The mountain pine beetle epidemic is causing environmental and social impacts to much of British Columbia. Our forests are very important and will no longer be able to maintain their role if changes are not made. The devastation has had a sweeping impact on B.C.’s ecological, and economical well-being. Additionally, recent studies are drawing attention to the carbon-emitting properties of the dead forests, which is a global concern. A popular misconception developed that the current provincial mountain pine beetle epidemic began in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park.
Colony Collapse Disorder The colony collapse disorder of honeybees has become a very problematic issue. The Natural Resources Defense Council states that nearly that nearly one-third of all honeybee colonies in the country have vanished, putting many fruits and vegetables at risk. A controversial type of pesticide called neonicotinoids has become a prime suspect in this phenomenon, as it affects bees’ sense of direction and making it hard for them to find home. In order to prevent this disaster from continuously occurring, neonicotinoids should be banned or used more sparingly and replaced with an alternative type of pesticide. Author Brandon Keim, author of article “Controversial Pesticide Linked to Bee Collapse” states neonicotinoids began to be used in the mid-1990s as less-toxic alternatives to human-damaging pesticides.
Bio 100 Homework due 11/05/12 Name : Nicholas Oliveira Go to the website on cheetah conservation www.Cheetah.org and read the following sections under the tabs About Cheetahs: Intro, Genetic Diversity, & Race for Survival 1. Why are cheetahs endangered? Our attitudes and misconceptions about these species have led to their endangerment because many people deal with their fear by eliminating predators. 2. What are the 5 most common causes of extinction?
Wal-Mart has also caused the property value of buildings in these small towns they invade to plummet. When one of their Superstores sets up shop in town they can begin to count down the days until the small businesses are ran out; their properties become vacant, and depreciate in value because so many become unoccupied. They receive millions of dollars in subsidies to build in cities because the political leaders believe it will stimulate the economy. When in realty the money they invest in bringing in Wal-Mart is never returned into the community. They are often left with no choice but to give them the money to build within the city limits because nothing keeps this corporation from buying a plot of land just outside the city limits and acquiring the same profits with 0% of the sales tax going back into the town itself.
Their biggest food supply was the buffalo. The animals provided the Indians with basic necessities. The necessities were food, clothing, shelter, and weapons. The reason the buffalo became scare was “after the Civil War, the herds were cut down by professional hunters, who shot 100 an hour to feed railroad workers, and by wealthy easterners who killed them for sport” (Digital History). This inability to locate the big game was very detrimental to the Indians especially during the winters, when they needed them the most.
Ebony Childress Ms. Presley Hum. 1101 24 Feb 2010 Plagues of the Late Middle Ages In 1347 A.D., a history impacting plague swept over Europe causing cities widespread hysteria and death. The primary culprits in transmitting this disease were Oriental Rat Fleas carried on the back of black rats. There were many efforts taken to prevent the disease but most were not effective. The affects greatly impacted the population and the future ways of life in Europe.
Indiana Bats are a rare species and is listed on the Ohio state and federal endangered list. They were placed on the federal list in 1967 due to people disturbing hibernating bats in caves and the killing large numbers of bat. Also the commercialization of caves, loss of summer habitat, pesticides, and the disease white-nose syndrome (US fish and wildlife service, 2013). Some animals cannot adapt to change because of that they slowly die away as to their habitat humans gets smaller and more people mess around the caves. The extinction of animals will cause more of what they eat this can affect humans by more humans being bite by mosquitoes.
Phillips 1 The loss of honey bees could have an enormous agricultural and economic effect worldwide. Researchers are scrambling for clues, any clues, into the recent, baffling disappearance of honeybees across the United States, a potentially catastrophic trend that threatens the hundred or more food crops dependent on bees for pollination. Unless someone or something stops it soon, the mysterious killer that is wiping out many of America’s honeybees could have a devastating effect on the country’s dinner plate, perhaps even reducing its people to a glorified bread-and-water diet. The almond trees are blooming and the bees are dying, and nobody knows why. All up and down California’s vast San Joaquin Valley, nearly 2,500 square kilometers
Vlad Bakhmetyev Burchett/5 Illegal Immigration Research Paper Migration into the United States is often looked at as a privilege to those in search of a better life. However, migrating to the U.S. illegally is extremely detrimental to the government eroding State and Government funds. As a result, schools and hospitals all over the United States literally go bankrupt and get shut down. Clearly, illegal aliens cost the U.S. a great amount of money that could be allocated towards other funds for the benefit of its citizens. An estimated $2.5 billion a year is spent on their Medicaid, as well as another annual $12 billion dollars spent on primary and secondary school education for illegal kids, in addition some $1.6 billion is annually spent
The key is to help the bears to get back to their natural food sources independently. The white bark pine seeds are a favorite and valuable food source for the grizzlies, and the bears will feed exclusively on the fatty, high protein seeds from August to autumn if they are available. The white bark pine population has been declining due to the mountain pine beetles and a fungal disease called blister rust. The lacking of this important substance, the bears are forced to search for different sources of food outside of the Yellowstone National Park thus increase human