Essays on Everglades

The Tenerife Crash was an event between two airplanes of the same model, Boeing 747 from two different companies: KLM and Pan-Am. Both planes had the same destination; the Gran Canarias Airport, but, a bomb explosion and a threat of a second bomb in the airport obliged the airport authorities to shut down the airport and divert all the air traffic to a smaller airport in Tenerife North, called Los Rodeos Airport. The accident consisted in a crash between the two airplanes in the air. Both airplanes received the same instruction from Control Tower causing the crash between the ...

INTRODUCTION

There was a time when the world was almost entirely covered by forests, marshes, mountains and rainforests however, as human societies became more and more industrialized and the population continued to grow more and more natural environments were cleared to accommodate housing needs of people, the grazing lands for animals, room for human industries, and the obtaining of natural energy resources, like coal and oil. This is a reality for many states in the United States. That being said there are many people who have never spent a single day surrounded by authentic nature. It was in the 1860s ...

Introduction

Climate change is among the significant factors impacting ecological diversity on a worldwide scale. The growth of industries and the increasing human population globally have resulted in a rise in the volume of greenhouse gasses, which scientists have argued are the greatest contributors to the menace. The Florida Keys is one of the ecological treasures of the U.S. that continues to be impacted negatively by climate change and anthropogenic activities. This ecological treasure, which is located at the tip of the state of Florida, comprises about 1,700 islands that stretch for more than 200 miles to the west ...

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The article refers to the descendants of the ancient Indian tribes in the Florida Everglades. It is a really interesting account of the history and the lives of the tribes. The hero is a person called Houston Cypress (Funcheon, 2014). He recounts his early years and how he was scared of being looked down upon since he was ‘two spirited’ (gay). Many of the early tribes in the area had different names and references to people with different gender choices. It clearly shows the way how the ...

The temperate climate of South Florida provides a suitable environment for a large variety of plants and animals in the area (Kras, 2009). Its unique water habitat provides a home for many reptiles and other endangered species such as the manatee, the Florida panther and the wood stork. In addition, most of the wading birds are endangered and need to be preserved.

Birds

According to Kras (2009), more than 360 species of birds exist or visit the Everglades. Some of this includes wading birds, of which currently about 90 to 95 percent have disappeared. This is because of construction of dikes and poor ...