http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2013/02/04/polar_bear_researchers_urge_governments_to_act_now_and_save_the_species.html
Polar Bear population are at a very high risk. Due to rising Arctic warming the populations of an already endangered species could start to decrease drastically. If their keeps being early ice break up and late ice freeze the species could be cut in half in just one year. There is a great pack of international researchers working on this epidemic. They are trying to urge the government to start planning for these drastically warming climates. They say planning ahead is the best way to decrease the chance of the death of many polar bears.These cute and fluffy animals need to be protected from our self-inflicted global warming. The researchers found out that the policies for some northern communities include either just doing nothing or to euthanize them. We have have two options: do nothing and say that they have had their time or get out and help preserve these innocent creatures. What do you think? Post your opinions.
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- Role of motivation and curiosity is a theme because you need passionate scientists to even start this research and they need the motivation to start the passion.
- Person's views is another theme because it is hard to be an objective scientist that involves an animal in an experiment.
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ReplyDeleteHey Julia! I would like to first start off by saying that the pictures you found are unbelievably adorable.
But anyways, personally, I thought that the "do nothing and say that they have had their time" was a little extreme, dont'cha think? (I'm probably being way too critical, but its true.)
While I do not believe that we should just let them "die off," I also think the ice caps melting and the global warming thing isn't entirely the human race's fault.
Water vapor is the most common greenhouse gas, (Not CO2!) and the oceans control the level of water vapor in the atmosphere.
Besides, the Earth has been around for, meh, a couple billion years? I'm pretty sure it can take care of itself.
Thoughts?
Personally, Julia I thought that your article was very interesting, but I disagree with the comment above. You are completely right to say that global warming is not an entirely man-made problem, but it is in very large part a man-made problem. The Earth's climate responds to stimuli in the same way that humans do, and as we multiply at a faster rate than ever, climate simply cannot keep up with our rapid growth rate. If you look at this graph http://starvethematrix.com/~starvet0/images/reference/elephant_in_room/1-world_population.JPG you will see that in the last 200 years, the human population has grown by a larger number than in the last ten thousand. With so many people polluting the air supply, the Earth simply can't adjust quick enough to compensate for the amount of pollutants being pumped into the air. The result is global warming/melting ice caps. While water vapor is the most common green house gas, it is also the least harmful to the environment. It is not a coincidence that the poplar ice caps are melting at a faster rate as we drive more cars and burn more fossil fuels.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Marcus with the fact that we are partly the cause of global warming. You can tell from a graph here (http://www.edf.org/climate/how-we-know-the-earth-is-warming) that the Earth has been warming for the past century, but it has drastically increased over the past few decades. It is hard to tell what exactly is causing this because we have no knowledge of what the Earth would have been, had we not advanced from the days of using horses to plow fields and every family farming for themselves. But, I think it is safe to assume, based on the population growth rate plus our use of the world's supplies, that we are contributing to this effect.
ReplyDeleteYes, the world is 4.5 billion years old and has survived fairly well, but that doesn't mean we should make it harder for this old place that we call home to survive. We should care about what we may be doing to this world, because I plan on it being my home for another sixty years.
It is frightening to think that such a large, innocent animal may feel the harsh consequences of our actions long before we feel them directly. It makes me wonder, what next? Who is going to be the next to go?