Biomes on earth have exhibited changes throughout history that have been caused by a variety of factors. over the past 50 years, the amount of tropical rainforest acreage found throughout the world has decreased from 14.8 billion acres to 8.6 billion acres due to deforestation. what factor is likely most responsible for the changes observed in the world’s rainforests? a. volcanic activity b. human activity c. temperature changes d. solar eclipses

Aletsch glacier is the largest glacier in switzerland and the largest found in the alps, a mountain range which extends from monaco in the east to slovenia in the west. currently, the aletsch glacier is retreating. under what circumstances would this glacier see growth instead of retreat? a decline in plate tectonics across the mountain range annual snowfall that exceeds yearly losses an increase in ablation in the southern valleys a rise in temperatures to that of a mediterranean climate

Read the article titled "trans-saharan migration routes to north africa and the eu: historical roots and current trends." why do tens of thousands of sub-saharan africans try to cross the mediterranean each year? how are these refugees commonly portrayed? (site 1)

If you could drill a hole straight to the center of the earth, and keep track of what the hole is going through, youwould find: a) you would go through one sort of material, and then a different, denser material, and then a still-different, still-denser material, because the planet is made of concentric layers, sort of like an onion.b) you would go through one sort of material all the way to the center, because the planet is all mixed up.c) if your hole started at the north pole, you would go through different layers of different materials, but ifyour hole started at the equator, you would go through one sort of material all the way to the center.d) if your hole started at the equator, you would go through different layers of different materials, but if yourhole started at the north pole, you would go through one sort of material all the way to the center.e) you would strike diet pepsi when you got to the center.