Hurricane Ike was the second-costliest hurricane ever to make landfall in the United States and the second most active hurricane to reach the Canadian mainland as a tropical storm in the great lakes region after hurricane Hazel in 1954. It was the ninth named storm, the fifth hurricane and third major hurricane of the2008 hurricane season. It was a Cape verde type hurricane, as it started as a tropical disturbance near Africa at the end of the gust. On September 1, 2008, it became a tropical storm west of the Cape Verde islands. By the early morning hours of September 4, Ike was a Category 4 hurricane, with maximum wind speeds of 145 miles per hour.
Average Temperature Rain forests belong to the tropical wet climate group. The temperature in a rain forest rarely gets higher than 93 °F (34 °C) or drops below 68 °F (20 °C. Average Precipitation Average humidity is between 77 and 88%; rainfall is often more than 100 inches a year. There is usually a brief season of less rain. In monsoonal areas, there is a real dry season.
BASIC FACTS and CHARACTERISTICS: The taiga represents 29 percent of the world’s forest cover. It contains many animals includes 85 species of mammals, 130 species of fish, 32,000 species of insects, 300 species of birds and 300 species of fish! Another amazing fact about the taiga is that the coldest temperature in the Northern hemisphere has been recorded there, which is -65 degrees Fahrenheit. Most of the taiga is covered by evergreens. The taiga, is prone to small wildfires because the trees have adapted to the climate and have thick bark which is protective against damaging wildfires.
November 1983 Vol. INo. 1 Technical Bulletin Insert Wildland Management Center TheUniversityof Michigan THE MURlQUl AN INDICATOR OF EASTERN BRAZIL'S DYING FORESTS The Muriqui or woolly spider monkey (Brachyteles arachnoides) i s the largest New World monkey and among the most endangered primates in the world. I t i s t h e m o s t ape-like Neotropical primate species and is found only in the Atlantic forest region of southeastern Brazil. The Atlantic foresls are a unique series of ecosystems quite distinct from the much more extensive Amazonian forests to the northwest.
The Amur, or Far Eastern leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is one of the eight subspecies of leopard. It is only found in the Russian Far East and North East China and there are fewer than 40 individuals left in the wild, making it one of the world’s most endangered big cats. For this reason, it is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. Amur leopards live in the temperate forests of Far Eastern Russia, experiencing harsh winters with extreme cold and deep snow, as well as hot summers. The species is adapted to a cool climate and has thick fur which grows up to 7.5 cm long in winter.
The landed area is mainly urban communities and is densely populated (City-data, 2012). Cook County is blessed with many physical attractions including beaches, historic architectural buildings, museums, cultural centers, millennium park, navy pier, and the Shedd Aquarium just to mention a few. There are an estimated 189 sunny days per year, the average summer temperature is 84 degrees Fahrenheit, and the winter average temperature is 16 degrees Fahrenheit. Extreme weather conditions include blizzards, major flooding and tornadoes in the spring and drought in the summer time. Cook County gets an average of 35 inches of rain per year compared to the U.S. average of 37 inches.
There is no real 0domination of one particular species in the Rain Forest and the Trees are typical evergreen trees. Today Madagascar is home to nearly 60 lemurs. Some other types of changes would be the climate change, hunters, and deforestation. I think their biggest threat is that of deforestation on the island. This is a great loss to their habitat Which types of lemurs are adapting to the changes?
In the United States, there are over 30,000 mountain lions (“Basic facts”, 2014), which makes this cat the largest member of the cat family present in the country (“Mountain Lion”, 2014). However, the Florida panther is very endangered with less than 100 living mountain lions still roaming (“Basic facts”, 2014). In Colorado, there is a high mountain lion density with one cat for every eight square miles (Busch, 1996, p.46). This cat is found in typical mountain regions, swamps, and also
Days above freezing and nights below −20 °C both occur in the winter. Spring and fall are variable, prone to extremes in temperature and unpredictable swings in conditions. Hot days above 30 °C have occurred as early as March or as late as October, although such events are unusual and brief. Annual precipitation averages around 940 millimetres. There are about 2130 hours of average sunshine
Temperatures in the forests range from 30 to –65 degrees Fahrenheit; the amount of sunlight that the forests receive depends on what time of year it is. During the winter Boreal Forests get only a few hours of sun while in the summer they can receive up to 20 hrs of sunlight. Depending on the year the forest can acquire between 20 to 200 cm of precipitation, mostly in snow. The Boreal forest floors are usually muddy and swampy due to melted snow. Due to the fact that Boreal forest have acidic soil because of fallen conifer needles that accumulate on the forest floor, the amount of plants that can grow are limited.