And that's all we have time for. See you next time!

April 2, 2017 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Wow, 4 years. Can you believe it. It's been a great journey, so sad that it's over. Well, here goes my last entry.

So, the biome! San Fran is located in the California woodlands area, which is part of the Woodlands biome. Typically, the woodlands area around California has 3 main plant communities,Coastal sage scrub, California coastal prairie and Northern coastal scrub. As you get higher, as seen in the picture, the area is covered in a thick blanket of trees.

The area also contains over 200 types of butterflies and many different reptile species such as snakes and lizards. Humans are ruining this piece of beauty by removing 85% of it to use the "valuable" land for commerical and residential building. Raising livestock in the area has also caused overgrazing. Fire control in the area allows for the build up of dry material and is one of the primary reasons for last years massive fires in the region.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Los_Padres_S.jpg

Well, that's all we have time for. Thanks for reading and following me for the past 4 years. It's been a great ride.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_coastal_sage_and_chaparral_ecoregion

=( ... My last biome

December 31, 2016 - Indianapolis, Indiana

I leave tomorrow to go to the woodlands. My last biome. I'll be staying at San Fran! Here's the climate! 

http://images.climate-data.org/location/180949/climate-graph.png

Here's what I'm taking:

• My iPhone
• My Nikon
• My Mac developer info (Mac World 2017)
• My umbrella (judging by the climate, I'll need it!)
• A light jacket

Back from the Temperate Rainforest

December 25, 2016 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Merry Christmas, everyone. I'm back from Portland. I learned a lot on my trip, for example, when I went to Redwood National Park. In the park, I saw the world's largest tree, the Coast Redwood. The Coast Redwood is 380 feet without the roots. That's over 60 times taller than me! It was mind-boggling huge. This section of temperate rain forest was also the largest in the world. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Redwood_National_Park%2C_fog_in_the_forest.jpg

In some regions of the temperate rainforest, it can rain more than 120 inches per year. The temperature stays moderate between 10(C) and 24(C). The biomass of the region I visited was much greater than comparably sized regions. This means the pacific rainforest is very productive. Not surprising as it is home to thousands of different plants and animal species. However, as with everything great about nature, humans are working to destroy it. Logging efforts have cut 96% of the redwoods and 90% of the rainforest.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_temperate_rain_forests_(WWF_ecoregion)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperate_rainforest#North_America

Temperate Rainforest

Temperate Rainforest

August 20, 2016 - Indianapolis, Indiana

I'm going to Portland, Oregon, P.S.A. Yeah, P.S.A, ever since the Pacific states (California, Oregon, Washington, etc) split off from the USA. Anyways, you guys know that, but it's still kind of weird. It's in the Temperate rain forest, here's the climate. 

http://images.climate-data.org/location/18189/climate-graph.png

Here's what I'm taking

• My Nikon
• My phone
• My umbrella
• Winter clothing (It's going to get cold soon)
• Fall clothing

From India back to Indiana

August 17, 2016 - Indianapolis, Indiana

I came back from India. My trip was great and I got to see all my relatives. Here's what I've learned. The rainforest lives up to it's name. It rained a lot. Now, on to the forest part of the name. On my trip out to the forests, I learned quite a bit. Around 60% of the species in the forest are indigenous, and 40% are not. 2/3 of all flowering plants can be found in the rainforest (and while I saw many, there were so many left to see). 

http://www.islands.com/files/_images/201102/Dominica_Calendar_Wallpaper_1920x1200.jpg

The rainforest is broken up into several layers. The first layer is called the Forest floor. It only recieves 2% of the sunlight and is home to larger animals. The second layer is the Understory layer and then the Canopy. In the end, we have the Emergent layer. Animals and plants live in most of the layers of the rainforest, and the top of trees reach the top of the emergent layer. 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Rainforest

Namaste! I'm going to India

April 3, 2016 - Indianapolis Indiana

I'm going to Mumbai, India, right in the biome of "Tropical Rainforest". Basically, a warm and wet biome that'll reach over 100 degrees while I'm there and will rain like crazy. Here's the graph. 

http://www.expatarrivals.com/sites/default/files/images/Mumbai.png

To deal with this weather, here's what I'm taking

• Loose clothing to deal with the heat
• An umbrella (the storms in India get crazy)
• My Nikon
• My iPhone
• gifts for my relatives

Back from Cape Town

Back from Cape Town
April 2, 2016 - Indianapolis, Indiana

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/Serengeti_-_Stefan_Swanepoel_.jpg

Back from South Africa! You want to know about the biome that I was in! The biome I was in like the Serengeti, I actually went to it (since I was close by). Here's a few things about it. It's basically a desert. There are lots of large animals. Animals like gazelles, zebras (which are awesome), buffalos, etc. Did you know there are 70 different types  of large mammals. Pretty cool, right?

You know how I said there was a Zebra.

Well, while we were traveling around, a zebra started following us. So I started riding it (because it let me) and then tried taking it back to South Africa with me. The hotel wouldn't let me bring it into the hotel, so I had to let it go. Pretty sad day. But that brings me to my other point. We were walking, and the Zebra started eating some weeds. The tour guide told us that those weeds aren't indigenous to the region, weeds like Prickly Acacia, Rubbervine and Mesquite. Interesting stuff

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savanna