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The Amazon rainforest in Brazil lost an area about 12 times the size of New York City from August 2018 through July of this year, according to government data released Monday, which shows that deforestation in the biome has shot up significantly since the election of President Jair Bolsonaro.
The 3,769 square miles of forest cover lost during that period represents a 30 percent increase from the previous year and the highest net loss since 2008.
While there are always multiple direct and indirect drivers of deforestation, the largest contributors in Brazil, by far, are cattle ranching, demand for commodities, and logging (Butler, 2019). Cattle ranching is, as it sounds, the issue of large areas of forest being destroyed for cattle farms. This relates to the demand for commodities, as Brazil is the largest exporter of beef in the world (Yale University, 2015). The other largest commodity in the Brazilian Amazon is soybeans. In fact, Brazil is the largest exporter of soybeans in the world (Simoes et al., 2011). Soybeans require large plots of land in order to be farmed, and this land is obtained largely through deforestation. Lastly, logging, the process of obtaining wood for timber and other uses, is a very large contributor to deforestation.
Explanation:
Fossil records from separate continents, particularly on the outskirts of continents show the same species. As well mineral specimens along the supposed break lines of the continents are nearly identical. Some identical species exist on certain continents, like an earthworm common to both Africa and South America suggesting the species could not have spontaneously arisen on both continents without some variations.
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Bordered by Jordan to the east and by Israel and Palestine to the west, the Dead Sea is a landlocked lake rather than a true sea, and is recognized as one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth. Its name is well earned — no fish, birds or plants can survive in its high-saline environment
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East European Plain is the largest physical feature in Europe and it is where most crops are grown.
Explanation:
Europe is part of the Eurasian continental mass, appearing as a huge peninsula of it. It is part of this landmass that in some parts is tectonically highly active, while in some parts it is very calm and without internal disturbances. This has caused the formation of multiple different physical features that often define a region.
The largest physical feature is located in an area that doesn't experience any particular tectonic activity. This physical feature is the East European Plain. It is stretching from Poland to the Ural Mountains west to east, with the Baltic Sea and Finland marking its northern boundary, and the Carpathians, Black Sea, and the Caucasus Mountains marked its southern boundary. This plain os often referred to as Russian Plain as well, and it also has to be taken into consideration that it is actually connected with the North European Plain and French Plain, so it can comfortably be said that this system of plains actually stretches from the Atlantic coast to the Ural Mountains. Being a lowland area with highly fertile soil, it is the region in Europe that is most used for agriculture and it is where the majority of the crops are produced.
