"An End To Slaughter?" -anonymous
A new bill has been proposed to the United States House of Representatives that could put and end to horse slaughter. If passed, all slaughter of horses for human consumption would become illegal in the United States. Horses also may not be shipped to Canada or Mexico for slaughter.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Favorite Place in the World
My favorite place in the world is filled with fresh air and a gentle breeze (actually its usually pretty strong wind). I go there to escape from everything. Its a very calming, and fun place to be. I usually go there with a few of my good friends. I have been going there on at least a weekly basis for the past five years of my life. There are about 50 animals there, all are beautiful. These animals have become such a big part of my life. Its more than a hobby. For the past 6 months, I have been out there nearly everyday. It puts me in such a great mood when I go out there. The smell of grass and hay (big give away! ha ha).
This should be a pretty easy one to figure out! Especially if you know me!
This should be a pretty easy one to figure out! Especially if you know me!
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Raft- 3/20
I am hoping that for 3rd trimester we get to keep using the blog. I like it. It makes homework more exciting. Whooo. Although, in class, it would be nice if homework for that night was a bit better outlined.
For spring break I went on a cruise! It was a lot of fun! There was constant food... ICE CREAM MACHINES! I am pretty sure that I gained some weight on this trip. Every single meal I stuffed myself so full I thought I was going to puke. Mmmm... We stopped at San Juan, Puerto Rico. We got there at like 5 pm so we didnt get to see all that much of it. It seemed dirty. There were lots of little shops everywhere and a really creepy guy that barked at a lady. Quite weird. Then we went in this one shop and in knocked a bunch of things off the shelf then the owner kind of yelled at me. Oops. Then I left that shop. We also stopped at St. Thomas and St. Maarten. Both were very beautiful and had lots of very cute little shops. I must say that I like St. Maarten a little better though. On St. Thomas we went to one of the top 10 prettiest beaches, Magens Bay, and layed in the sun all day. It was nice. After the cruise we stayed in Miami Beach for 2 days because we couldn't get a flight back. Again, lots of laying in the sun and playing in the ocean. But the ocean here was very cold so I just floated in my inner tube and almost fell off a few times from the waves. Well I am getting board and I think that this is long enough so I am going to be done now.
For spring break I went on a cruise! It was a lot of fun! There was constant food... ICE CREAM MACHINES! I am pretty sure that I gained some weight on this trip. Every single meal I stuffed myself so full I thought I was going to puke. Mmmm... We stopped at San Juan, Puerto Rico. We got there at like 5 pm so we didnt get to see all that much of it. It seemed dirty. There were lots of little shops everywhere and a really creepy guy that barked at a lady. Quite weird. Then we went in this one shop and in knocked a bunch of things off the shelf then the owner kind of yelled at me. Oops. Then I left that shop. We also stopped at St. Thomas and St. Maarten. Both were very beautiful and had lots of very cute little shops. I must say that I like St. Maarten a little better though. On St. Thomas we went to one of the top 10 prettiest beaches, Magens Bay, and layed in the sun all day. It was nice. After the cruise we stayed in Miami Beach for 2 days because we couldn't get a flight back. Again, lots of laying in the sun and playing in the ocean. But the ocean here was very cold so I just floated in my inner tube and almost fell off a few times from the waves. Well I am getting board and I think that this is long enough so I am going to be done now.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Essay Outline
Introduction-
-attention getter: "much stronger evidence now of human actions on the change in climate that's taken place," Rajendra K. Pachauri (Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
-problem: Global warming is causing major destruction.
-give some evidence and contributing factors...
-thesis: Global warming, due to certain human activities, is causing major destruction of both the environment and society around the world.
Body-
-Evidence:
*global warming...
-http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/cc.html : Over the past 100 years, the earth has warmed by 1' F.
-http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/recentcc.html : During the 20th Century, global average surface temperatures have increased by .7' and 1.5' F. During the last century, the sea level has risin by 6-8 inches. 1-3 of those inches caused by the expansion of water due to increased ocean temperatures, and the rest due to melting glaciers. Along the U.S. and Gulf coasts, the sea level has risin .08 to .12 in the last year. In some places, the rate of sea level rise is up to .36 inches a year, such as the Louisiana coast. The sea level rose 1-3 inches more in the 20th century than the 19th (more human activity). According to NASA's Earth Observatory, the sea level has been rising at a rate of 9 to 13 inches a century.
-NOAA and NASA's 2005 Surface Temperature Analysis:
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/recentcc.html : the average surface temperature has risin by about 1.2' to 1.4' F. since 1900. the average surface temperature has risin by about 1' since 1970. The earth's surface temperature is rising at a rate of 3.2' F./ Century.
-Antarctica: In 150 years, the average Antarctic ice core temperatures have risen .2' C.
+why does this matter?-National Geographic- Global warming is causing ocean currents to slow, in turn not supplying the North Atlantic with warm water. Since the 1950's, the current towards NW Europe has declined by 30%. In the amount of deep cold water going to the tropics from the North Atlantic, there has been a 50% drop. Also, warm waters are staying in the tropics, 50% more.
*ice sheet recession...
-"LA Times": Greenland's glaciers are melting two times as fast as they were five years ago. On some days, the temperature on the ice cap were up to 20' above normal. Each year, Greenland is loosing up to 52 cubic miles of ice sheets. Since 1991, the average winter temperature has risin by about 10'. Since 1996, the ice stream has tripled its speed to about 3 feet per day.
-Antarctica 2: Antarctica is shrinking due to global warming. Between 1992 and 1999, the inland glacier of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet lost a total of 31 cubic kilometers of ice. This glacier alone is decreasing in size by about 4 gigatons per year, in turn raising the sea level by about .01 millimeters. If this entire ice sheet melted, the world wide sea level would increase by about 5 meter, flooding many costal cities.
