Amazon Rainforest And Its Impact On The Biome

The Amazon forest occupies a relevant place on the international scene and its importance is recognized worldwide. The goal of this paper is to present general information about the Amazon area, showing the biodiversity and the environmental, social, and economic impact in exploring that area. This paper will also emphasize what are the values of that ecosystem to the world, explaining about several natural resources, fauna, and flora in the Amazon forest. The author supported his arguments on articles and books that are in the reference. As a result, the author provides an overview and some important details about that area, bringing arguments and evidences to show why is important take care of the Amazon forest.

The Interdependence of plants, animals, and humans is integral in the Amazon Rainforest ecosystem of the tropical rainforest biome. The key features of the Amazon Rainforest is the Amazon River. The Amazon Rainforest goes through Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and many other countries. Colombia has 10%, Brazil has 60%, and Peru has 13%. 80-90 degrees during the day and 50 degrees at night is the temperature of the Amazon Rainforest. There are dry and wet seasons. it gets 9 to 10 feet of rain a year. The terrain is in the Amazon Rainforest are rocky mountains, wetlands , plains, valleys, rivers, streams, and highlands. The dirt is poor with very few nutrients and it is very muddy. It is also dense with trees and rotting logs. The thin topsoils, made of decaying vegetable and animal parts, take up all the nutrients. In the Amazon Rainforest there 's the Congo River, the Rio Negro, and the Amazon River.

Rainforests are known to be critically important for human wellbeing and are often referred to as the lungs of the planet. This is because, rainforests not only absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen that all animals depend on for survival but due to the fact they also help stabilize climate, provide a home to many plants and animals, maintain the water cycle, protect the human population against flood, drought & erosion, and are a source for medicines and foods. Rainforest also happen to support tribal people and are known to be an interesting place to visit. Abiotic factors are referred to as non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems (Dictionary.com, 2017). Some examples of abiotic factors in the Amazon forest include water cycle, temperature and carbon cycle. Additionally, the living components of an ecosystem also referred to as the biotic factors (Dictionary.com, 2017) are elements of the Amazon forest. This includes the organisms living in the ecosystem and the present food chain. Altogether, these are factors and components that are seen in the Amazon forest, despite the deteriorating status of the rainforest due to human activities within the ecosystem. With these activities currently occurring, the amazon rainforest could potentially be eliminated if action is not taken.

The tropical rainforest biome is an ecosystem covering around 6% of the Earth’s surface and being a home to over 50% of the plant and animal species. These environments are hot and humid all year round, with the average amount of rainfall being 250cm per year. The temperatures in a rain forest minimum tends to be around 20OC with the temperature not rising above 34OC regularly. Tropical rainforests are found spanning from both sides of the equator between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn meaning rainforests are in Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Africa and Australia.

The Amazon has a humid climate. There’s a lot precipitation and an average temperature of 77 degrees Fahrenheit. The rainforest is found in South America. The Amazon River is surrounded by tropical rainforest. Three layers can be found in the forest. The forest floor is the bottom layer, it has an under story where all the trunks of the trees are located, and a canopy. This is where the tops of the trees are located.

Amazon Rainforest is located in South America a broadleaf evergreen forest found in wet and hot regions near the equator.They have different type of people in the Brazil Amazon they have the native amazonians,rubber tappers,loggers,settlers,and the cattle ranchers. The cattle ranchers came in the amazon 1960’s and we use the land to raise cattles and earn money for Brazil.

The tropical biome is found near the equator and is characterized by a lot of rainfall (about 200 inches a year of rainfall), stable temperatures (temperature rarely gets above 93 degrees Fahrenheit or 68 degrees Fahrenheit), and high humidity. Although rainforests cover less then 6% of the Earth’s surface, scientists say that they hold more than half of the world’s plant and animal species. Additionally, it also has the greatest plant and animal species diversity of any biome on Earth. The rainforest biome has tall, dominant trees that form a dense canopy, which create a nutrient-poor soil.

Tropical rainforest-Tropical rainforests balance the world’s climate. They help to balance climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide. The tropical rainforest is very wet with 200-1000 cm of rain per year. With this much rain the humidity is rather high - 77%-88%. The temperature is 21-30 degrees celsius. All this makes the tropical rainforest a very lush and beautiful.

