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Calicut although the route changed this round since it passed through Kochi and Siam and back. The third voyage took place between 1409 and 1411 and in this instance Zheng He directed his sailors to sail towards Hormuz where they passed Champa and Sumatra . While at Champa, Zheng He

Scientists have projected possible tsunami scenarios for coastal Oregon and Washington, based on the human impact of the 2004 Sumatra and 2011 Japan tsunami. An earthquake along the Cascadia subduction zone could be as large as the one that hit Japan lastMarch, and the tsunami could reach the coast in 20 minutes (National Geographic Society [NGS], 1996). The tsunami could create a massive catastrophe killing over 10,000 people during the summer since the evacuation centers are sparse and some people

2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Enormous forces that had been building up deep within the earth for hundreds or perhaps thousands of years were suddenly released on December 26, 2004, unleashing the energy of 475,000 kilotons of TNT or 23,000 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs. This event would come to be known as the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, and it would result in a death toll of 283,000, the deadliest tsunami in history. This report examines information surrounding how nature

Accounting for 11% of Indonesia’s export earnings, palm oil is the most valuable agricultural export. Creating many environmental problems, including globally, cultivating large quantities of palm involves clearing substantial areas of virgin tropical rain forest. Additionally, local communities, indigenous people, and small landowners are driven from their own land. Leading to more than 700 land conflicts, human rights violations are increasingly breached, even on ‘sustainable’ plantations.

Of all the naturally occurring events on Earth, earthquakes are among the most devastating and bring a lot of truth to the statement, “Just because something is natural does not mean it is not dangerous.” Earthquakes are one of the most natural things I can think of that can cause massive damage and loss of human live in many instances, and the effects are sometimes long term. “Nothing happens without a force. Many geophysicists accept the theory that continents move as a result of the forces

On the Malaysian island of Sumatra, a veterinary paramedic enters a rescue center with a small bundle in his arms. Swaddled in bloodstained cloth is a three-month-old orangutan, whose left arm ends not at the tips of her fingers, but at a mangled stub that was once recognizable as her wrist. The infant was maimed on an oil palm plantation, where she and her mother were attacked by cultivators whose crops are threatened by scavenging animals. The young orangutan´s natural reaction to danger was to

removed at a rate that is 10x higher than any possible level of re-growth. E: Orangutans were once found across south East Asia and would even roam as far as northern china. Currently they endangered and are now restricted to the islands of Borneo and Sumatra that are both located in Malaysia. Their main threats are the dense rainforest habitats becoming victims to deforestation and being replace by palm oil trees. J: The Mountain Gorilla has become

Winnie the Pooh theme cake. I wasn’t aware that several species of tigers were endangered until I started researching endangered species. As I was researching tigers, I came across the Sumatran tiger, an endangered tiger found only on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. One threat this tiger is facing is habitat loss due to logging, mainly from the palm oil industry. Another threat is poachers hunting tigers for commercial gain. People sell and trade tiger parts such as skin, bones, teeth, etc. Because

Tigers are categorized along with six other species of big cats, meaning that these species are more closely related to one another compared to any other cats, such as cheetahs and lynx. The other five species, including the tiger, the lion, the jaguar, the leopard, as well as the snow leopard, split awhile later, some being as recently as only a million years ago, and share the genus name Panthera. Today, there is not a clear scientific agreement about the relationships among the Panthera cats

in the Malayasian language means “man of the forest.” The wild orangutan once roamed throughout Southeast Asia. Today, however, this beautiful animal is only found in small parts of Malaysia and Indonesia (on the island of Borneo), and in northern Sumatra. Orangutan Characteristics Physical - The adult male of the species, at about 210 pounds, weighs almost twice as much as the adult female and may reach a height of about 4.5 feet while the female measures between 3 – 3.5 feet. Their bodies