The average

winter

temperature is

minus 30

degrees

Fahrenheit.

During summer,

the temperature

can climb to plus

50 degrees.

The Arctic actually

doesn't have the

coldest spot in the

Northern

Hemisphere. That

belongs to a far east

region of Russia

which can get 10

degrees colder than

the coldest region of

the Arctic.

Unlike Antarctica,

the Arctic actually

has human

habitation. Norilsk,

Russia is the most

northern city in the

world, and has an

average temperature

of 20 degrees below

0.

On average, the

temperature on the

Earth’s surface has

increased by 0.6°C

(1°F) over the last two

centuries.

The Arctic fox digs

deep burrows in the

side of the cliff to

inhabit. These are

also known to live in

a den or a cave. Such

foxes also bury

themselves into the

snow for protection.

Approximately one

third of the surface

of the earth is

covered by deserts!

About thirty

countries, mostly

located in the

African

continent, have 75 %

of their geographical

span in deserts!

Harsh life conditions

and extreme

temperatures have

evolved certain

creatures to

completely adapt to

desert life. The

kangaroo rat, for

instance, can survive

without having access

to any source of water

- it gets all the

moisture it needs from

its food source which

comprises of desert

grass seeds and

mesquite beans!

The annual rainfall

in deserts is less than

10 inches on an

average.

The Sahara is the

world's largest hot

desert, covering the

maximum surface

area among all other

hot deserts!

Antarctica is the

world's largest cold

desert!

The sand that we see

on desert surfaces is

not all that

constitutes of their

topography. Most

deserts have rough,

gravelly bases under

the sandy surfaces.

Sahara desert is a

good example as it is

30% sand and 70%

gravel!

Each person uses the

amount of oxygen

given off by three

trees.

About 80% of all

harvesting today in

the Northwest is

done on private land.

On average, North

Americans use wood

and paper products

equivalent to one

100-foot tall tree each

year.

In 60 years of

growing, an average

tree accumulates

5,250 pounds of

organic material

through the

miraculous use of

sun, soil, water and

air.

A tree exhales 6,000

pounds of oxygen in

its life, or about 120

pounds per year,

assuming a 50-year

life.

Each person needs

one pound of oxygen

to breathe per day,

365 pounds per year.

A single rainforest

reserve in Peru is

home to more

species of birds than

are found in the

entire United States.

If managed properly,

the rainforest can

provide the world's

need for these

natural resources on

a perpetual basis.

The number of

species of fish in the

Amazon exceeds the

number found in the

entire Atlantic

Ocean.

Experts agree that by

leaving the

rainforests intact and

harvesting it's many

nuts, fruits, oil-

producing

plants, and

medicinal plants, the

rainforest has more

economic value than

if they were cut down

to make grazing land

for cattle or for

timber.

The Amazon

Rainforest covers

over a billion acres,

encompassing areas

in Brazil, Venezuela,

Colombia and the

Eastern Andean

region of Ecuador

and Peru. If

Amazonia were a

country, it would be

the ninth largest in

the world.

Most medicine men

and shamans

remaining in the

Rainforests today are

70 years old or more.

Each time a

rainforest medicine

man dies, it is as if a

library has burned

down.

The longest

continuous

mountain chain

known to exist in the

Universe resides in

the ocean at more

than 40,000 miles

long

The average

temperature of the

oceans is 2ºC, about

39ºF

The Antarctic ice

sheet that forms and

melts over the ocean

each year is nearly

twice the size of the

United States

Water pressure at the

deepest point in the

ocean is more than 8

tons per square inch,

the equivalent of one

person trying to hold

50 jumbo jets.

The Great Barrier

Reef, measuring 1,243

miles, is the largest

living structure on

Earth. It can be seen

from the Moon.

The oceans occupy

nearly 71% of our

planet's surface

So remember the earth for what it is ,not what it was !

bye-bye from v329