Current Events Week #5 by Molly Maish

Britney Lewis

2016-09-09 14:08:23 UTC

Daldykan River in Russia suddenly turns blood red. Scientist's are still figuring out what caused it.

"Daldykan River In Russia Suddenly Turns Blood Red". Science World Report. N.p., 2016. Web. 9 Sept. 2016.

http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/47120/20160909/daldykan-river-russia-turns-blood-red.htm

Falyn Owens

2016-09-09 14:09:40 UTC

People gather to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline that will move oil from North Dakota to Illinois.

The Latest: Large crowds in 3 states protest pipeline

The Latest: Large crowds in 3 states protest pipeline. (2016).JournalStar.com. Retrieved 9 September 2016, from http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/the-latest-large-crowds-in-states-protest-pipeline/article_6b029cd1-baab-528e-8637-c66e9a759f43.html

http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/the-latest-large-crowds-in-states-protest-pipeline/article_6b029cd1-baab-528e-8637-c66e9a759f43.html

Garet Jenkins

2016-09-09 14:13:01 UTC

Methane gas is stored in crystalline ice structures stored below the surface of the Earth. These structures can stay stable under harsh conditions such as weather, and constant pressure changes below the surface. These structures release methane gas into the oceans to regulate methane levels in the ocean. If the levels get to high the structures will not release anymore, but if they are too low the structures will release again. Methane is essential for life in the ocean.
Citation:Sediments control methane release to the ocean

Sediments control methane release to the ocean. (2016). ScienceDaily. Retrieved 9 September 2016, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20

Eli Brace

2016-09-09 14:17:19 UTC

Daldykan River In Russia Suddenly Turns Blood Red. (2016). Science World Report. Retrieved 9 September 2016, from http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/47120/20160909/daldykan-river-russia-turns-blood-red.htm

The Daldykan River in Russia suddenly turned red. The Russian authorities are investigating to find out why it turned red. Russia's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment believe that the river may have turned red due to discharge from a chemical from the nearby Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant. The plant produces nickel and has caused the river to change color before.

Jaiden Babb

2016-09-09 14:18:54 UTC

'Little Doubt' Typhoons Have Become More Intense, Study Finds

'Little Doubt' Typhoons Have Become More Intense, Study Finds. (2016). Live Science. Retrieved 9 September 2016, from http://www.livescience.com/55990-landfalling-typhoons-have-become-more-intense.html
In the Northwest Pacific, already a hotspot for tropical cyclones, the storms that strike East and Southeast Asia have been intensifying more than those that stay out at sea over the last four decades, a new study finds.

chaz stanley

chaz_stanley — 2016-09-09 14:21:29 UTC

Happy 100th Birthday! US National Parks in Photos

Happy 100th Birthday! US National Parks in Photos. (2016). Live Science. Retrieved 9 September 2016, from http://www.livescience.com/55879-national-parks-photos.html

Hope Blevins

2016-09-10 18:05:56 UTC

Hope Blevins

2016-09-10 18:05:59 UTC

A team of scientists discovered an unexpected change in wind direction caused by atmospheric waves in Northern Hemisphere.

Natural Environment Research Council. "Unprecedented atmospheric behavior disrupts one of Earth's most regular climate cycles: A team of scientists has discovered an unexpected disruption in one of the most repeatable atmospheric patterns." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 8 September 2016. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160908151118.htm>.

Kaylene Brandenburg

2016-09-12 11:03:25 UTC

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160824212223.htm
Scientists have used historical records and climate simulations to examine snowfall trends in Antarctica. They found that the effect of rising temperatures on snowfall has so far been overshadowed by Antarctica's large natural climate variability, which comes from random, chaotic variations in the polar weather. By mid-century, however, as temperatures continue to rise, the study shows how the effect of human-induced warming on Antarctica's net snow accumulation should emerge above the noise.

Brian Collins

brian_collins — 2016-09-12 11:55:17 UTC

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160908171315.htm

Voracious asian jumping worms strip forest floor and flood soil with nutrients. (2016). ScienceDaily. Retrieved 12 September 2016, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016

Voracias asian jumping worms strip forest floor and flood soil with nutrients. They're speeding up the exit of nutrients from the soil before plants can process them, new research shows.

Lyndsey Sapp

2016-09-12 11:59:27 UTC

Sachan, D. (2016). Got milk? Roach milk could be a new superfood. Science News for Students. Retrieved 12 September 2016, from https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/got-milk-roach-milk-could-be-new-superfood

Grady Clingerman

2016-09-12 12:00:28 UTC

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160907160628.htm
Date:

September 7, 2016

Source:

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Summary:

As global temperatures rise, how will lake ecosystems respond? As they warm, will lakes -- which make up only 3 percent of the landscape, but bury more carbon than the world's oceans combined -- release more of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane?

Logan O'Hara

2016-09-12 12:01:06 UTC

Unprecedented atmospheric behavior disrupts one of earths most regular climate cycles. Wind over the ocean had an unexpected change in direction.

Unprecedented atmospheric behavior disrupts one of Earth's most regular climate cycles: A team of scientists has discovered an unexpected disruption in one of the most repeatable atmospheric patterns. (2016). ScienceDaily. Retrieved 12 September 2016, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160908151118.htm

maddy manns

2016-09-12 12:01:31 UTC

http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/47120/20160909/daldykan-river-russia-turns-blood-red.htm
"Daldykan River In Russia Suddenly Turns Blood Red". Science World Report. N.p., 2016. Web. 12 Sept. 2016.

Water may have reddened due to discharge from an unidentified chemical.

shayla himes

2016-09-12 12:05:17 UTC

Pterosaurs weren’t all super-sized in the Late Cretaceous
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pterosaurs-werent-all-super-sized-late-cretaceous?tgt=nr
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MEGHAN ROSEN

7:00AM, SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Kylie Letourneau

kylie_letourneau — 2016-09-12 12:10:45 UTC

sea-level rise: Increasing precipitation masked by natural variability -- for now

By mid-century, more Antarctic snowfall may help offset sea-level rise: Increasing precipitation masked by natural variability -- for now. (2016).ScienceDaily. Retrieved 12 September 2016, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/release