Earth Day 2021: Why reforestation is crucial to saving the environment
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Replay Video UP NEXT Climate change may be the focus of the environmental movement, but restoring the Earth, the theme of this year s Earth Day, will play a crucial role in keeping global temperatures down. The theme focuses on natural processes, emerging green technologies, and innovative thinking that can restore the world’s ecosystems, according to the Earth Day Network. Every year, more than 18 million acres of forests are lost, according to the organization. Re-planting the forests of the planet, which have been cleared in vast amounts to make room for homes, transportation and agriculture, chopped down for timber and scorched by wildfires, will aid in getting Earth back to its equilibrium in more ways than mitigating climate change, experts told ABC News.
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Some of the foods on the menu include bourbon-glazed sticky wings, braised brisket mac and cheese, smoked brisket-loaded French fries, loaded hummus and fresh oversized Bavarian soft pretzels.
Artist rendering of the new Giraffe Bar at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay)
While guests sip and savor the flavors, they can also look at the panoramic indoor and outdoor views of the park’s expansive Serengeti Plain, which is home to giraffes, zebra, antelopes, ostriches and more. Officials said the venue will offer shaded and air-conditioned comfort as well as multiple TVs.
In addition to the new Giraffe Bar, Serengeti Overlook is home to the newly redesigned Oasis Pizza, which serves up favorites such as handmade pizza, chicken tenders, fresh salads and freshly baked desserts.
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Ready for a new adventure? Busch Gardens is launching into spring with an all new Giraffe Bar for theme park goers that will overlook Serengeti Plain with indoor and outdoor views and air-conditioning. The bar will serve specialty cocktails as well as craft beer, including frozen drinks for those hot summers days around the corner.
A selection of wines and spirits that support wildlife conservation efforts around the world will also be sold at the new giraffe work. There will multiple televisions at the bar for sports fan to watch the latest games when taking a break from roller coasters and animal experiences.
Draining the swamp
Phil Bloom
“Don t it always seem to go, that you don t know what you ve got til it s gone.”
– Joni Mitchell,
“Big Yellow Taxi”
Indiana once had a natural feature unmatched in the country. It was the Grand Kankakee Marsh, the largest inland wetland in America.
Formed by the same retreating glacier that gave northeastern Indiana hundreds of freshwater lakes, the Grand Kankakee stretched along the Kankakee River s twisting, winding path from South Bend to Momence, Illinois. Its estimated size ranged from a half million to 1 million acres.
It was about the size of Rhode Island and dubbed “The Everglades of the North” and “Chicago s Food Pantry.”