Amazon Life, a new study showed that there have been 1200 new species of plants and animals in the Amazon since 1999. That means that there are 3 new species found every day. All in all, there were 16 new birds found, 637 plants, 257 fish, 216 amphibians, 55 reptiles, and 39 mammals.
Some examples of the species found are the Blue Fang Terantula, which flings stinging hairs as a defence mechanism. One of the 16 birds found is the Bald Parrot, which is endangered becasue of the habitat loss happening in the Amazon, mainly caused by logging. It is predicted that half of the Amazon will be gone by 2030 because of rapid deforestation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVl0rSGrTZY&feature=player_embedded (video)
This relates to Environmental science becasue it shows how there are always going to be new things out there in the world, even things that we do not yet know about. It also relates because of the knowledge that our forestry around the world is rapidly declining, for example, the Amazon, which was predicted that half will disappear in 2030
http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=7541
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/oct/25/new-amazon-species#/?picture=368039138&index=3
Some examples of the species found are the Blue Fang Terantula, which flings stinging hairs as a defence mechanism. One of the 16 birds found is the Bald Parrot, which is endangered becasue of the habitat loss happening in the Amazon, mainly caused by logging. It is predicted that half of the Amazon will be gone by 2030 because of rapid deforestation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVl0rSGrTZY&feature=player_embedded (video)
This relates to Environmental science becasue it shows how there are always going to be new things out there in the world, even things that we do not yet know about. It also relates because of the knowledge that our forestry around the world is rapidly declining, for example, the Amazon, which was predicted that half will disappear in 2030
http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=7541
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/oct/25/new-amazon-species#/?picture=368039138&index=3
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