In the Florida Museum of Natural History’s article “Shark Attacks in Perspective,” (2018) the writers observe the realities behind shark attacks in Florida. When many people simply hear the word “shark” they think to the most horrible and gruesome images imaginable. Many of us will immediately think of the Great White Shark from Jaws, or something similar. Furthermore, many of us fear being a shark attack more than any other natural danger at the beach. While in all likelihood at the beach one
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On August 29th 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States of America. Hurricane Katrina had been forming over the Bahamas as early as August 23rd 2005. It had a category 3 rating when it hit land and stretched for about 400 miles. Experts estimate that $100 billion in damages was caused by Katrina. New Orleans was at particular risk since the city is approximately six feet below sea level. The Army Corps of Engineers had built a system of levees and seawalls to prevent flooding
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The biggest rainforest in the world has always had one of the biggest argument points in the world today. It’s been a struggle of power that has been a problem since 1870. The biggest question about the Amazon Rainforest is what should it be used for.There are 6 main groups that want to use the land of the Amazon Rainforest, (Native Amazonians, settlers, environmentalists, ranchers, loggers, and rubber tappers) but I will talk about the rubber tappers do and want to do. The rubber tappers tap into
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The Start of Hurricane Season The start of hurricane season, from June 1st to the end of November, is approaching. Last season we, as a country, saw how hurricanes impacted Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico. Red Cross volunteers dispatched to four southern states to try and aid in the recovery by mobilizing resources and help residents impacted by the storms. For hurricane Irma victims, the Red Cross provided over 550,000 overnight shelter stays, 1.5 million meals and snacks, and provide 52,600 health
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how it was born, how it turned into a hurricane, and how its life ended. Hurricane Katrina was first born over the waters of the Bahamas on August 23, 2005 (“Hurricane Katrina”¬¬¬¬). On the next day, it was officially declared a tropical storm and was given the name Tropical Storm Katrina (Caravantes 5). Soon after it was named, it went towards Florida and turned into a Category 1 hurricane on August 26 (Caravantes 7). By August 28, Katrina had become a Category 5 hurricane with 175mph winds (Zimmerman)
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I am all too familiar with the topic of coastal resilience and sea level rise. My grandfather on my mother’s side lives in Louisiana and so does majority of my family. I used to go there every summer to visit my grandfather and almost every time it rained the street would flood as if there had just been a hurricane. August of 2005 is a period of time that I will never forget. It might have been one of the worst things I’ve ever experienced and it still kind of affects me to this day. Me and my mother
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Have you ever wondered what would happen if the Amazon Rainforest, just, disappeared? ⅓ of all medicines are found in plants, and more than half of those plants are in the Amazon Rainforest. This means if the Amazon Rainforest vanished we would lose over 112 drugs and almost all of our future cures. The Amazon Rainforest holds up 20% of the world's oxygen, that's why it has the nickname “The Lungs of the Earth”. The Amazon holds up to 400 different bird species, 125 different mammals, over 750 trees
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Hurricane Maria is one of the most devastating hurricanes humans have ever faced. Its damage is estimated to cost billions and the island is still not done repairing the damages. The destruction its caused has left most of the island without power, water, food, or proper medical care. The relief effort for Puerto Rico has been sturdy but very slow. At its current recovery rate, it will take years for the residents of Puerto Rico to function properly again. Puerto Rico was already a struggling island
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of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. The storm is currently ranked as the third most intense United States land falling tropical cyclone, behind only the 1935 Labor Day hurricane and Hurricane Camille in 1969 (Shah, 2005). In this paper I will tell you about some majors things hurricane Katrina effected such as communication failures and levee failures. It also caused major
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The Rainforest Action Network (aka RAN) was founded in 1985. They work towards helping rainforests and their inhabitants in a nonviolent way. The group supports activists in countries with rainforests and organizes action groups throughout the United States. It works with groups from 60 different countries, and began by bringing the rainforests to public attention. One of it's first successes was it's battle against Burger King in 1987. Burger King wanted to make rainforests into cattle ranches
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