Alaska, The Final Frontier
Alaska, The Final Frontier, The Land of The Midnight Sun, Home to Denali and Mount McKinley, the highest mountain on the continent. The name "Alaska" was used by the Russians to refer only to the peninsula. This name was used by the United States to refer, first to the entire territory, and t....

Amazon
The Amazon River is the second longest river in world. The headwaters begin high in the soaring Andes Mountains and stretches 6,400 km across the South American continent to the Atlantic Ocean. It discharges between 34 to 121 million liters of water per second, and depositing an average of 3 million....

bio the need the day
Biology (from Greek Βìο meaning life and Λoγος meaning the study of) is the study of life. Biology encompasses a broad spectrum of academic fields that are often viewed as independent disciplines. However, together they address phenomena related to living organisms (bi....

Biodiversity of Arthropods in Eastern North Carolina in Deciduous Forests, Coniferous Forests and Grasslands (Burlese Funnel)
Abstract In the fall of 2014, our APES class conducted a lab to determine the species diversity on White Oak High Schools campus. We studied three types of biomes, the deciduous forest, which contains many trees that shed their leaves, Grasslands, which have enough precipitation for healthy gr....

Chinas Ecological Crisis
China is a beautiful country but one that is in ecological peril. Air pollution and the acid rain it causes, along with a loss of biodiversity make this country an ecological hotspot. These two very different problems have some of the same root causes. The United States has faced similar problems. A....

David Suzuki Foundation
David Suzuki Foundation Organization The David Suzuki Foundation is an environmental non-profit organization registered in Canada and the United States. We work towards balancing human needs with the Earths ability to sustain all life. Our goal is to find and communicate practical ways to achi....

Ecosystem and Environments
What is an ecosystem? Ecosystem, an abbreviation of âecological systemâ. It can be thought of as an assemblage of living organisms ( biotic community or biocoenosis) living together with their environment (biotope). It is a dynamic and complex unit. Urban ecological systems are charact....

Environmental science laws and treaties
APES Summer Assignment 2006: Laws and Treaties 1) Antarctic Treaty A- Antarctic Treaty, it came into force June 23 1961, and was adopted at the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Peru, May/June 1999, International. B- The Treaty covers the area south of 60°̊S latitude. Its obj....

Ex situ conservation
Ex situ Conservation Biodiversity conservation refers to the number and variety of living organisms, which are protected and preserved under a variety of methods. Biodiversity conservation is achieved in two ways; the first is in situ methods and the second is ex situ methods. In-situ conservation ....

For a named lithosere you have studied, explain how and why plant communities change with time.
A lithosere is a succession that begins on a bare, consolidated rock surface. An example is the rock exposed at the coast, where there are eustatic and isostatic changes, rocks exposed as glaciers retreat or volcanic lava after an eruption. It is an example of primary succession; a succession that b....

Gaia Mother of All
Oh Goddess, Source of Gods and Mortals, All-Fertile, All-Destroying Gaia, Mother of All, Who brings forth the bounteous fruits and flowers, All variety, Maiden who anchors the eternal world in our own, Immortal, Blessed, crowned with every grace, Deep bosomed Earth, sweet plains and fields frag....

Is ecotourism the way forward for countries such as Ecuador?
Environment - international agreements: Party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber ....

Population Estimation
Ecologists study the distribution, size and interaction of species within an ecosystem. An ecologist is not just limited to measuring animals but can measure the population of any species including plants, bacteria, fungi and protists. They further specialize the scope of their study by restrictin....

Wildlife Extinction and Deforestation in Africa
Wildlife Extinction and Deforestation in Africa Deforestation and wildlife extinction are just two of the serious environmental problems facing Africa today and are caused from: Logging destruction of the rain forest. Clear land to make room for housing and farming. ....

Wildlife Extinction and Deforestation in Africa
Wildlife Extinction and Deforestation in Africa Deforestation and wildlife extinction are just two of the serious environmental problems facing Africa today and are caused from: Logging destruction of the rain forest. Clear land to make room for housing and farming. Unprec....

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