GLOBAL IMPORTANCE OF THE DESERT BIOME
The Desert Biome is an important part of Earth because many animals live in it and it is a source of sand. Also, a lot of oil is often found under many deserts. The Desert Biome is home to insects and spiders that frogs and birds eat. Several species of vultures also live in the desert to scavenge on animal remains. The Desert Biome is also important because it has its own ecosystem. Like all other ecosystems, if one species of plant or animal is overpopulating or under-populating, the whole ecosystem will be affected by a ripple effect. All the populations of the different animals will be affected if one of the populations change. For example, say that the spiders and insects disappear. The toads and turtles will have nothing to eat and die.
When the vultures have eaten all the dead turtles and frogs, they will starve and die; All the animals will disappear from the desert. Another example is that is the top predators disappear, the prey will over populate and eat out their prey. Then they will have nothing to eat and they will starve. Ancient civilization started in the desert. Civilizations such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, And Israel originated from the Sahara Desert in Africa. Mesopotamia, the first known civilization or empire, was located in a fertile part of the desert that was near 2 rivers. This made it possible to farm and gave people water, therefore enabling them to live in the climate of the hot desert. However, global warming is heating up the atmosphere and by 2100, several other biomes may also become deserts!
When the vultures have eaten all the dead turtles and frogs, they will starve and die; All the animals will disappear from the desert. Another example is that is the top predators disappear, the prey will over populate and eat out their prey. Then they will have nothing to eat and they will starve. Ancient civilization started in the desert. Civilizations such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, And Israel originated from the Sahara Desert in Africa. Mesopotamia, the first known civilization or empire, was located in a fertile part of the desert that was near 2 rivers. This made it possible to farm and gave people water, therefore enabling them to live in the climate of the hot desert. However, global warming is heating up the atmosphere and by 2100, several other biomes may also become deserts!
