Sand doesn’t melt ice. In fact, it doesn’t really affect ice in any significant way at all. It is used, however, for its ability to create friction and make surfaces less slippery. In comparison to salt, which is used specifically for melting ice, sand is not able to lower the freezing temperature of water.

Less snow in coast The air temperatures are affected by nearby bodies of water so situations where temperatures are freezing, but the sea isn’t frozen yet will keep the coastal temperatures higher. Thus melting falling and fallen snow faster than in inland.

Consequently, the presence of relatively warm seawater warms the air along the coast, resulting in less precipitation in the form of snow. The opposite effect occurs in the summer, when relatively cold seawater cools the air along the coast making the shoreline cooler than areas further inland.

With ocean temperatures in the 45-48 degree range off the coast, and air temperatures in the upper 20s, the 20 degree difference creates an unstable atmosphere in the lowest 4,000-5,000 feet. This unstable atmosphere leads to the development of snow bands, some of which could produce moderate to heavy snowfall rates.

Ocean currents act as conveyer belts of warm and cold water, sending heat toward the polar regions and helping tropical areas cool off, thus influencing both weather and climate. Land areas also absorb some sunlight, and the atmosphere helps to retain heat that would otherwise quickly radiate into space after sunset.

The ocean absorbs most of the excess heat from greenhouse gas emissions, leading to rising ocean temperatures. Increasing ocean temperatures affect marine species and ecosystems. Rising temperatures cause coral bleaching and the loss of breeding grounds for marine fishes and mammals.

“Global warming, combined with the negative impacts of numerous other human activities, is devastating our ocean, with alarming declines in fish stocks, the death of our reefs, and sea level rise that could displace hundreds of millions of people.”

Scientists estimate that 50-80% of the oxygen production on Earth comes from the ocean. The majority of this production is from oceanic plankton — drifting plants, algae, and some bacteria that can photosynthesize.

Prochlorococcus and other ocean phytoplankton are responsible for 70 percent of Earth’s oxygen production.

One crucial thing we do know we’re losing: much of our air. While coral reefs only cover 0.0025 percent of the oceanic floor, they generate half of Earth’s oxygen and absorb nearly one-third of the carbon dioxide generated from burning fossil fuels.

“A mature leafy tree produces as much oxygen in a season as 10 people inhale in a year.” “A 100-foot tree, 18 inches diameter at its base, produces 6,000 pounds of oxygen.” “On average, one tree produces nearly 260 pounds of oxygen each year. Two mature trees can provide enough oxygen for a family of four.”

Peepal tree

We need at least 1 mature trees or 4 to 5 small trees to make enough oxygen for 1 person.

One tree produces nearly 260 pounds of oxygen each year. One acre of trees removes up to 2.6 tons of carbon dioxide each year. Trees lower air temperature by evaporating water in their leaves.

Grass does produce more oxygen than trees. Constantly cutting your lawn will affect its oxygen production, as well as its ability to store carbon (and we’ll look at this in a moment).

Peepal Tree

3.04 Trillion trees make for almost 422 trees per person.

A human breathes about 9.5 tonnes of air in a year, but oxygen only makes up about 23 per cent of that air, by mass, and we only extract a little over a third of the oxygen from each breath. That works out to a total of about 740kg of oxygen per year. Which is, very roughly, seven or eight trees’ worth.

A new study published in Nature estimates the planet has 3.04 trillion trees. The research says 15.3 billion trees are chopped down every year.

Trees on a global scale are being threatened and are dying from drought, disease, insects, and fire as average worldwide temperatures are on the rise. Individual action to plant and protect trees can and should be taken.

One estimate put the number at around 400 billion trees worldwide based on satellite images.

The world has 4.06 billion remaining hectares of forests, according to the recently released key findings of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020. Of this area, only about 1.11 billion hectares are primary forests, or native forests that remain largely undisturbed by humans.

Global distribution of forests showing the ten countries with the largest forest area, 2020 (million hectares and % of world’s forest)

• United States of America.
• China.
• Australia.
• Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Indonesia.
• Peru.
• India.
• Rest of the world.

What percentage of trees is left in the world? Around 50%. Compared to the times with no human civilization, the number of trees in the world has decreased by half. This covers only 30% of the earth’s land.

The Amazon

Gadchiroli Forest (India) Located in the Indian state of Maharashtra, this forest has an enormous variety of wild trees and wildlife. Still, it is considered the most dangerous forest in the world because of being the breeding ground and refuge for Maoists or Naxalites, as they are called.

Get closer to nature with our round up of the most beautiful forests in the world.

• 1) Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
• 2) Daintree Rainforest, Australia.
• 3) Amazon Rainforest, Latin America.
• 4) Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda.
• 5) Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Japan.
• 6) Trossachs National Park, Scotland.

The Amazon Rainforest, Brazil One of the richest ecosystems on earth the Amazon Rainforest is earth’s most kept treasure. Home to several millions of species of plants, animals, insects, birds, and other forms of life such as native humans, flora, and water life too the Amazon is somehow the heart of planet earth.