Tropical Forests―Biomes, By GeoDivide

Tropical forests offer the greatest biodiversity of any area of Earth with over half of all plant and animal species. They are the “lungs of the world – absorbing more CO2 and producing more oxygen than any other”. A product of constant heat and abundant rain, it’s no wonder that plants grow here more vigorously than in any other biome. But it is also the biome that is under the greatest threat. Known as jungle, selva, or rainforest, these regions are in fact two distinct biomes – the evergreen and seasonal forests of the tropics.

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Turning Plastic Into Robes

Buddhist monks in Thailand are recycling plastic bottles into robes. Thailand is a major contributor to plastic pollution. Thailand along with China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka generate up to 60% of plastic pollution in oceans. At the Wat Chak Daeng Buddhist temple located south of Bangkok, the abbot Phra Maha Pranom Dhammalangkaro…

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