Erika - Elena Dutu Geo Podcast

Detailed overview of the hot desert climate, the plants, the soil, the animals, the people and how all of these are interdependent and rely on eachother to survive in hot deserts.

Detailed overview of the physical characteristics of hot deserts, what hot deserts are, where they can be found on the globe, hot desert climate (temperature and rainfall), global circulation and hot desert soils.

Detailed overview of what sustainability is, how rainforests can be managed sustainably, the different methods: selective logging in the Amazon rainforest, afforestation - replanting, conservation, education, ecotourism (example - Juma Lodge in Brazil), interntional agreements, debt reducation and two practice three mark exam questions.

Detailed overview of what are goods and services with some examples, medicines found in the tropical rainforest, global products, how rainforests reduce climate change and adverse weather, biodiversity, ecosystem services and importance of tropical rainforests for people and the environment (6 marks).

Detailed overview of the impact of energy development, impact of climate change, impact of soil erosion, impact of loss habitat, population growth in the Amazon, economic gains and losses, effects of deforestation on environment (6 marks), atmospheric impacts, impact of deforestation on soils and rivers and the impact of all of this as a whole.

Detailed overview of what deforestation is, where the Amazon rainforest is located, how development in tropical rainforests creates economic advantages and the different causes of deforestation: cattle ranching, subsistence farming, logging, road building, mineral extraction, large scale agriculture, soybean cultivation, energy development and settlement and population growth.

Detailed overview of what adaption is, examples of different plants and animals in the tropical rainforest and how they are adapted, some GCSE questions practice, benefits of animals being nocturnal and reasons for adapatations.

Detailed overview of the interdependence of the tropical rainforest, how tropical rainforests are a good example of an interdependent ecosystem, threats to tropical rainforests and the interdependence of climate / soil / water / plants and animals / human activity.

Detailed overview of the climate of the rainforest, rainforest soils, forest structure and layers, why the tropical rainforest biome is important, characteristics of a rainforest, the nutrient and water cycle, vegetation levels, good and services of a rainforest and the plants and animals in the different rainforest layers.

Detailed overview of what a biome is, the distribution of biomes, how climate/temperature/precipitation affect biomes, the global ecosystems and their location and characteristics, global distibution of large scale ecosystems and factors influencing biomes and distribution.