https://padlet.com/18shermanm/9us7zzfrv923 Made with eyes on the prize en-us 2017-03-10 18:34:38 UTC 2017-03-29 00:55:48 UTC hello@padlet.com 18shermanm https://padlet.com/18shermanm/9us7zzfrv923/wish/159359435 The temperature went up and down throughout the last few years. Sometimes the winters are tough and long like last years, whereas this year the winter hardly even existed. To some people this was good, but if you think about it though, it is becoming quite dangerous that our winters are hardly existent. With the winter being so warm, he spring came what seemed to be extremely early being that it is February and most states have already experienced abnormally high spring temperatures. "By the 2017 calendar, the first day of spring is March 20. But spring leaves arrived in mid-January in some parts of the South, and spread northward like a wave. " This statistic just comes to show how bad it really is becoming and how warm our planet is becoming. If we don't stop this soon it could become an even bigger problems and certain plants and animals may not be able to survive.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/08/climate/early-spring.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fearth&action=click&contentCollection=earth&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront]]> 2017-03-10 18:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/18shermanm/9us7zzfrv923/wish/159359435 18shermanm https://padlet.com/18shermanm/9us7zzfrv923/wish/163136054 Scientists have worked for years and spent tons of money in order to figure out a way to get the woolly mammoth to be able to roam the world once more. But the scientists are starting to figure out in order to do this we will have to put these genes into African elephants.  This is a problem because these elephants are already in danger and if we start to mess with their genes we could end up making the mammoth come back to life and making the African elephant go extinct. The article states that "In a paper published in Nature Ecology & Evolution this month, the researchers concluded that the biodiversity costs and benefits almost never come out in favor of de-extinction." This just shows how little point there is to bring back these woolly mammoths because it would be nice to see the extinct species one again, but if it is putting other animals in danger is there really a point?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/science/revive-restore-extinct-species-dna-mammoth-passenger-pigeon.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fearth&action=click&contentCollection=earth&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0]]> 2017-03-28 14:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/18shermanm/9us7zzfrv923/wish/163136054 18shermanm https://padlet.com/18shermanm/9us7zzfrv923/wish/163139248 This once huge coral reef that thrived with life and could be seen from outterspace is now dead in most parts and dying in the rest. This reef started to die because of the temperature change which made the ocean start to heat up over time and the reefs could not handle the warm waters they were faced with. According to the article, "More southerly sections around the middle of the reef that barely escaped then are bleaching now, a potential precursor to another die-off that could rob some of the reef’s most visited areas of color and life." This shows how dangerous this heating up of the water is becoming to the fish and other animals that thrive on these reefs. These animals will soon need to find a new home, but while trying to find a new home for people is relatively simple it is not very simple for fish. These fish will have to swim all over the ocean in hopes of maybe seeing a new place that they are able to live. But while swimming around, many will die from being eaten by bigger animals or they may not be able to handle the changes in the temperature as they move north or south.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/science/great-barrier-reef-coral-climate-change-dieoff.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fearth&action=click&contentCollection=earth&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront]]> 2017-03-28 14:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/18shermanm/9us7zzfrv923/wish/163139248 18shermanm https://padlet.com/18shermanm/9us7zzfrv923/wish/163142627 Even though all around the world many coral reefs are dying from the newly warm temperatures some are trying to fight to get life back on them. For example, the coral reef right between Hawaii and Fuji is now fighting to cocme back to life after being declared dead in 2003. The article states "Then in 2015, a team of marine biologists was stunned and overjoyed to find Coral Castles, genus Acropora, once again teeming with life." This is very important because now the life can make the reef come back to life sooner than anyone thought was possible. But as the earth gets warmer from global warming there are questions of whether this coral reef will be able to retain life. If people don't fix their ways and global warming continues and gets worse there will be no way for these reefs to be able to retain life for many more years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/science/coral-reef-climate-change.html?action=click&contentCollection=Climate&module=RelatedCoverage&region=Marginalia&pgtype=article]]> 2017-03-28 14:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/18shermanm/9us7zzfrv923/wish/163142627 18shermanm https://padlet.com/18shermanm/9us7zzfrv923/wish/163210412 In many places, we are fortunate enough to be able to pick if we want tap water or bottled water which is a big opportunity for us. This means that we get to choose if we want bottled water not knowing if it is really bottled water or just tap water that is put into a bottle. We don't really know what places are giving us because we don't really research where our water comes from. As the article states, "Thirsty? Grab a bottle of water. You’ll have plenty of company: For the first time, bottled water is expected to outsell soft drinks in the United States this year." This is important because people don't really even think about whether their bottled water is safer than their tap water. In the end, we might be getting unsafe water out of our tap, but in the end we may also be getting unsafe water from bottles as well, which is a scary thought to have in our minds.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/science/bottled-water-or-tap.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fearth&action=click&contentCollection=earth&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=13&pgtype=sectionfront]]> 2017-03-28 17:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/18shermanm/9us7zzfrv923/wish/163210412 18shermanm https://padlet.com/18shermanm/9us7zzfrv923/wish/163213985 Polar bears lives are starting to be threatened by the problems with the heating up of the planet. This is a scary thought to think of that the temperature in our world is what is creating different problems with the animals in the world. These animals are having to move to different parts of the world because of the heating up of the earth, but there is also a problem that these animals are having to move and are not able to find an enivornment that is suitable to them. In order to fix this, we need to stop global warming and save the animals that mean the most to us if we want our children and grandchildren in the future to know what animals like the polar bear and the panguin are. There are so many different ways to stop global warming it is just whether people are willing to put in the effort to stop it or if we will just let it take over the earth and have everyone suffer because we were too lazy to get up and do something to stop it from happening.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/18/science/polar-bears-global-warming.html?rref=collection%2Fspotlightcollection%2Fclimate-casualties]]> 2017-03-28 17:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/18shermanm/9us7zzfrv923/wish/163213985