The first question that arises when it comes to the story of forest fires is: What exactly is fire? This question can simply be answered that it is a chemical reaction involving fuel, oxygen and heat. The molecules of a combustible substance move around at an ever more rapid pace as the substance heats until it ultimately combusts totally. When this combustion takes place, the chemicals in whatever substance is being heated are broken down and combined with the oxygen present in the air, with the
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communities: * Global warming is already leading to more violent storms and less predictable weather patterns. According to the Pew Center on Global Warming, since 1995, only two years have not had above average hurricane activity. The overall number of tropical storms has not increased, but there are more storms strong enough to be called hurricanes. We will probably continue to get bigger storms, which will do more damage to coastal areas. * Global warming will have drastic effects on local ecosystems
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Rainforest Ecosystem Functions Ben Barr, Melodie Ocampo, Marline Pierre, Martha Tejada BSBH/ENV100 October 17, 2011 Wendy Armstrong Rainforest Ecosystem Functions The rain forest can be believed to be a living organism; they are a forest categorized by the amount of rain that falls throughout the year. Rainforest are some of this planet’s most complex ecosystems. “They once covered 14% of the earth's land surface and now they cover a mere 6%” (RainTree, 2010). Nonetheless
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to Geography 4 01 2012 The New Guinea Rainforest The island of New Guinea is the second largest island in the world. It is located one hundred kilometers north of Australia. It also has one of the largest tropical rainforests in the world, and is one of the last remaining expanses of tropical rainforest left in the world. The New Guinea Island still has parts that have been untouched and in some places on the island, the natives have never seen a white person. The rainforest however is being rapidly
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Hurricanes are one of the deadliest and most expensive natural disasters around. They are more common in areas of humid yet moist weather so they are very foreign to certain places. But to the places were hurricanes are the norm, the people take them extremely seriously because they kill people and ruin countless amounts of property. Hurricanes can attack and harm people in so many ways they can kill people, leave them homeless, it leaves children orphaned and disable them. On the west coast of the
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DEFORESTATION 1. Introduction The year 2011 is ‘The International Year of Forests’. This designation has generated momentum bringing greater attention to the forests worldwide. Forests cover almost a third of the earth’s land surface providing many environmental benefits including a major role in the hydrologic cycle, soil conservation, prevention of climate change and preservation of biodiversity. Forest resources can provide long-term national economic benefits. For example, at least
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Tewksbury floods in 2007 The area around Tewkesbury is frequently affected by flooding. In general such flooding causes little damage to property as the town is surrounded by large areas of floodplain which restrict urban development and the ability for the town to spread. However, extreme flooding events have caused damage to property and affected transport links, the most significant events occurring in 1947, 1960 and 2007. Causes Heavy rain on 20 July caused extensive flooding across
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a tree-hugger. However, through pursuing his passion, he co-founded what was at the time known as the New York Rainforest Alliance (which later went international) and started a nonprofit that would grow to become one of the leaders of change for tropical forests. Rainforest Alliance worked very differently than other nonprofits. They strictly stayed away from policy making and simple boycotts. Instead, they tried to find solutions to problems for all parties involved. They worked with the corporations
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event and it would be breaking its tradition and with stadiums being built with air-conditioning and other modern features, in addition to this it has been suggested that games could commence at night. On the contrary, with many countries which have tropical climate’s having already hosted the competition and the tournament being hosted in Brazil next year, why weren’t questions asked about them hosting a winter World Cup. Firstly, why should the World Cup be moved from summer to winter, or even be
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There are too many to fault that are identified later in this disaster ranging from pre-planning, during the disaster and post disaster. Hurricanes are natural formations which occur that can’t be prevented but only prepared for. Katrina started as a tropical storm and turned into a hurricane once she reached the Caribbean Islands and on August 24th, 2005, the first alert went out (nhc.noaa.gov). Once Katrina reached the Gulf of Mexico she grew stronger and stronger due to the warm water and
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