FACTS YOU MAY NOT KNOW
Endangered Animals
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Jaguars can weigh up to 300 pounds.
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The Asian elephants' habitat decreased by 75%.
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There are only 700 - 1000 pandas left in the wild.
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Bison grows a think layer of fat to keep warm in winters.
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The federal Government owned 170,000 acres of land to help protect Red
Wolves.
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The Endangered Species Act was implemented in 1973.
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Today 1,451 species are listed under the Endangered Species Act.
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Northern spotted owls are found in old-growth forests at 150 - 200 years
old.
Air & Ozone
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The formula of ozone is O3, means three oxygens.
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In the stratosphere, ozone forms a protective barrier from harmful radiation
from the sun.
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Near the surface ozone becomes a health problem on hot days when it becomes
too concentrated.
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Tiny water droplets, smoke, dust, pollen are part of the air we breathe.
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Every location on the Earth experiences so type of mist, fog or haze.
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Natural air pollution has been around for billions of years.
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Natural air pollution includes pollen, volcanic ash, dust, etc.
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Pollution disrupts the normal biochemical cycle affecting the Earth's ecosystems
in many ways.
Taiga
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Taiga forests are the circumpolar high-latitude forests of the northern
hemisphere.
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They are found across the great continents of Eurasia and America.
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Taiga begins where tundra ends.
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The climatic conditions in taiga forests are severe.
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The growing season in taiga forests is usually not more then 3 months.
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The mean annual temperature is 2 - 6 degrees Celsius.
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The rainfall ans snowfall are only 8 - 10 inches totally which evenly distributed
during a year.
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Herds of musk-ox and caribou range throughout the northern limits of the
forests in Canada and Alaska.
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