Essays on Amazonian

Part 2. Recent and historical images of Mars

Historical Image of Mars. Website reference: http://www.fourthplanet.space/tag/christiaan-huygens/

Image info: Christiaan Huygens’ observational drawing of Mars shows a triangular feature which known today as Syrtis Major.

Telescope used: Huygens used a telescope created by himself (1655). It was a good 2-inch (5.1-cm) telescope of 10.5-foot (3.2-m) focal length and 50x magnification. (Sheehan)

Observer: Christiaan Huygens

Exposure time: Observations were taken over a number of weeks. Other relevant details: Huygens used results of his observations of Mars to measure Mars’ rotational period. He measured it as 24 hours (only one hour away from the rotational period of the planet recognized today). It should be noted that the most prominent and largest crater of the Mars was named after Huygens (14.0°S, 304.4° ...

Introduction

Deforestation is the uncontrolled and illegal cutting down and harvesting of trees which result in the reduction of the forest cover. Deforestation has adverse effects on the environment; the forests plays a significant role in the ecosystem. Deforestation is associated with the global climate change due to lack of trees which absorbs carbon iv oxide gases and releases oxygen into the air. In the 21st century environmentalists and ordinary human beings are already experiencing the effects of deforestation through the change in climate and desertification of most landscape.

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In the ecosystem, forests are rainfall holders by providing cover to ...

A rite of passage is a very important part of an individual’s life in many cultures. Most typically represent when the individual comes of age in the culture. Young Jewish children have a Bat Mitzvah or Bar Mitzvah, depending on their genders, to express when they become adults. The Satere Mawe tribe in the Amazon are forced to wear gloves filled with bullet ants for several hours to show that they have the strength to face adulthood. In rites of passage such as these, sometimes the participants die. In less serious, more celebratory rites of passage, the participants merely get ...

1. Observation and background information One of the major agents of global environmental change is deforestation. Deforestation is a consequence of land use change which is often affected by both biophysical and socioeconomic factors. Human decisions heavily influence land use in response to global markets. Geist and Lambin (143) noted that tropical forests are disappearing because of pressures coming from both local and regional scale having synergistic effects in different parts of the world. Human activities such as agricultural expansion, human population dynamics and agricultural policies have direct and indirect impact on forest cover change. Deforestation in the ...

Leadership is the influence a member of a group holds over other members that help an organization in achieving its goals. The effectiveness of a leader is gauged by the performance of an organization in terms achieving set goals and targets. The success and well being of an organization depend on its leader, and he or she is responsible for steering the company to achieving its goals and objectives. This paper is about the leadership style of Jeff Bezos and how he has managed to stave off stiff competition in online business to raise Amazon to where it is today. Amazon ...

The Amazons also referred to in Iranian as Olorpata was a nation that constituted of the female warriors during Greek mythology. Herodotus had placed this group in an area that bordered Scythia in the boundaries of Ukraine. Some of the Historiographers placed them in the Asian population which is the present day Libya. Some of the notable queens of the Amazons were Penthesilea, who earlier participated in the Trojan War accompanied by her sister Hippolyta. She had a magical girdle that her dad Ares gave her. During classical times, the Amazonian raiders were often known for the battle with the Greek ...

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest rainforest that covers more than a billion acres enclosing the regions of Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Labeled as the “Lungs of our Planet”, it provides essential oxygen by recycling carbon dioxide into oxygen thereby regulating the temperature of our environment. Its watershed and river system which is the largest in the world provides one-fifth of the world’s fresh water particularly Brazil’s inland agriculture. The Amazon rainforest has the most distinctive ecosystem that provides habitat for millions of species of plants, animals and insects giving them support and nourishment. ...

Crude, a documentary directed by Joe Berlinger, focuses on a law-suit in which the plaintiffs are Ecuadorians living in the Amazon rainforest. Crude highlights how communities living around Amazon suffer the consequences of oil extraction close to their households. The local communities have to endure a lot: from polluted water to cultural debasement and diseases such as cancer. The multinational company involved (Texaco/Chevron) has no respect for the people and their customs. The beautiful land is turned into a toxic wasteland where nothing can grow; the communities living around Amazon face extinction, along with flora and fauna. Analysis of the documentary “Crude” reveals ...

HUAORANI OF ECUADOR

The Huaorani are the indigenous natives from the Amazonian rain forest in Ecuador. They are also known as the waos or the Aucas. The Huaorani territory is from the Napa River moving to the Curaray River from the southern border. The people are about 1300 to 1500 that live in small numbers and in temporary settlements. Either the neighboring communities are related or are of alien tribes, whose population is about 150000. They however, do not know the normal Ecuadorian culture because they have secluded themselves. The languages they speak are different from their neighboring communities and the design ...