The Amazon rainforest is home to one of the world’s most diverse habitats, covering the majority of Northern South America. Although it is the largest rainforest in the Western hemisphere, it is presently threatened by persistent deforestation and mining by mega corporations. The continuation of these processes not only endangers the population of wildlife inhabiting the Amazon, but it also affects the lives of many indigenous tribes that have occupied its forests for centuries. According to the
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The Earth is a vast and amazing place but is also cruel and dark. Filled with wonders and staggering displays of nature it is the life that inhabits it to make it the most unique planet in the galaxy. But, with such an amazing planet comes the debt we pay to live here. Natural disasters ravage the world as a whole and disrupt the lives of many. Tornadoes in Midwest, Hurricanes in the Pacific and Tsunamis that hit islands such as Japan. Writer Leonard Pitts days after the hurricane that struck Haiti
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According to Crandall, W., Parnall, J. & Spillan, J. (2013), a major storm at the Indiana State Fair triggered a stage collapse. The accident happened in August of 2011. There were about 12,000 fans in the stands to see the band called Sugarland. The result of the accident was the death of seven people, and 58 injuries. The main cause of the collapse was high winds. There was a lot of confusion about who was responsible for the concert not being cancelled. In addition, temporary staging had
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AMERICAN RED CROSS AND THE KATRINA EMERGENCY 3 The American Red Cross has people, systems, and plans in place to respond to disasters. They are considered the go-to agency in cases of emergencies and crisis when people are in need, with much success. The American Red Cross response to Hurricane Katrina surpassed any disaster response before it and nothing in the last ten years has reached its magnitude. “The Red Cross:
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Barrier islands can be violently impacted by severe storms because their main purpose is to lessen the blow experienced by the mainland (Smith et al., 2006). These islands therefore can be highly impacted by storms in terms of shoreline erosion, sediment transfer, and foredune reduction. Depending on the frequency and severity of storms, the level of shoreline retreat can be very large (Kish and Donoghue, 2013). On Santa Rosa Island, Kish and Donoghue (2013) measured a 300-meter shoreline retreat
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According to the article on BBC News, Hurricane Irma has destroyed buildings and caused major flooding on several French island territories in the Caribbean. French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb had mentioned that there are four main solid buildings located in Saint Martin, shared by France and the Netherlands. The four “main solid” buildings were destroyed by hurricane Irma. Unbelievable! As of now there is still more damaged being reported in the Dutch section. Hurricane Irma is a category five
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Nearly 10 typhoons hit Japan every year, having just 8 typhoons a year counts as having a few. The worst typhoon to hit Japan left five thousand missing or killed. Identically K. a character in Haruki Murakamis’ short story “The Seventh Man,” died by one. Although it was the main characters, The Seventh Mans’ idea to go outside to the beach after a small typhoon. K. went by his own choice. Although The Seventh Man was was entitled to watch K at the beach as the older figure between the two and K
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The current scientific understanding that is to our question is that tardigrades will evolve in a different structure in microgravity. We already know that they will evolve into different species that will show that tardigrade can live in microgravity. This may help us show that tardigrades can seed planets like mars or the moon. Tardigrades will do its job to reproduce and make it successful. Tardigrades (also known as Water bears or moss piglets) are water-dwelling, segmented micro-animals with
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The Tropical Rainforest is known for its biodiversity as it is home to many different types of plants and animals also referred to as Flora and Fauna (Hess, 2016). There are approximately 15 million different species of plants and animals thriving throughout this biome (Bioexpedition, 2012). In each level of the biome, there are different types of animals and plants because of the unique characteristics of each location (Bioexpedition, 2012). Tropical rainforests create a layered appearance separated
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Hurricane Katrina was the priciest and one of the deadliest hurricanes to hit the coast of the United States in recorded history. The category three natural disaster is the sixth most severe storm on record, one of the most destructive storms in U.S. history, and it’s responsible for about 150 billion dollars in damage and the loss of over 1,800 people. It was the evening before Wednesday, August 23, 2005 when Hurricane Katrina had raised from the oceans near Louisiana. In the beginning, its wind
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