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Deforestation is the action of clearing a large area of trees. It represents one of the largest issues in global land use. Estimates of deforestation are based on the area of forest cleared for human use, including removal of the trees for wood products and for croplands and grazing lands. In the practice of clear-cutting,Continue reading “Deforestation”

The official definition of rising sea levels is: Definition of Sea Level Rise:The term sea-level rise generally designates the average long-term global rise of the ocean surface measured from the centre of the earth (or more precisely, from the earth reference ellipsoid), as derived from satellite observations. Relative sea-level rise refers to long-term average sea-levelContinue reading “Rising Sea Levels”

Forest fires were occuring in the Amazon for weeks before the world started to notice. These fires were at their peak in August with approximately 30,000 fires at any one time. There were many causes for this. Forest fires often occur in the amazon during dry seasons, mainly July and October. This is because theContinue reading “Forest Fires”