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    years at the current rate of deforestation, writes National Geographic. The world will become a worse place in 100 years due to deforestation. Deforestation will worsen global warming or the release of greenhouse gases, remove animals from their habitats, and cause erosion and flooding. The removal of trees from our planet will increase the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, furthermore causing global warming. Global warming is at a record high. For the past 50 years, the global average temperature

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    Butterfly's population count, which was just about 150 million butterflies, nearly one third of that population decreased.As a matter of fact, these are the results of our actions like climate change, poaching/farming, pollution and the destruction of their habitats. As a result , it is a priority that the public is aware of these certain situations, so that we can fix the problem with climate change with some possible solutions. Species Information.The Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a very

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    IS THIS THE WORLD WE WANT TO LIVE IN? DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON "An estimated 18 million acres (7.3 million hectares) of forest are lost each year." (LiveScience). The deforestation in the Amazonian rainforest of Brazil harms the environment and everything within it. Up to 30,000 species are expected to become extinct by the next century quarter due to deforestation. Oil is the number one leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon to sell to large corporate countries such as the United States

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    human disruptions to marine ecosystems, such as pollution, water degradation, and climate change (Jackson, et al). Overfishing causes an overwhelming devastation upon the oceans because it depletes food resources, disrupts the food web, and destroys habitats of aquatic organisms, due to this, overfishing causes an oceanic ecological collapse worldwide. Overfishing is not a problem that has recently arise, but a problem that started since the early 1800s. Overfishing first began when people sought for

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    live in. Others, however, understand that due to climate change, habitat loss, and poaching, more and more species are becoming endangered which leads to a chain reaction that can be devastating to ecosystems. Species such as the Chinook salmon, gorillas, tropical sharks, and polar bears are all directly affected by climate change, species such as northern spotted owls, Sumatran tigers, and lemurs are greatly harmed due to habitat loss, and species such as the sea turtle, Javan rhinoceros, African

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    Authors can demonstrate their point of view in a certain subject in a variety of ways. Diction may depict the author’s point of view. In the scientific essay Hope for Animals and Their World, the author, the animal rights activist Jane Goodall, uses diction to demonstrate her point of view. Jane Goodall uses specific words to help demonstrate her point of view when talking about the American Burying Beetle. Goodall shows her anxiety of the animals, and also shows her affection towards animals. In

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    death rates compared to birth rates of the most hunted animals. The over-population would cause the plants to be eaten faster than they could be produced, which would not only cause animals to die of starvation, but would also destroy the animal habitats. The effects of this would be irreversible and would lead to mass animal extinction. On the other hand, if guns did become outlawed there would be an abundance of aluminum. Due to the fact that the main component in ammunition is aluminum, the decrease

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    diverse. Throughout the forest over 700 species of plants and animals can be discovered (Queensland Tropical Forests, 2015).In the article, Recruitment dynamics of invasive species in rainforest habitats following Cyclone Larry, it states that many studies have concentrated on the effects of small-scale destruction of Australian tropical forests. Nevertheless, it seems that large-scale and occasional instabilities like cyclones, have a bigger

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    a recurring motif. This motif is not only found in Bradbury’s novel but also in Matt Daffern’s poem, “Fire and Water.” Both works present a myriad of interpretations as to the nature and interaction between fire and water. Fire can mean anger, destruction, strength, or rebirth. Water can symbolize complacency, peace, rationality, or cleansing. These separate and opposite forces have contrasting qualities. However, there is a clear correlation between the novel and the poem as they illustrate that

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    present on the state’s endangered list and about 23 species on the Texas’s endangered list and a many other species of concern were included in the list generated. But this list was overlooked and the fencing was built. The endangered species and habitats have hurt the most from the splitting, tells an assistant professor of biology at Penn State, Mr. Jesse Lasky. In 2011, he presented a report which explained that the barrier has decreased the range by a large value, for some species by 75 percent

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