Extreme Wet Year 8 Geography Assessment Design and carry out an investigation into rainforest deforestation. According to the United Nations‚ at least 37.5 million acres of rainforest are lost each year – an area the size of Portugal. Tropical rainforest deforestation is now widely recognized as one of the most critical environmental problems facing the world today‚ with serious long-term consequences. In this task you will ask one question about deforestation and investigate it using
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Sonnet 16 – On His Blindness by John Milton John Milton is considered to be the most significant English author after William Shakespeare. Although his chief work is “Paradise Lost”‚ he also wrote other wonderful poems‚ prose‚ as well as sonnets‚ in which he tackles a number of subjects which range from religious to political. Rarely is one piece of writing limited to one or the other of those fields. Among all the sonnets‚ Sonnet 16 is special because
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FOREST ECOSYSTEM Submitted by: Submitted to: Forest Ecosystem Table of Contents (Outline) I. Introduction II. The Structure of Forests III. Kinds of Forest IV. The Distribution of the Forests V. Forests Succession VI. The History of Forests VII. Deforestation VIII. Conclusion IX. Endnotes X. Bibliography Forest Ecosystem I. Introduction A forest‚ also referred to as a wood or the woods‚ is an area with
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within the savanna climate regime.[14]Where the wet season is associated with a seasonal shift in the prevailing winds‚ it is known as a monsoon.[15] Image of Hurricane Lester from late August 1992. In the northern Atlantic Ocean‚ a distinct tropical cyclone season occurs from 1 June to 30 November.[16] The statistical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season
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Pohnpei‚ which is located in the Federated States of Micronesia. The storm was being tracked and was generally westward for the majority of the time. The environmental conditions favored tropical cyclogenesis‚ which is developmental stage of a typhoon in the atmosphere‚ and the system later developed into a tropical depression on the next day‚ November 3‚ 2013. The immense strength of the winds making landfall in the Philippines caused major landslides‚ which in turn knocked out power and communication
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God‚ could be a lot colder. In Dante’s Inferno‚ an epic poem written by Dante‚ the center of Hell is described as ice which encases the prince of the dark world as he eternally feasts on the three sinners worthy of this punishment. However‚ in A Paradise Fallen‚ a book written by John Milton‚ Hell is described as a furnace which gives off no light‚ but burns in a great inferno. Dante’s version of the center of Hell symbolizes the trap that the prince of darkness has put himself into. The author
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invocation and plea for guidance‚ as well as a comparison of his task to that of the great Greek and Roman epics‚ the Iliad‚ Odyssey‚ and the Aeneid. Milton explains by way of this invocation that Adam and Eve’s fall is the major event that occurs in Paradise Lost. Their fall is the poem’s climax‚ even though it comes as no surprise. By describing the fall as tragic‚ Milton conveys the gravity and seriousness of this catastrophe for all of humankind‚ but he also situates Adam and Eve’s story within the
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| Extended Essay | How are John Milton’s views presented through the character of Satan in the epic poem ‘’Paradise Lost’’? | | | | Candidate Name: Yao Li Candidate number: 000322-061 Word Count: 3977 Essay Subject: English Supervisor: Mr. Young Contents Title page……………………………………………………………………………………..1 Contents………………………………………………………………………………………2 Abstract……………………………...……………………………………………………….3 Introduction…………………………………………………………………..……………...4 Body- The Introduction of Satan…………………………………………………………………
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Character Analysis of Satan Stacey N. Lodge St. Francis College In Milton’s Paradise Lost‚ multiple aspects of Satan’s character are revealed as the author narrates Satan’s battle with God. Upset because The Son was chosen as second to God and not him‚ Satan seeks out to come to power in Heaven. The result is his removal from Heaven to the ominous pits of Hell. One might be quick to automatically consider Satan as villainous and evil because of his role in Heaven as the rebel angel‚ however‚ after
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Wind is caused by differences in atmospheric pressure created‚ in large part‚ by the unequal heating of the earth’s surface by the sun. Air moves from a region of higher pressure to one of lower pressure and this movement is wind. Any difference in pressure will cause wind‚ but the greater the difference the stronger the wind. The direction that wind takes is influenced by the rotation of the earth. On a non-rotating earth wind would move in a straight path from a high- to a low-pressure area. It
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