MY PADLET FOR KALPERT YAY by Faith Bonett https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf this is my padlet and it is litty en-us 2017-11-06 18:18:44 UTC 2018-05-17 13:44:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hotsun.png Sea Turtles Appear to Be Bouncing Back Around the World - September 20, 2017 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204039261 So  many plants an animals are going extinct due to habitat loss, climate change, and many more factors that scientists fear that a 6th mass extinction may be in the works. After historical declines in sea turtle populations, research from ecologists at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece have researched different nesting sites over the past six-47 years and have found that populations are capable of being restored and sustained. Because their threats are things such as being trapped by fishing nets or harvested by others as meals, they are easier to manage than many other animals. In order for their lives to be sustained and for their population to continue to grow, humans need to support long-term efforts to save them.

]]> 2017-11-06 18:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204039261 Many of Florida's Sea Turtle Nests Were Destroyed by Hurricane Irma - October 6, 2017 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204039499 Florida is a main point used for sea turtle nesting, but due to the previous hurricanes, a large number of sea turtle nests were swept away, along with homes and businesses. This year was a very important comeback year for the endangered leatherback turtles, loggerhead, and green turtles who are not endangered, but are a threatened species. The hurricane ruined the hopes of this comeback. Although we do not have an official count of the damage until end of November, it is evident that Irma has destroyed many of the nests in the state. The losses from the hurricanes made a big impact, but sea turtle populations will prosper as long as there are no major hurricanes in the coming months/years. ]]> 2017-11-06 18:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204039499 A Plan to Give Whales and Other ocean Life Some Peace and Quiet - June 3, 2016 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204039597 The sounds from humans leave an impact on our ocean, even if we fail to hear it. Sounds such as oil and gas drilling, sonar, oil, ship propellers, and other industrial work make loud sounds that interferes with the behavior because the noises of the ocean often come into contact with how they communicate with other marine life, finding food, avoiding predators, and migration. A helpful solution to the increase in ocean noise is the Ocean Noise Strategy Roadmap draft is the first step in a 10-year plan to reduce the noise and harmful impacts on marine life. this is a pollution problem that can be solved easier than many others that we face.

]]> 2017-11-06 18:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204039597 Alaska's Permafrost is Thawing - August 23, 2017 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204039649 As the title says, the permafrost in Alaska is beginning to thaw. The frozen ground used as storage for ancient carbon, could be gone by the time 2050 arrives which means that a large percentage of the land will be lost. Many plants and organic matter are stored/found in these permafrost layers, ranging from ten to hundreds of feet below the surface. This permafrost layer is thought to hold two times the amount of carbon that is found in the atmosphere. When these layers containing organic matter thaw, a conversion occurs where the organic matter changes into carbon dioxide and methane, and it will impact the global warming crisis because it flows into the atmosphere. If factors continue to build up, the state will go from a carbon sink to a net source.

]]> 2017-11-06 18:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204039649 Determining when humans started impacting the planet on a large scale - October 25, 2017 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204039698 Humans first began impacting the climate and environment with the Industrial Revolution (1800's) and it quickly became more popular and impact into the second half of the 20th century. Human impact from agriculture, how we get rid of waste, have been recorded in sedimentary records. After studies and research, scientists have agreed that the beginning of large-scale human impact on our environment began during the 1950's, being led by the uproar of industrial work after WWII. On a positive note, a decrease in contamination was recorded around the same time due to wastewater treatment plants being installed in the 70's. This was a success in mitigation for our population.

