Climate change

Climate change lasts forever unlike weather. Climate change is process that involves trapping hot air into the earths atmosphere. Air usually exits the atmosphere and enters space. This is causing more energy to come into the system. This results in hotter, drier and wetter seasons at unusual times. One of climate change's main causes is deforestation. In order to stop climate change we need to stop logging. Climate change is definately a horrible thing and we need to do something about it
 

       

"Faced with the choice of deadly, dirty, dangerous energy like coal, oil and nuclear power, or safe, clean and renewable power, what would you decide? Renewable energy, smartly used, can and will meet our demands. No oil spills, no climate change, no radiation danger, no nuclear waste – simply energy we can trust. We can achieve a world with 100% renewable energy. Will you make that choice?"     Quote, http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/climate-change/

Deforestation

Deforestation is the clearing of trees and land by logging and burning in order to use the property for other social purposes.

Deforestation has many detrimental effects which include: Biodiversity, reduction of oxygen, climate change, soil erosion, less soil production, increasing flood waters, hot during the day and cool during the night and extiction of animals.
Deforestation occurs because people are so careless and do not think of our environment. People log trees to provide general needs and wants such as dairy and chocolate, to supply materials for building and to provide areas for people to live. There are some very obvious ways to prevent deforestation. Some of them are: Replacing each tree cut down for another tree, to de-root the tree and replant it and restrain how many trees are cut down or burnt.
I believe that it is time we act upon deforestation and prevent it from happening.

What can do to help protect rainforests?

We can do may things to protect  rainforests. Some very simple ways are:

- trying to reduce how much paper we use, this will lead to less trees needing to be cut down
- reducing how much pollution we release, this will cause less trees dying
- if a tree is cut down replace it with another tree, this way, we can have the materials needed from the tree while a new tree is growing
- try to avoid cutting down trees in which animals live, if you do cut down a tree with an animal there give it a new home in another tree

 There are many way that we can protect rainforests.

Start
Acting, you know you can. You can help in
Various ways. We are on a mission to save our
Earth.

Rainforests are one example of what we can protect, but there
Are many others too.
If you start there will be mob psychology but
Negative thoughts will get you nowhere. If you think positively and with
Fact, you can help
Our earth. We can do this by
Regenerating trees. Our
Earth is fragile and needs to be protected there are
Simple ways and difficult ways
That is why we are here, to protect and
Save our Earth.

Why are Rainforests important?

You may ask, why are rainforests so important. You may think that they are not. But they have a big role in everyday life. One obvious reason is that the trees from a rainforest convert carbon dioxide into oxygen. Another main reason is that one rainforest is home to more than 200 plants and animals. If we did not have rainforests we would not survive and neither would animals or plants,we would eventually die and so would they. If we cut down trees this is what we will be left with this:

In this particular rainforest there is only one tree left!!! Imagine that!!!

Where are Rainforests found in the world? Use a world map to illustrate

Rainforests are found all over the world but mainly in tropical areas such as Queensland or Central Africa.

Image found at: http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/images/where/whemap.gif

On this map everything that is coloured dark green is a rainforest.
Did you know that around half of the world is rainforest!!!   

What animals live in the rainforest? Which layer of the rainforest do they live in? Select one rainforest animal, find a picture of it to include in your report, and describe its habitat.

Many animals live in a rainforest and in many different ways. Some examples are the two-toed sloth and the howler monkey. Both of these animals live in the canopy. A wide variety of birds live in the understory, and many, many insects live in the shrub layer and the forest floor.

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The Two Toed Sloth
 Two-toed sloths live in the canopy. The canopy is the second layer and is filled wth leaves that these sloths like to eat. the sloths cling to the canopy branches with its long, sharp claws. Sloths can hang from these branches all day without them snapping.