given resource. As the demand for the resource overwhelms the supply, every individual who consumes an additional unit directly harms others who can no longer enjoy the benefits. Today I am going to be comparing Dr. Seuss's the Lorax and Easter island. There are three things I will be comparing they environmental damage, animal species extinct and human destruction.The first…

How does the Everglades National Park’s water supply affect the park? There were problems for the people and animals in the park, people were trying to restore it, and the water supply made it difficult for people to help the park. Most importantly, there were hardships for the people and animals living in the Everglades because of its water supply. The article “Past and Present: The Florida Everglades” proves this. The author of this article says that before, uncommon species, exotic…

that within 100 years there will be no more rainforests. It is very clear that that we as human beings have a big dilemma on our hands , and we need to do everything in our power to stop the destruction of rainforests and wildlife habitats. Without forests and wildlife the extinction of the human race could be a lot closer than we all think. This advertisement does a great job illustrating how close we really are to the edge, and that it didn't just happen over night, and it is slowly been…

Exploring the Olympic National Park Region on Foot Located in the northwest of Washington State, this 900,000-acre park is renowned for its natural wonders. Under the haze that surrounds the Pacific coast and wooded area, you can find big trees, rugged coastlines, and some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Mount Olympus is the tallest peak in the region at almost 8,000 feet in height. You’ll be amazed at the snowcapped peaks and slow-moving glaciers that make up a rainforest as…

African elephant. The African elephant is the larger of the two and is also sub classed into the African forest elephant and…

tribes all over the world, especially in the Amazon region, deforestation has been a prominent issue. Rapid deforestation started in the Amazon around the 20th century and has increased through the beginning of the current century. Certain regions of forest has been eradicated for farms, dams, natural resources, and for an expansion of the modern world. Consequently, indigenous tribes are being forced from their lands and brutally harmed. Deforestation in the Amazon causes a decrease in the…

are different some are big and some are small. Although all of these rainforest do have something in common they are all tropical rainforest. The climate of a rainforest is very humid. It is humid because all of the rain they get there. A rain forest usually gets 250 centimeters which is equal to eight feet of rain a year. That is a lot of…

The effect of Deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Study of Liberia’s Vast Rain forest Liberia is located in West Africa and is comprised of vast natural resources which include areas of one of Africa’s largest rainforest which is interconnected to the forests of neighboring countries. Agricultural activities, including; both legal and illegal logging, settlement urbanization and mining, to name a few, continue to negatively contribute to causing deforestation. This process often leads to…

travels to America, no one said to get the species into the USA. Most people call this plant by Kudzu, but its scientific name in “Pueraria lobata” , this species belongs to the plant kingdom. Kudzu has had a negative effect on the environment in forests and local ecosystems its biggest impact is on the South. Kudzu is a quick-growing east Asian climbing plant…

On the Adirondack Trip, a nice man named Paul discussed how they were managing their forests. Their forest tree species composition has been changing with sugar maple trees were becoming less abundant. This is partly caused by beech trees outcompeting the maples due to the stressor of beech bark disease. When a beech tree is affected by the disease, the stressor stimulates the tree to respond through the production of root suckers. These root suckers, which are genetic clones of their parent…