to sophisticated natural medicines‚ and from high- tech wood based manufactures to paper products. Environmental benefits include water flow control‚ soil conservation‚ and atmospheric influences. Brazil ’s Amozonia contains half of the world ’s tropical rain forests. The forests cover a region 10 times the size of Texas. Only about 10% of Brazil ’s rain forests have been cut to date‚ but cutting goes on at an uncontrollable rate. Since pre-agricultural times the world ’s forests have declined one
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Corcovado – Exploring Costa Rica’s National Park Corcovado National Park is located on the Osa Peninsula‚ on Costa Rica’s southern side. The magnificent beauty and spectacular vista make this park one of the most isolated rain forests in the country. It’s also home to a remarkable selection of trees‚ endangered plants and animal species. Even though this park is unique and breathtaking in all of its features‚ it’s also worth mentioning that this is a very remote region. Visitors only have access
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Frankenstein’s Monster and Milton’s Satan An Essay on Paradise Lost and Frankenstein By Chris Davidson Almost all great works of literature contain allusions to other great works of literature that enhance the meaning of the work. Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein is an excellent example of a major literary work that contains a sustained allusion to another major work. Frankenstein contains many references to Milton’s Paradise Lost‚ and the two stories are parallel in many aspects. In Shelly’s novel
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started with my experience of this terrible natural disaster! Well a good way to start this is how I believe Cyclone Tracy was formed in the first place. I did some research out of curiosity and got this. A tropical cyclone like Cyclone Tracy is created by a group of thunderstorms over warm tropical waters. The small winds of those thunderstorms evaporate water from the ocean surface and thus transferring energy from the ocean into the atmosphere. While the winds flow into that disturbance‚ they form
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little known fact‚ however‚ is that about 84% of the total heating of the Earth over the last 40 years has gone into warming the oceans. This warming of the ocean is having widespread effects from loss of biodiversity to the increasing number of tropical cyclones. Even changes of less than 5°C are having effects seen around the world. Many studies are starting to suggest that humans are beginning to play a larger and larger role in the increasing of the ocean’s temperature as human’s fingerprint
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was the most powerful to hit South Florida in over 30 years. Hurricanes are one of the most destructive natural disasters. They are very powerful and dangerous storms. Hurricanes usually start over warm sea near the equator. Even though these tropical storms also known as hurricanes start off weak‚ they can strengthen causing lots of damages and the lives of others. There are two factors that are responsible for causing hurricanes .Warm water and moist‚ warm air are the factors. When the moist
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Tornadoes vs. Hurricanes What is the difference between a tornado and a hurricane? A tornado is a dark funnel shaped cloud that is made of rotating winds which are very violent. A hurricane is a tropical cyclone with constant winds that can pass 74 mph. And appear with rain‚ thunder and lightening. I think that theses both are seriously dangerous to be in. A hurricane and tornado both form in warm‚ damp air blowing from opposite ends. They both cause flash floods‚ mudslides and they also
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anywhere on the map‚ and Hurricanes can’t. Hurricanes start in the sea‚ Tornadoes can’t. Tornadoes range in size‚ Hurricanes don’t. Hurricanes are tropical storms‚ Tornadoes aren’t. Hurricanes cause more destruction to cities‚ Tornadoes don’t cause as much destruction. Hurricanes and Tornadoes are both tragic storms that impact the world. One is a tropical storm‚ and one is not. They both are a cone that swirls around in a circular motion. They both cause a lot of destruction to cities‚ states‚
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Islands have tropical rain forests‚ the deltaic regions have tropical forests and mangroves; the desert and semi desert areas of Rajasthan are known for cactii‚ a wide variety of bushes and thorny vegetation. Depending upon the variations in the climate and the soil‚ the vegetation of India changes from one region to another. On the basis of certain common features such as predominant vegetation type and climatic regions‚ Indian forests can be divided into the following groups: Tropical Evergreen
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Deforestation Deforestation is the process whereby natural forests are cleared through logging and/or burning‚ either to use the timber or to replace the area for alternative uses. Deforestation occurs around the world‚ though tropical rainforests are particularly targeted. Countries with significant deforestation currently or in the recent past include Brazil‚ Indonesia‚ Thailand‚ the Democratic Republic of Congo and other parts of Africa‚ and parts of Eastern Europe‚ according to UNEP collaborating
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