intresting factors about tropical evergreen factors
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1 Rainforests cover less than two percent of the Earth's total surface, according to The Nature Conservancy, but they are home to fifty percent of the Earth's plants and animals. This is in part due to the ideal climatic conditions of warmth and moisture for plant growth. Tropical rainforests can be found in South and Central America, Southeast Asia, Africa, South India, and Northeast Australia.
2 Tropical rainforests have given us important chemicals to treat or cure several different medical conditions including inflammation, rheumatism, diabetes, muscle tension, surgical complications, malaria, heart conditions, skin diseases, arthritis, glaucoma, cancer and hundreds of other maladies. Nearly 121 prescription drugs sold worldwide come from tropical rainforest plant-derived sources and 25% of Western pharmaceuticals are derived from rainforest ingredients; yet less than 1% of these tropical trees and plants have been tested by scientists.
3 Rainforests act as the world's thermostat by regulating temperatures and weather patterns, absorbing carbon dioxide from the air, storing the carbon and giving us oxygen
4 They are one of the world's primary carbon reservoirs and help to stop the emission of greenhouse gases, which can keep a huge amount of carbon from being released into the atmosphere.
5 At least 80% of the developed world's diet originated in the tropical rainforest.
6 The tropical rainforest has a very constant climate and is very wet, having between 1500 and 2500 millimeters of rain each year. They experience rainfall nearly every day and there is no dry season
7 Rainforests consist of a system of layers known as the overstory/emergent layer, canopy, understory, and forest floor. These layers affect the amounts of sunlight and rain that reach plants lower in the forest. The overstory receives all-around sunlight. The canopy receives overhead sunlight, as does the understory, but the understory receives less. The forest floor receives very little sunlight at all. The layers are often so thick that it can take 10 minutes for rain to reach the forest floor.
8 Things decompose about 10 times quicker in tropical rainforests than in other biomes. The floor has a thin layer of leaves, seeds or fruits and branches that fall from the trees and it all decomposes fast and new material takes its place.
9 Most of the world’s rainforests are populated by indigenous people. They eat what the rainforests produce and practice shifting cultivation.
10 About half of the world’s plant species can be found in the rainforest. Because it is warm and it rains the whole year, forests stay green. Trees lose their leaves and immediately grow new ones.
1 Rainforests cover less than two percent of the Earth's total surface, according to The Nature Conservancy, but they are home to fifty percent of the Earth's plants and animals. This is in part due to the ideal climatic conditions of warmth and moisture for plant growth. Tropical rainforests can be found in South and Central America, Southeast Asia, Africa, South India, and Northeast Australia.
2 Tropical rainforests have given us important chemicals to treat or cure several different medical conditions including inflammation, rheumatism, diabetes, muscle tension, surgical complications, malaria, heart conditions, skin diseases, arthritis, glaucoma, cancer and hundreds of other maladies. Nearly 121 prescription drugs sold worldwide come from tropical rainforest plant-derived sources and 25% of Western pharmaceuticals are derived from rainforest ingredients; yet less than 1% of these tropical trees and plants have been tested by scientists.
3 Rainforests act as the world's thermostat by regulating temperatures and weather patterns, absorbing carbon dioxide from the air, storing the carbon and giving us oxygen