Approximately two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest and one-third of the remaining rainforest in the world is in Brazil. The Amazon is home to ten percent of the total known species worldwide, making Brazil the most biodiverse country in the world. However, deforestation and land conversion in Brazil are prevalent issues and a threat to the biodiversity, endangered species, and indigenous people that live in the Amazon.

The Amazon Rainforest has hot and humid climates. It also is typically a tropical environment, where it is mainly humid and hot through out the year especially in the summer depending on the temperatures. The average temperature is 27

The tropical rainforest biome is an ecosystem that covers about seven percent of the Earth's surface. They are found all over the world, but the majority of the tropical rainforest is found in South America in Brazil. This ecosystem experiences high average temperatures and a significant amount of rainfall.

In fact if more trees are cut down, habitat of animals could be destroyed and we could end up with extinct species as mention before. Not only does this affect the Amazon alone, but it affects the whole southern part of America. With the reduction of trees the capacity to absorb carbon, modified water cycles, and soil, deforestation and climate change could cause the Amazon to be replaced with savannah like vegetation. With a big alternation to the ecosystem like the savannah could distress Brazil. If the ecosystem is distress this can cause changes in temperature, and rainfall is the increase like hood with extreme weather events. These events are usually caused by the climate change and regional deforestation. Events such as droughts and floods are part of the natural rain forest climate change, but alternation to the climate change can bring severe weather change. This can hold a negative impact on suburban areas with transportation, agriculture, and businesses going out of business due to extreme weather events. The climate change is not only important but it can cause a distress to the Amazon rain forest that deforestation is not an option to continue.

The Amazon has a tropical climate. Since the Amazon Rain Forest is near the equator it is always likely to be hot and humid. The average temperature of the Amazon Rain Forest is 80 degrees Fahrenheit. (World Book) Yet, the temperature feels much hotter due to the constant humidity in the Amazon. The reason it is so humid in the Amazon is the rainfall the Amazon receives. In the Amazon it rains around 60 to 175 inches a year. In addition, thunderstorms happen in the Amazon around 200 days a year. In the areas nearest to equator there is constant rainfall year round. (Facts on File) The Amazon is divided into 4 parts: the emergent layer, the canopy, the understory, and the forest floor. The emergent layer is the part on top of the trees. This area receives lots of sunlight, low humidity, and lots of wind. The canopy area is the part of the tallest trees. This part still receives a lot of sunlight. After that section follows the understory and the forest floor. The lower you get in the Amazon the less sunlight and humidity there is. (Facts on File) In conclusion,

If deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest continues, at the rate it is going, the rainforest will be depleted by the end of the 21st century. In Brazil alone, there has been 3.66 million hectares of woods destroyed from 2000-2012. Indonesia has the second most amount of forests destroyed by deforestation, which is 1.44 million hectares of woods destroyed from 2000-2012(Infobase Ltd. p2). There is about 2.5 acres in one hectare of land. The Brazilian rainforest is known as “The lungs of the world” because of all the oxygen the forest releases during respiration. Even though the rainforest produces more oxygen for the world than any other place, only about 20% of the Brazilian rainforest is officially protected. Even though 20% of the forest is protected, only about 8.5% of the forest remains untouched by humans. (brazil.org.za

There are a number of negative effects of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon such as climate change, extinction of endemic species of rich biodiversity and destruction of home of indigenous people. First of all, climate may vary and deteriorate because of deforestation. Especially green house gas emission could have significant impacts on earth residents. Because it is calculated that Amazon rainforest contains about 10% of all carbon in the world, which total release will be disastrous. The deforestation of Amazon is responsible for the most greenhouse gas emissions which are the results of logging and burning of Amazon could have serious impacts to the whole world, including global warming (Butler, 2007). For instance, increase of 0.8 C from 1880 was indicated and especially two last decades of 20th century were hottest ones. Moreover, effects of it can be considerably felt in Alaska, Eastern Russia and Canada, where the double increase of temperature compared with total average was indicated (National Geographic News 2007). Another damage that deforestation could make is runoff of Amazon River. It is estimated that if “widespread deforestation” arise, there will be 20% increase in runoff, which could be