]]> 2017-11-06 18:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204039698 Wildlife Trafficking Kingpin Arrested in Thailand 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204045454 A main source for wildlife trafficking in Asia was arrested in Thailand this past week. His names Boonchai Bach, and he has been involved in illegal animal trade for over a decade. He has been linked with the smuggling of 14 rhino horns from Africa to Thailand, which are worth over $1 million, in the last month. In addition, he has also smuggled items such as ivory, rhino horns, pangolins, tigers, lions, and other endangered species for over a decade. Bach has been running a widespread trafficking network on the Thai-Los border and it has spread into Vietnam. According to the wildlife laws in his country, he could face up to 4 years and prison and a fine of $1,300, but authorities are considering a charge that would give him up to 10 years for money-laundering. Thailand has been a hot-spot for trafficked wildlife which is mostly going to China. It had the largest unregulated ivory market in the world, prior to the Elephant ivory Act of 2014 and 2015. Although these laws are in place, exotic wildlife are still smuggled through the country. ]]> 2017-11-06 18:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204045454 Billions of Plastic Pieces Litter Coral in Asia and Australia 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204045532 Dr. Joleah Lamb is a coral biologist and she is currently a professor at Cornell. Her and her colleagues wrote a paper about plastic pollution in 159 reefs in Australia, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Thailand. They believe that an estimate of more than 11 billion pieces of plastic bigger than 5 cm are littered across the reefs in the Asia-pacific region. That is enough trash to wrap around the Earth almost 14 times. Also, coral reefs with plastic on them makes them 20 times as diseased than those that are not polluted. The researchers also noted that countries with poor methods of treating plastic pollution had the most plastic on their reefs. They estimate tat about 11.1 billion pieces of plastic are in the ocean now, and will increase to 15.7 billion in the next 7 years. Coral on plastic led to clear signs on disease on 90 percent of what was studied. The plastic draws bacteria and many of them lead to the coral reefs to be in danger. Once they are on the coral, they can get wounded, which makes infection much easier. It is possible to control the impact that is made by the plastic on the reefs. Countries that make a stronger effort to keep plastic out ot=f the ocean have healthier reefs. ]]> 2017-11-06 18:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204045532 Why the Forest Doesn't Fear Fire 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204045575 Plants are not aware of the fact that fires occur because they do not have a brain or nervous system. Although they are not aware, they do react to the situation. Some evolve with many mechanisms to help recover from fires. For example, the eucalyptus have lignotubers (woody storage vessels) that protect tissues that sprout after brush fire in Australia fire. Other plants release seeds when woody capsules become heated (Banksia) and some like orchids flower after being stimulated by the fire. In other cases, seeds may only germinate after exposure to smoke or fire. This is true with the acacia. Some species in California sprout again after fires. There are pine trees with pine cones that have seeds in them where are released because the fire melts the tar that holds them in. ]]> 2017-11-06 18:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204045575 Trump Plans to Shrink Two National Monuments in Utah - October 27, 2017 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204045630 Republican Utah Senator Orrin Hatch got word from President Donald Trump that the administration would be shrinking two of Utah's national monuments. These cover millions of acres in the state and are significant natural features of the area. The two monuments in discussion were the Bears Ears National Monument (covers 1.35 million acres) and the Grand Staircase-Escalate National Monument (1.9 million acres). Activists and environmental groups immediately spoke out against trump, saying that, "“It is a disgrace that the President wants to undo the nation’s first national monument created to honor Native American cultural heritage." National Monuments have caused a lot of controversy among groups of ranchers, miners, and environmentalists. The most common argument is that that they do no harm to anyone or the local economy. ]]> 2017-11-06 18:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204045630 For an Endangered Animal, a Fire or Hurricane Can Mean the End 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204045683 Due to recent hurricanes and wildfires in the US, many rare and threated species populations living in those habits have decreased. In Arizona,heatwaves which turned into wildfires led to the red squirrel population to have a massive decrease. 217 of the 252 left in the species died. In addition, trout needed to removed (rescued) from forest streams, because the water would soon become clogged with ash. This is because normal forest ground usually filters the runoff. The Mexican spotted owl was also at risk because wildfires are its primary threat. In California, the mountain yellow-legged frog faced habitat destruction from the wildfires. because the streams become dry post-fire, survival during the winter becomes difficult for them. This also impacts the California red-legged frog and the the endangered salmon and steelhead fish that live in the Russian River. The ash and sediment flown in the water can damage the fish. Hurricane Harvey in Texas was a big impact on wildlife as well. Only 5 of the 29 rare prairie chickens that were tracked in the Atwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife refuge near Huston survived. The bird was already endangered, so the Hurricane and its effects did not help. ]]> 2017-11-06 18:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204045683 Table of Contents (MP 1) 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204052024 Many of Florida's Sea Turtle Nests Were Destroyed by Hurricane Irma
October 6, 2017
Sea Turtles Appear to be Bouncing Back Around the World
September 20, 2017
Determining when humans started impacting the planet on a large scale
October 25, 2017
Trump Plans to Shrink Two National Monuments in Utah
October 27, 2017
A Plan to Give Whales and Other ocean Life Some Peace and Quiet
June 3, 2016
Alaska's Permafrost is Thawing
August 23,  2017
]]> 2017-11-06 18:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204052024 Table of Contents (MP 2) 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204056846 Why the Forest Doesn't Fear the Fire
January 22, 2018
Wildlife Trafficking Kingpin Arrested in Thailand
January 20, 2018
For an Endangered Animal, a Fire or Hurricane Can Means the End
October 25, 2017
The Grand Sea Turtle Experiment
July 28, 2016
California Sea Lion Population rebounded to New Highs
January 17, 2018

