https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m Made with wonder en-us 2018-06-04 17:46:09 UTC 2026-03-17 16:30:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/265459879 Last month was +0.86 °C warmer than the average April of the 1951-1980 period; this value is in line with the 1.8 °C/century rate of increase of the past 40 years

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2735/april-2018-was-third-warmest-april-on-record/]]> 2018-06-04 17:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/265459879 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/265462648 Because of melting sea ice, it is likely that more polar bears will soon starve.  Climate change is heating up the Arctic faster than anywhere else, and sea ice is shrinking 14 percent per decade.

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/polar-bears-starve-melting-sea-ice-global-warming-study-beaufort-sea-environment/]]> 2018-06-04 18:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/265462648 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/265938404 Pollution in the atmosphere is having an unexpected consequence, scientists say—it's helping to cool the climate, masking some of the global warming that's occurred so far.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cleaning-up-air-pollution-may-strengthen-global-warming/

]]> 2018-06-06 17:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/265938404 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/265939453 Using the scientific method, scientists have shown that humans are extremely likely the dominant cause of today’s climate change. Human activities emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, raising Earth’s average temperature and bringing a range of consequences to our ecosystems.

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2743/the-scientific-method-and-climate-change-how-scientists-know/]]> 2018-06-06 17:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/265939453 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/265940380 By most accounts, deforestation in tropical rain forests adds more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than the sum total of cars and trucks on the world’s roads.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/deforestation-and-global-warming/]]> 2018-06-06 17:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/265940380 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/265941048 People have been deforesting the tropics for thousands of years for timber and farming, but now, nothing less than the physical transformation of the Earth is taking place. Every year about 18m hectares of forest– an area the size of England and Wales – is felled.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/jan/23/destroying-rainforests-quickly-gone-100-years-deforestation]]> 2018-06-06 17:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/265941048 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266167929 As researchers peer deeper into the Earth’s changing bio climate the vastly complex global interplay between living organisms and climatic forces — they are better appreciating the crucial role that deforestation plays.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/opinion/sunday/deforestation-and-drought.html]]> 2018-06-07 17:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266167929 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266168679 Habitat loss is the most insidious of all threats facing land-living wildlife, and protected areas like national parks are one of the best ways to combat the destruction. But in research published recently in Conversation Letters, it shows that in some places the pace of protected areas isn't keeping up with the losses

http://theconversation.com/half-the-worlds-ecosystems-at-risk-from-habitat-loss-and-australia-is-one-of-the-worst-64663]]> 2018-06-07 17:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266168679 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266169463 Habitat loss poses the greatest threat to species. The world's forests, swamps, plains, lakes, and other habitats continue to disappear as they are harvested for human consumption and cleared to make way for agriculture, housing, roads, pipelines and the other hallmarks of industrial development.

http://wwf.panda.org/our_work/wildlife/problems/habitat_loss_degradation/]]> 2018-06-07 17:57:58 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266169463 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266170575 Wetlands are dredged and filled in to accommodate urban, industrial, and agricultural development. Cities, factories, and farms create waste, pollution, and chemical effluent and runoff that can wreak havoc on reefs, sea grasses, birds, and fish.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/oceans/critical-issues-marine-habitat-destruction/]]> 2018-06-07 18:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266170575 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266171415 Most animals and plants which are endangered have become so, not because they have been killed on purpose but because their habitats are being destroyed. Human activities have changed or destroyed habitats for thousands of years. The natural habitats in almost every country in the world have been affected in some way

https://ypte.org.uk/factsheets/endangered-animals-of-the-world/habitat-destruction]]> 2018-06-07 18:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266171415 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266172089 There is evidence that the oceans have suffered at the hands of mankind for millennia, as far back as Roman times. But recent studies show that degradation, particularly of shoreline areas, has accelerated dramatically in the past three centuries as industrial discharge and runoff from farms and coastal cities has increased.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/oceans/critical-issues-marine-pollution/]]> 2018-06-07 18:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266172089 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266172347 High seas fishing subsidies threaten important natural habitats. Deep-sea bottom trawling, one of more common high-seas fishing practices, is problematic & as much as 54 percent of high seas fishing would be unprofitable were it not for governments covering some of the industry's costs

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/high-seas-fishing-subsidies-oceans-science/]]> 2018-06-07 18:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266172347 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266173566 Ocean over fishing is simply the taking of wildlife from the sea at rates too high for fished species to replace themselves, and it's happening way too consistently. ]]> 2018-06-07 18:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266173566 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266350652 Currently New York State has more than 300 hydro generation stations producing 80 percent of all renewable energy. Given the state’s large mountain footprint, as well as over 500 rivers with water flow reaching 20,000 cubic feet per second, it is no surprise that New York is the largest hydropower producer in the northeast.

https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/ugc/articles/2017/04/06/new-york-hydropower-and-its-sustainability.html


]]> 2018-06-08 17:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266350652 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266351211 Renewable ocean energy is categorized based on which properties of the ocean are used, such as motion, heat or salinity.

https://www.planete-energies.com/en/medias/close/different-forms-ocean-energy]]> 2018-06-08 17:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266351211 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266351542 Wind power is the ability to make electricity using the air flows that occur naturally in the earth’s atmosphere. Wind turbine blades capture kinetic energy from the wind and turn it into mechanical energy, spinning a generator that creates electricity.

https://www.awea.org/wind-power-101]]> 2018-06-08 17:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266351542 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266351956  A resolution to determine whether a potential multimillion dollar wind energy project will be built or not has been delayed by the Carbon County Commissioners due to legal statutes. Little Medicine Bow Wind S LLC (LMB) is in year seven of an eight-year wind energy project, which is estimated to accumulate $19.45 million of tax revenue.

http://www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/newsletter_am/proposed-wind-energy-project-in-medicine-bow-faces-new-setback/article_833b0f38-6b27-11e8-ab73-ffeece3a1f51.html

]]> 2018-06-08 17:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266351956 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266352426 The hope is that, just as cell phones bypassed the network of telephone lines, solar panels will enable many rural consumers to bypass the electric grid.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/26/the-race-to-solar-power-africa]]> 2018-06-08 17:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266352426 alyssa_martin1 https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266352779 The United States is a highly developed and industrialized society. Americans use a lot of energy in homes, in businesses, and in industry. Americans also use energy for personal travel and for transporting goods.

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.php?page=us_energy_use]]> 2018-06-08 18:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_martin1/ftfdg5flvj9m/wish/266352779