Savanna Assignment

5/9/2012

For this assignment, read the current event and answer the following questions.

1.) What is the name of the researchers and what do they do?
2.)What do Savanna wildfires do?
3.)What do the researchers use to survey the tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, South America, and Australia.
4.)What can human alterations do to the biomes?

7 Comments

Madeline Mobarry

5/9/2012 11:59:24 pm

For the first question, The researchers name is Princeton University, and they study wildfires in the savanna and forests.
For the second question, the wildfires burn the grass and forests, causing deforestation, and death to many of the natural ecosystem biodiversity there.
To answer the third question, the reasearchers use satellite technology to be able to track the fires, and they also can study the climate, soil, and the amount of fires in one given location.
And for the last question, the Human Impact is that we cause more of these wildfires, and we have problems with the rapid changes in the location and the new adapting terrain, and it takes longer to fix than expected to fix it back to normal.

Megan Egona link

5/10/2012 03:44:57 am

The name of the researcher is The Princeton University and they stabilize climate change, land use, and other human- driven factors that make savannas and forests compete against each other. The Savanna Wildfires keep the tree level low, keeping forests from dominating the biome. They used satellite data of fire distribution along with climate and soil data and satellite data of tree coverage to survey the tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, South America and Austrailia. It can disrupt the natural spread of fires in many area and cause rapid change is biome distribution.

Alyssa Young

5/10/2012 04:52:41 am

1.) Princeton University researchers stabilize climate change, land use, and other human driven factors that make savannas and forests compete against eachother.
2.) They keep the tree level low, keeping forests from dominating the biome.
3.) They use satellite data of fire distributions along with climate change and soil data, and satellite data of tree coverage.
4.) They can disrupt the national spread of fires in many areas and cause rapid change.

Bradley Stephen

5/10/2012 10:20:35 am

The researchers of the savannah wild fires, are Princeton researchers who discussed ways on how the savannah biome and the forests compete against each other, in order to spread its own envioment. Researching this, Princeton researches discovered that wildfires keep savannahs and forests separated, by keeping the tree level low of the savannah biome, keeping it distinct, and free of trees. The researhers surved the areas by using satellite data of fire distribution and tree coverage, climate, and soil data. Humans may affect this by changing natural wild fires and disrupting distrubation of the biome.

Chad Barker

5/10/2012 11:44:18 am

1) Princeton University researchers stabilize climate change, land use, and other human-driven factors that make savannas and forests compete against each other.
2) Savanna wildfires keep the tree level low, keeping forests from dominating the biome. When the tree cover is high, fires cannot spread as easily, slowing down the savanna's advance into forests.
3)They used satellite data of fire distributions along with climate and soil data, and satellite data of tree coverage to survey the tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, South America, and Australia.
4) Human alterations can disrupt the natural spread of fires in many areas and cause rapid change is biome distribution.

Alex Morgan

5/10/2012 12:33:44 pm

1.) Princeton University researchers are conducting research on how different human-driven factors, such as climate change and land use practices, cause forests and savannas to compete with each other.
2.) Savanna wildfires limit the populations of larger trees and shrubs, therefore preserving the distinct grassland and scrubland of the savanna.
3.) The researchers used satellite imagery to track fire distribution and forest cover, as well as climate and soil data to determine the important role fire plays in maintaining the existence of the savanna biome.
4.) Human alterations, which prevent these important fires from occuring and spreading, can cause the forests to overtake the land of the savanna, and cause its decline and eventual collapse.

Tiara Hall

5/10/2012 01:55:47 pm

Princeton University researchers stabilize climate change, land use, and other human driven factors that make savannas and forests compete against eachother.
The wildfires burn the grass and forests, causing deforestation, and death to many of the natural ecosystem biodiversity there.
They used satellite data of fire distributions along with climate and soil data, and satellite data of tree coverage to survey the tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, South America, and Australia.
Human alterations can disrupt the natural spread of fires in many areas and cause rapid change is biome distribution.

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