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This bingo card has 50 words: Free!, Death Valley’s average rainfall is 53mm p.a., Death Valley’s average summer maximum temperature is 46.6 Degrees Celsius, The temperature of the ground in DV can be up to 95 Degrees Celsius in Summer, DV’s area is 13000 km2, The Devil’s Hole Pupfish has adapted to extremely warm (40+ degrees) and hypersaline water (2.5x saltier than seawater), Death Valley’s freshwater springs bring life despite the extremely low rainfall. It is caused by the tectonic faulting which allows ancient 'fossil' groundwater to bubble up to the surface, creating fertile 'islands' in the desert., Burros over-browse vegetation, eating 3 tonnes p.a., and aggressively keep native animals away from springs., The Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard varies reproduction with water availability. It has scaly hind toes resemble snowshoes to allow running 35km/h across hot sand, and plunges under sand to escape heat., The Mesquite tree has a 25m tap root system enabling it to access the deep ground water, The Tamarisk tree outcompetes native plants by growing 12 feet per season, consuming great quantities of groundwater and drying out springs and seeps., During the 2015 flash flood in DV, 7cm or rain fell in 5 hours. 90m3 of mud and rocks =flowed through DV per second as a result., The grey mangroves of BIW produce 600 tonnes of leaf material per km2 a year., Mud flat fauna includes bacteria, molluscs, worms, crustaceans and wading birds - their faeces and other waste contributes to soil and enables succession, Pneumatophores allow roots to survive anoxic soils. Can exist under the higher tidal waters for a short time using gases previously stored in the tissue of the root. This can fail if inundation pattern is changed., Mangroves make up 40ha of Badu Wetlands today (was down to 9.8ha in 1978); also invading other areas (seeds float and are deposited elsewhere by the tide) but being kept under control., Salt marshes make up 8ha of Badu Wetlands, under threat from mangrove encroachment, Beaded glasswort survives hypersaline salt marshes by accumulating salt in its tissues. When the salt concentration becomes too high the cells will die and the leaves will turn red. The plant will eventually drop the red leaves. Will also accumul, Juncus acutus is an invasive weed adapted to hypersaline environment - outgrows native plants in endangered saltmarsh environment. 2002: 2.1 ha of this weed; reduced by 96% by 2007 thanks to removal by SOPA rangers (Bowie, UoW, 2015), In 2000, water was pooled over 25% of Badu wetland (prior to tidal flushing). This posed a mosquito problem, initially managed by $100 000 pa pesticides. Restoration of tidal flushing and dechannelisation reduced water pooling and larvae by almos, Individual oysters can filter 150 litres of water a day., 80% of leaf litter is recycled below each mangrove tree., Lightning-sparked fires in Alaska have more than doubled since 1975. The peat fires (zombie fires) burn for years, releasing 160 tonnes of carbon per hectare. Ash and soot covers the snow, meaning sunlight is again absorbed instead of reflected., Globally, 40% of drugs come from natural substances, 3000 plants are known to have anti-cancer properties – 70% in tropical rainforests, AZT used for AIDS treatment came from Caribbean reef sponge, Australian bull ant was used to provide golden staph antibiotic, 10% of marine organisms have chemical compounds that could be used for medicine and other areas., Potato Famine one species of potato grown, it was lost due to fungal disease combined with monoculture, and 2 million people starved., Only 3 species of wheat, rice and corn supply over 50% of the world’s food., Through their pollination services, bees contribute $US435mill p.a. to the US agricultural economy., The 2022 Conference for the UN Convention on Biological Diversity assessed that the world requires at least US$200 billion a year until 2030 to fund protection programs. As of November 2024, a total of $383 million has been pledged to the Global, According to the IPCC (2023), There has already been a 1.1°C human-induced increase in global temperature, If the current rate of emissions is maintained, temperatures are predicted to increase to 3.3 - 5.7°C by 2100., As a result of climate change, the increase in area burnt in wildfires is predicted to triple. Biodiversity loss is expected to double. (IPCC 2023)., The Global Biodiversity Framework has 23 targets for 2030, including restoring 30% of degraded ecosystems, making sure 30% of all land and water is conserved / under protection and management, and reducing invasive species by 50%., 60% of total global biodiversity loss for bird and mammal species has occurred in just seven countries between 1996 and 2008 – Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, China, India, Australia and the USA., The Rwandan government has increased the country's forest cover from 10.7% in 2010 to 30.4% in 2022., Tourism revenue from the Mountain Gorillas in Volcanoes National Park has contributed more than 1.2 billion Rwandan francs (US$1.5 million). 10% of Rwandan tourist revenue and 20% of Ugandan is part of a benefit sharing scheme for local people a, The NSW government is purchasing private wetland properties next to existing protected areas and managing them to deliver water quality and habitat functions (408ha so far), Indigenous lands make up approx 25% of the Earth’s territory, containing 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity., Bangladesh - ranked 151/180 countries for corruption, The contribution of Sundarbans forest products to household annual income ranged from 23% to 74% for relatively high to low income households respectively., Between 40,000 and 70,000 boats are operated yearly for fishing in the Sundarbans., National and international trade passes through the Sundarbans on its way to the sea, as Mongla Port is located upstream. Mongla Port is Bangladesh’s second largest seaport, earning Tk 4.20 billion each year and receiving 556 foreign ships in Jan, Tourism in the Sundarbans has increased significantly, from about 50,000 visitors in 2001-02 to about 180,000 in 2018-19., The World Bank's 2023 Country Environmental Analysis highlights that air pollution, water sanitation, and plastic waste management are Bangladesh’s top environmental concerns, causing 32% of the country’s premature deaths annually, meaning wetla, Chile has the world's largest lithium reserves which are 90% in the Atacama Desert., Chile has a budget deficit of $58 million per year for protected areas. and USA has a GDP of $86000, and funding of about $57 million p.a. for each national park..

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