Rainforest Explorers (Amazing Journeys)

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Many biologists expect rainforests will lose 5-10% of their species each decade. Rampant deforestation could cause many important rainforest habitats to disappear completely within the next hundred years.

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Understory plants often produce flowers that are large and easy to see, such as Heliconia, native to the Americas and the South Pacific. Others have a strong smell, such as orchids. These features attract pollinators even in the understory’s low-light conditions. American socialite who was a noted explorer and big-game hunter. She contributed rare specimens from Africa, Iran, Southeast Asia, Canada, and Alaska to natural history museums.

She gave her life to protecting this species (literally) and helped to cement their reputation as social and largely gentle animals, worthy of human protection. Instead of being killed by deforestation and local poaching and the general weight of our ignorant, all-encompassing mechanical progress. Temperate rainforests are located in the mid-latitudes, where temperatures are much more mild than the tropics. Temperate rainforests are found mostly in coastal, mountainous areas. These geographic conditions help create areas of high rainfall. Temperate rainforests can be found on the coasts of the Pacific Northwest in North America, Chile, the United Kingdom, Norway, Japan, New Zealand, and southern Australia. Held the record as the youngest person and first American woman to sail solo around the world (with stops and assistance). After Pitt’s death, Stanhope took off on a perilous journey into the sun-baked unknown and found adventure and her life’s purpose in the Middle East. She became known as ‘Her Ladyship’ or ‘Queen of the Desert’ and allowed nothing to bar her from pursuing her ambitions, sometimes dressed as a man and carrying a sword while mounted on a whinnying Arab stallion.

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Join us and discover why travelers think a day with RainForest Explorers is the BEST DAY of your vacation. Founder of Explorers Connect. Kirk has travelled across Africa, Nicaragua, and the Chinese Taklamakan Desert. She captained the first all-female rowing team to circumnavigate Britain non-stop.From the forest floor, the Mbuti hunt fish and crabs from the Ituri River (a tributary of the Congo), as well as gather berries from low-lying shrubs. The giant forest hog, a species of wild boar, is also frequently targeted by Mbuti hunters, although this species is hunted for sale more often than food. From the understory, the Mbuti may gather honey from bee hives, or hunt monkeys. From the canopy and emergent layers, Mbuti hunters may set nets or traps for birds. The temperate rainforest of the northwest coast of North America is the home of the Tlingit. The Tlingit enjoy a diverse diet, relying on both marine and freshwater species, as well as game from inland forests. As their name implies, temperate rainforests are much cooler than their tropical cousins, averaging between 10° and 21°C (50° and 70°F). They are also much less sunny and rainy, receiving anywhere between 150-500 centimeters (60-200 inches) of rain per year. Rainfall in these forests is produced by warm, moist air coming in from the coast and being trapped by nearby mountains. Many individuals, communities, governments, intergovernmental organizations, and conservation groups are taking innovative approaches to protect threatened rainforest habitats. Along with her sister Augusta Van Buren, they were the first women to ride solo motorcycles across the continental US.

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First person to ski alone across the Antarctic land-mass using only personal muscle power, as well as the first woman to cross the Antarctic land-mass alone Temperate rainforests are not as biologically diverse as tropical rainforests. They are, however, home to an incredible amount of biological productivity, storing up to 500-2000 metric tons of leaves, wood, and other organic matter per hectare (202-809 metric tons per acre). Cooler temperatures and a more stable climate slow down decomposition, allowing more material to accumulate. The old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest, for example, produce three times the biomass (living or once-living material) of tropical rainforests.

French philanthropist, explorer and writer who traveled alone through North and South America and the Far East. On just two days notice, armed with a single small bag of essentials, Bly set off on an astonishing 72 day effort to beat the fictional record for circumnavigation, held by Jules Verne’s hot-air-assisted Phileas Fogg (Around The World In 80 Days). Sunlight strikes the tropics almost straight on, producing intense solar energy that keeps temperatures high, between 21° and 30°C (70° and 85°F). High temperatures keep the air warm and wet, with an average humidity of between 77 percent and 88 percent. Such humid air produces extreme and frequent rainfall, ranging between 200-1000 centimeters (80-400 inches) per year. Tropical rainforests are so warm and moist that they produce as much as 75 percent of their own rain through evaporation and transpiration.

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Most rainforests are structured in four layers: emergent, canopy, understory, and forest floor. Each layer has unique characteristics based on differing levels of water, sunlight, and air circulation. While each layer is distinct, they exist in an interdependent system: processes and species in one layer influence those in another.Not only is this snake craft great for teaching kids about rainforest animals, it can also be incorporated into maths lessons. Dried pasta pieces are really handy for counting activities, so you could use your pasta snakes to help kids practice their addition and subtraction. Like a lot of our rainforest crafts, these snakes also make lovely display materials. You can string them up around your classroom to create your very own rainforest environment.