Period 1 Current Events Week #4 by Molly Maish https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz en-us 2016-09-01 20:06:02 UTC 2016-09-06 12:28:46 UTC hello@padlet.com Garet Jenkins Current Event https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121295587 In the southern United States, there are many states that get adequate rainfall every day. But researchers have now studied that thunderstorms have higher concentrations of mercury in their clouds and rainfall. This can cause significant damage to the soil in the ground. So far there has been no cause of this. But researchers are trying to find the cause.
Credit:Lightning strikes: Thunderstorms spread mercury pollution. (2016). ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2 September 2016, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160831103023.htm]]> 2016-09-02 11:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121295587 Falyn Owens https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121739519 Climate change cause a heatwave that was the cause for many deaths in Europe in 2003.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/global-warming-amplified-death-toll-during-2003-european-heat-wave?mode=topic&context=60
Sumner, T.
Sumner, T. (2016). Global warming amplified death toll during 2003 European heat wave. Science News. Retrieved 6 September 2016, from https://www.sciencenews.org/article/global-warming-amplified-death-toll-during-2003-european-heat-wave?mode=topic&context=60
]]> 2016-09-06 12:00:04 UTC https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121739519 Kaylene Brandenburg https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121740461 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160902142132.htm
High above Earth's tropics, a pattern of winds changed recently in a way that scientists had never seen in more than 60 years of consistent measurements.

A strange thing happened in the stratosphere: A 60-year pattern in the stratosphere changes up
A strange thing happened in the stratosphere: A 60-year pattern in the stratosphere changes up. (2016).ScienceDaily. Retrieved 6 September 2016, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases
]]> 2016-09-06 12:04:08 UTC https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121740461 Logan O'Hara https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121740745 Thunderstorms have a 50% higher concentration of mercury than any other rain event, High levels of mercury exposure can be dangerous.

Lightning strikes: Thunderstorms spread mercury pollution
Lightning strikes: Thunderstorms spread mercury pollution. (2016). ScienceDaily. Retrieved 6 September 2016, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201
 
]]> 2016-09-06 12:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121740745 Brian Collins brian_collins https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121740886 Clues in ancient mud hold answers to climate change. (2016). ScienceDaily. Retrieved 6 September 2016, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160901152444.htm

Africa has gradually become wetter of the past 1.3 million years. Her research specialty is too biochemical markers. That helps her find climate change over time.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160901152444.htm ]]> 2016-09-06 12:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121740886 Britney Lewis https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121741235 http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/28205/20160906/success-londons-air-pollution-levels-drop-thanks-to-smart-policies.htm
Twitter: London's air pollution levels are dropping after 10 years.
"Success! London's Air Pollution Levels Are Dropping, Thanks To Smart Policies". Nature World News. N.p., 2016. Web. 6 Sept. 2016.]]> 2016-09-06 12:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121741235 Lyndsey Sapp https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121741443 Vaccines May Save Africa’s Rarest Wolves From Extinction. (2016).News.nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved 6 September 2016, from http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/rabies-vaccines-endangered-ethiopian-wolf-conservation/

]]> 2016-09-06 12:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121741443 madison manns  https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121741444 http://www.techtimes.com/articles/176326/20160906/hunt-for-sea-otter-killer-reward-is-now-20-000.htm
"Hunt For Sea Otter Killer Reward Is Now $20,000". Tech Times. N.p., 2016. Web. 6 Sept. 2016.

some people are mad about the otters getting killed.]]> 2016-09-06 12:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121741444 Kylie Letourneau kylie_letourneau https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121741654 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160901102740.htm

Freshening of the Southern Ocean. (2016).ScienceDaily. Retrieved 6 September 2016, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/0

Over the past decades, the northward drift of sea ice surrounding Antarctica has strengthened. This not only has increased the extent of the sea ice, but also has freshened the sea water around the sea-ice edge -- with as yet indeterminate consequences for the global climate system and Antarctica's ecosystem]]> 2016-09-06 12:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121741654 Eli Brace https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121741781 (www.dw.com), D. (2016). How drones are revolutionizing environmental science | Environment | DW.COM | 31.08.2016. DW.COM. Retrieved 6 September 2016, from http://www.dw.com/en/how-drones-are-revolutionizing-environmental-science/a-19515857
People have been using drones for environmental science. They use them to see the Great Barrier Reef. The drones can take better pictures of the Great Barrier Reef than satellites. Environmental scientists can use drones to survey difficult to access areas. They are working on a thermal camera to check the temperature of the

]]> 2016-09-06 12:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121741781 Tatum Patrick https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121742412 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160902105846.htm
Website
'Tug of war' keeps scientists working on storm tracks: Responses to multiple processes complicate formulation of climate projections
'Tug of war' keeps scientists working on storm tracks: Responses to multiple processes complicate formulation of climate projections. (2016).ScienceDaily. Retrieved 6 September 2016, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/
]]> 2016-09-06 12:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121742412 shayla himes https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121742422 http://www.livescience.com/55981-futuristic-spacecraft-for-interstellar-space-travel.html By Tom Metcalfe, Live Science Contributor | September 2, 2016 04:24pm ET 

]]> 2016-09-06 12:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121742422 Grady Clingerman https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121742486 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160831103023.htm
Date:
August 31, 2016
Source:
Florida State University
]]> 2016-09-06 12:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121742486 Hope Blevins https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121744260 Researchers have developed a new catalyst that carries out a solar-powered reaction 100 times faster, works better as time goes on, and stands up to acid.
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. (2016, September 1). Renewable energy breakthrough: Solar-powered reaction 100 times faster. ScienceDaily. Retrieved September 6, 2016 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160901211410.htm 
]]> 2016-09-06 12:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121744260 Jaiden Babb https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121745371 Alaska Has Been Mapped as Precisely as Mars
Alaska is one of the most poorly mapped places on Earth. In fact, topographic maps of Mars and the moon are typically more detailed than those of the Arctic state — until now.Alaska Has Been Mapped as Precisely as Mars
Alaska Has Been Mapped as Precisely as Mars. (2016). Livescience.com. Retrieved 6 September 2016, from http://www.livescience.com/55982-alaska-mapped-as-precisely-as-mars.html
]]> 2016-09-06 12:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121745371 chaz stanley chaz_stanley https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121745477 Is a Blue Fire Tornado the Future of Oil Spill Cleanup?. (2016). Live Science. Retrieved 6 September 2016, from http://www.livescience.com/55923-blue-fire-tornado-could-clean-oil-spills.htm
I think it could maybe not be a good idea but if it is tested right then it could be helpful ]]> 2016-09-06 12:22:08 UTC https://padlet.com/molly_maish/zkzthw5ksznz/wish/121745477