https://padlet.com/18muirn/8qmhia2ivn62 en-us 2017-11-09 00:26:04 UTC 2017-11-09 04:36:42 UTC hello@padlet.com 18muirn https://padlet.com/18muirn/8qmhia2ivn62/wish/205117579 People and animals rely on resources from forests, such as food, water, clothing, shelter, etc. Deforestation negatively effects the amount of these resources. Deforestation is responsible for 15% of the green house gas emissions. Forests act as a carbon sink and soak up a lot of the carbon rather than it be let into the atmosphere. Deforestation messes with this process and causes issues in climate change.]]> 2017-11-09 02:34:43 UTC https://padlet.com/18muirn/8qmhia2ivn62/wish/205117579 18muirn https://padlet.com/18muirn/8qmhia2ivn62/wish/205120431 Within the next six years elephants could disappear, due to pouching and mining. Tanzania lost an average of 2,500 elephants a year. Selous national park experienced two large waves of pouching, wiping out 90% of the elephants. Large scale mining could also cause destruction in their habitat. Mining can lead to environmental degradation and water pollution. A mine in Selous, is expected to produce about 60m tons of poisonous radioactive waste into their habitat. ]]> 2017-11-09 03:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/18muirn/8qmhia2ivn62/wish/205120431 18muirn https://padlet.com/18muirn/8qmhia2ivn62/wish/205123326 After suddenly losing 3% of the right whale population, scientists decided to investigate. Finding food for this species can be a challenge, considering how large they are and how small their food is. Climate change can have an effect on the amount of food that they find. When food was scarce, right whales stopped reproducing and when food supply rebounded the right whales started to reproduce more. The whales are unable to reproduce fast enough to replace the whales that are being caught and killed by humans. Scientists have been working on policies to help protect whales from human related harm.]]> 2017-11-09 03:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/18muirn/8qmhia2ivn62/wish/205123326 18muirn https://padlet.com/18muirn/8qmhia2ivn62/wish/205126343 A geothermal heat source called a mantle plume, is believed to lie below the Antarctic. This could be a possible explanation for why the ice sheets have melted so quickly. Recent research has supported the idea that the mantle plume could explain regional volcanic activity. Mantle plumes could be streams of hot rock rising through earths mantle and spreading out underneath the crust. The mantle plume was formed millions of years ago. Changing of weather patterns and sea levels caused warmer water to be pushed closer to the ice sheets. ]]> 2017-11-09 03:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/18muirn/8qmhia2ivn62/wish/205126343 18muirn https://padlet.com/18muirn/8qmhia2ivn62/wish/205129539 Cigarettes are responsible for one quarter of the trash thrown on streets and sidewalks. The plastic filters in cigarettes release toxic chemicals and will eventually end up in the ocean. Cigarette butts make up about 28-33% of all litter. The toxins are a large issue for the environment, not just the cigarette itself. One cigarette butt has enough poisonous toxins to kill half the minnows in a liter of water. Cigarette companies realize the problem and are searching for better alternatives. For example some cities started to put ash trays on the tops of trash cans. This doesn't solve the issue by any means, but at least they arn't being thrown on the ground.]]> 2017-11-09 04:13:48 UTC https://padlet.com/18muirn/8qmhia2ivn62/wish/205129539 18muirn https://padlet.com/18muirn/8qmhia2ivn62/wish/205130796 Scientists have been working to breed the La Loma tree frog, and endangered species. One third of the world's amphibian species is at risk of extinction. The goal is to maintain a large enough population in captivity to one day hopefully repopulate in the wild. The extinction and endangerment of amphibians is likely due to climate change, pollution and habitat loss, but chytridiomycosis is also a possible threat. This fungus is a deadly infection that affects amphibians. The goal for these scientists is to find a cure for this infection, in order to help the odds set against these species. Continuing to have the species reproduce in a captive setting will help grow the species and protect them from further endangerment. ]]> 2017-11-09 04:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/18muirn/8qmhia2ivn62/wish/205130796