https://padlet.com/17donovank/6cn2a4ymq3g1 Kelsie Donovan en-us 2017-03-28 14:22:10 UTC 2017-05-09 17:47:19 UTC hello@padlet.com 17donovank https://padlet.com/17donovank/6cn2a4ymq3g1/wish/163141833 It is found that 69% of Americans believe there should be stricter regulations on CO2 emissions from existing coal fired power plants. Even though most Americans can agree on this, congress and President Trump is moving to kill regulations that Obama put in place. 
Most Americans also believe that global warming will harm people, but will not personally harm them. This issue of risk perception is why people have a difficult time realizing just how large the long term consequences of global warming will be.
There are states who are split on the issue, such as Texas and Florida. This is due to the fact that the the southern part of these states are affected by the immediate consequences of  global warming, whereas the north is not. 
Global warming is a much more relevant issue to those who are affected by it in the west. There are constant droughts and wildfires, which cause people in the west to be more aware of the issues of climate change and global warming. ]]> 2017-03-28 14:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/17donovank/6cn2a4ymq3g1/wish/163141833 17donovank https://padlet.com/17donovank/6cn2a4ymq3g1/wish/163142497 Scientists now have the capability of resurrecting extinct species, however, it will come at a cost. The millions of dollars it would take to recreate a species, could be put towards species that are on the edge of extinction now. 
However, there are scientists, such as the ones at Revive and Restore, that believe an de-extinction effort must have long term benefits that outweigh the costs. There is a lot of controversy over the benefits of reintroducing some species, however, it is clear that it will cost millions of dollars to do so. There are also concerns that habitat loss will prevent the new species from ever being successful.]]> 2017-03-28 14:25:47 UTC https://padlet.com/17donovank/6cn2a4ymq3g1/wish/163142497 17donovank https://padlet.com/17donovank/6cn2a4ymq3g1/wish/163143416 President Trump plans to stick to his campaign message, and reverse the climate change policies that Obama put in place. He also plans on reducing the EPA's budget by 31%. These regulations will make it impossible for the U.S. to meet the standards set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. Trump has asked the EPA director, Pruitt, to rewrite the Clean Power Plan, who's goal was to shut down coal power plants and replace them with solar farms. The administration has made many statements recently that are not accurate. Trump promised the coal miners their jobs back, when the reality is that the demand for coal has been shrinking for a long time. Trump also wants to decrease the social cost of carbon, which will provide more reasons for the administration to ignore climate control. There are still many legal issues regarding the rollback of Obama's regulations that Trump has ignored so far. ]]> 2017-03-28 14:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/17donovank/6cn2a4ymq3g1/wish/163143416 17donovank https://padlet.com/17donovank/6cn2a4ymq3g1/wish/163145209 Large portions of the Great Barrier Reef are now dead due to over heated water, and many more sections are bleached, a sign of dying. Two thirds of the reefs are dead, and this was predicted to happen thirty years from now. The death of the reefs is yet another sign of global warming and climate change. If the earth were to lose its largest coral reefs, there would be no more fish for the people in those countries as well as reduced tourism. Not only did the increasing water temperatures lead to the death of the reefs, but also an El Nino weather pattern which happened in 2016. 
The bleached sections of the reef may be able to recover with cooler water temperatures, however it will take time. The Australian has introduced efforts to restrict human activity and lower water temperatures, but a global effort will be needed to help the Great Barrier Reef. The coral may be able to save itself by moving towards the poles and cooler waters. Even though El Nino has ended the temperatures remain high enough to kill the coral.  ]]> 2017-03-28 14:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/17donovank/6cn2a4ymq3g1/wish/163145209 17donovank https://padlet.com/17donovank/6cn2a4ymq3g1/wish/163146101 Dust from the Gobi Desert and the Central Valley in California has been providing phosphorus to many plants in the Sierra Nevada. There is very little phosphorus in the Sierra Nevada and it has been a mystery as to how plant life thrived there so far. However, scientists have recently discovered how the California ecosystem is providing phosphorus to these plants. The scientists also studied how climate change would affect these dust patterns, and found that the dust would spread to more mountain regions. ]]> 2017-03-28 14:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/17donovank/6cn2a4ymq3g1/wish/163146101 17donovank https://padlet.com/17donovank/6cn2a4ymq3g1/wish/163407350 Strier, a University of Wisconsin anthropology professor, has recently been studying the monkeys in southeastern Brazil along with Brazilian scientists. They have found the monkeys are dying at an alarming rate due to Yellow Fever. They are continuing their studies of the brown howler monkeys and expanding them to observe how the monkeys social groups have changed now that so many  of them have died. 
The scientists have also discovered that Yellow Fever can now easily spread to different patches of the forest, despite the distances between them. The dead monkeys can also alert people and villages when Yellow Fever is present, because they are affected first. 
Strier still has hope that the howler monkey population will recover and she eager to study the changes in their social behaviors. ]]> 2017-03-29 13:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/17donovank/6cn2a4ymq3g1/wish/163407350