Billions of Plastic Pieces Litter Coral in Asia and Australia

January 25, 2017
]]> 2017-11-06 18:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204056846 The Grand Sea Turtle Experiment 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204892694 A Mexican engineer named Andres Herrera was at a beach in Northeastern Mexico when he discovers 40,000 nesting Kemp's ridley sea turtles. This species is the smallest are rarest of all sea turtles. This was about 70 years ago. He shoot footage of the nests, but never showed anyone or acted on it. About a decade later, he told marine biologists about his discovery. Scientists saw the footage in the 60s which was too late because poaching of their eggs led to a major decline in their population. The eggs were prized as aphrodisiacs. Only about 200 turtles were nesting each year around the world from 1978 to 1991. Herrera's film sparked a movement in order to save and sustain the species. Over 14,000 of their nets (about 5,600 mothers) were found along the nesting range from the Gulf of Mexico last year. With help from the National Park Service's Padre Island national Seashore (the largest nesting site for the Kemp's ridleys in the US), the species were able to recover well and survive. ]]> 2017-11-08 16:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/204892694 California Sea Lion Population Rebounded to New Highs 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/223795037 Due to the Marine Mammal Protection act, the populations of California sea lions has rebounded significantly. Factors such as market hunting, pollutants, and bounties made the number of sea lions decline in the middle of the last century. a major increase in sea lions found in a new stud shows their population in 1975 as less than 90,000. By 2008, it had risen to about 281,450 which was the estimated carrying capacity for the species. it stayed around that number, then increased again to 306,220 in 2012, then fell below carrying capacity in the recent years sue to the change in ocean conditions (warming, pollutants, etc.). Their populations depend heavily on changes in the environment, because things such as ocean temperature affect their prey. If the ocean temperature increases 1 degree C, then the population growth is zero. If the ocean temperature increases by 2, it will result in a population decline of 7 percent. In 2012, a marine heat wave known as "the blob" coming off of the West Coast in addition to an El Nino, pup production decreased and survival decreased as well due to malnourishment. By using the history of the population, they are able to apply it to today's populations and adjust from it. ]]> 2018-01-23 14:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/223795037 Table of Contents (MP 3) 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/251165228 Climate Change Denialists Say Polar Bears Are Fine. Scientists Are Pushing Back.
April 10, 2018
Clown Fish Need More Energy to Live in a Bleached Home
April 10, 2018

‘Rewilding’ Missing Carnivores May Help Restore Some Landscapes

March 6, 2018
Atlantic Ocean circulation at weakest point in more than 1,500 years
April 11, 2018
New source of global nitrogen discovered
April 5, 2018

ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES TAKE AIM AT PROPOSED REVISIONS TO INDONESIA'S CONSERVATION ACT

April 10, 2018
]]> 2018-04-12 14:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/251165228 Climate Change Denialists Say Polar Bears Are Fine. Scientists Are Pushing Back. 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/251166883 There is scientific evidence that the homes of polar bears are warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet according to several federal agencies. Climate denialists are claiming that the bears are fine and there is nothing wrong with them and there are no dangers to them. Some bloggers believe that the declining numbers of ice in those ares belong to natural warming cycle that is unrelated to humans. Some of the denialists are using the bears to share misinformation about the causes and consequences of climate change, which is not right. The blogs of the denialists usually focus on one specific data point or emphasize gaps in the knowledge that is being presented. Often they focus on how they are still able to get food and live. The loss of habitat issue is the main concern in climate change which is not what is the focus.]]> 2018-04-12 14:22:48 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/251166883 Clown Fish Need More Energy to Live in a Bleached Home 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/251168722 Clown fish live inside of sea anemones which have stinging tentacles on the outside to protect them and their eggs from predators. Inside of these homes, there is algae which is used to convert sunlight into energy to feed the anemone. That food gives it the ability to provide protection to the fish. Warming temperatures and other environmental disturbances cause the coral and anemones to bleach which kills the algae, the anemones to shrink, and the clown fish to no longer reproduce as they once did. The anemone itself is not killed, just the algae, so the anemone is alive and could possibly recover. The fish should not be suffering because there are no direct connections, but it still does. The fish in bleached anemones need more energy to stay alive which can impair important survival tasks such as swimming. ]]> 2018-04-12 14:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/251168722 ‘Rewilding’ Missing Carnivores May Help Restore Some Landscapes 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/251170635 In the past, gray wolves would be difficult to find in Yellowstone National Park, but they were reintroduced to Yellowstone and Idaho in the 1990s by the process of rewilding. Since their return, they have helps with the high population of deer and elk which had eaten valleys barren. By doing so, vegetation such as trees and shrubs were able to grow back. With more trees helping to control erosion, the flows of some rivers were less chaotic and formed pools that became new habitats. Other wildlife such as birds and beavers returned as well. The wolves at coyotes which made their prey available to other organisms. this cause bears and raptors to come back for carrion. This was one example of a successful rewilding case. It is not always the same outcome as this, but scientists are attempting to do the same with other carnivorous animals as well. ]]> 2018-04-12 14:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/251170635 Atlantic Ocean circulation at weakest point in more than 1,500 years 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/251172487 There has been new research led by University College London and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution that provides facts that an important factor in the global circulation system has not been running at its maximum strength and power since the mid 1800s. At this time, it is running at its weakest ability for the past 1,600 years. If it continues to run at this weak pace, weather patterns from the US an Europe to the African Sahel and more places around the world will be disrupted and could cause a quick increase in sea level on the US East Coast. Due to the warming after the Little Ice Age, the North Atlantic became warm and evidence of Arctic sea ice, ice sheets, and glaciers surrounding the Arctic began to melt and formed a natural tap pf fresh water into the North Atlantic. ]]> 2018-04-12 14:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/251172487 New source of global nitrogen discovered 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/251172922 A recent study done has found that up to 26 percent of the nitrogen in natural ecosystems comes from rocks. The rest of the nitrogen can be fund in the atmosphere. This discovery can leave in impact on climate change predictions. nitrogen is used to absorb carbon dioxide pollution and limited is available from plants and soil. several categorize come into place when dealing with this topic. First, weathering. rock nitrogen can come from physical weathering (tectonic movement) or chemical weathering (minerals reacting with rainwater). Rock nitrogen weathering varies from different regions and landscapes. Geology and carbon Sequestration is also important because mapping nutrient profiles in rocks to their potential for carbon uptake helps push conservation. There is one spot where there is missing information on the topic. More nitrogen builds up in soil and plants than can be explained from the atmosphere alone, but the missing factor is unknown. There is further research needed to come to a conclusion. ]]> 2018-04-12 14:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/251172922 ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES TAKE AIM AT PROPOSED REVISIONS TO INDONESIA'S CONSERVATION ACT 18bonettf https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/251174693 Changes made to the conservation act in Indonesia could lead to wildlife traffickers to finding loopholes in addition to the trade they enjoy in one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. The bill they have presented does not mention online trafficking which is a growing problem as traders are moved to bigger social media platforms such as Facebook and Kaskus (Indonesia's largest Internet forum). There is also nochange int he sentencing guidelines for those who break the rules. Now, it is 5 years maximum sentence in prison, but offenders are rarely even prosecuted. if they are, their sentences are well below the maximum. It falls short of the expectations of conservationists and environmentalists. The bill is is no rush to be passed, and the the only feedback given was President Joko Widodo ordering the ministers to make sure the bill is aligned with their constitution, and that it benefits Indonesia in the long run. ]]> 2018-04-12 14:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/18bonettf/vby2sb818jgf/wish/251174693