-Global Warming?: Greenland's ice sheet, the largest, is increasingly shrinking.
*global damage...
-"Hurricanes": Judith Curry, professor of atmospheric sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, says that "Global warming [is] to blame for the past two horrific hurricane seasons...". She believes this because worldwide the sea surface temperatures have increased by about 1', making about a 50% increase in tropical storm activity, particularly in the past decade. She also says, "...some external force is raising sea surface temperatures in tropical regions."
-Newsweek 1: There are many signs on Earth all pointing to a not-so-distant drastic weather change, resulting in a severe decrease in food production, in as little as 10 years from now. Main regions of impact include Canada, the USSR in the North, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indochina, and Indonesia; some of which growing season's depend on annual monsoons. There is abundant evidence supporting this prediciton. Since 1950, England's farmers have seen a decline in their growing season by about two weeks, resulting in an overall grain loss of about 100,000 tons annually estimated. Likewise, around the equator, the average temperature has risin by a fraction of a degree. But in many instances this results in drought.
-Global Warming?: Even moderate amounts of global warming will cause devestation. Coastal cities will be flooded, water supplies will become contaminated with salt, heat wave, droughts, and floods would increase in both frequency and intencity if global warming continued. There has been a build up of CO2 (an increase of about 25%), that traps heat and warms the earth. Volcanic eruptions also contribute to this epic.
-Contributing Factors:
-http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/recentcc.html : since about 1750 (the industrial revolution), the greenhouse effect has increased, caused by the burning of fossil fuels and biomass (living material: vegetation), cutting down forests, and the use of aerosols that trap and release heat and reflect sun light. These all change the compostition of the atmosphere, which in turn effects the weather. There have also been changes in the Earth's surface compostion (deforestation, reforestation, and desertification). It can change how much sun the land reflects and absorbs.
-"Newsweek 2": There has been an increase in the amount of dust and aerosols (droplets of liquid in the air, composed mostly of sulfuric acid.) in the atmosphere since 1970, comming from increased agriculture and the burning of coal in power plants.
-"Washington Files": Thomas Karl, director of the National Climatic Data Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said that, "Some greenhouse gases are increasing in the atmosphere because of human activities and increasingly trapping more heat."
-McClatchy Article: On September 11, 2006, 19 American and European scientists stated, "Humans are largely to blame for the recent trend toward more powerful hurricans." They developed a chain that linked the burning of fossil fuels by means of cars and factories, the overall warming of the Earth, and more powerful hurricanse (category 4 + 5, higher intensity and duration). There main findings being that the wind speed of hurricanes goes up and down with the rise and fall of sea surface temeratures.
-Newsweek 1: The climates natural changes, in part, contribute to global warming.
-Time Magazine 1: The climates natural changes contribute to global warming (again), along with human activities such as the burning of coal and oil then being released into the air. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has doubled.
-NASA 2: According to satillites, models, and ground observations, scientists say urban areas are contributing to the global warming by means of asphalt, buildings, and aerosols. The increased amount of aerosols most likely collect water, and preventing the water to collect into droplets. Asphalt changes water run-offs, and wind behaviors. Also, air pollution delays when percipitation falls, resulting in heavier storms over the unnatural areas.
-Stanford University: Historically, the Earth has gone through phases of warming and cooling. We are currently in a warming phase.
-Global Warming?: People are causing global warming by the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) and cutting down forests.
Conclusion-
-Restate Thesis- Global warming, due to certian human activities, is causing major destruction of both the environment and society around the world.
-Summarize key evidence + contributing factors...
-Solution: limit the amount of fossil fuels that can be burned and aerosol cans that can be used. This in turn will lower the effects of global warming and slow the ice sheet depletion process. ***make more in depth
-Attention Goer: "Global warming is not a conqueror to kneel before - but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must rise to." -Joe Lieberman (Connecticut Senator)
-attention getter: "much stronger evidence now of human actions on the change in climate that's taken place," Rajendra K. Pachauri (Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
-problem: Global warming is causing major destruction.
-give some evidence and contributing factors...
-thesis: Global warming, due to certain human activities, is causing major destruction of both the environment and society around the world.
Body-
-Evidence:
*global warming...
-http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/cc.html : Over the past 100 years, the earth has warmed by 1' F.
-http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/recentcc.html : During the 20th Century, global average surface temperatures have increased by .7' and 1.5' F. During the last century, the sea level has risin by 6-8 inches. 1-3 of those inches caused by the expansion of water due to increased ocean temperatures, and the rest due to melting glaciers. Along the U.S. and Gulf coasts, the sea level has risin .08 to .12 in the last year. In some places, the rate of sea level rise is up to .36 inches a year, such as the Louisiana coast. The sea level rose 1-3 inches more in the 20th century than the 19th (more human activity). According to NASA's Earth Observatory, the sea level has been rising at a rate of 9 to 13 inches a century.
-NOAA and NASA's 2005 Surface Temperature Analysis:
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/recentcc.html : the average surface temperature has risin by about 1.2' to 1.4' F. since 1900. the average surface temperature has risin by about 1' since 1970. The earth's surface temperature is rising at a rate of 3.2' F./ Century.
-Antarctica: In 150 years, the average Antarctic ice core temperatures have risen .2' C.
+why does this matter?-National Geographic- Global warming is causing ocean currents to slow, in turn not supplying the North Atlantic with warm water. Since the 1950's, the current towards NW Europe has declined by 30%. In the amount of deep cold water going to the tropics from the North Atlantic, there has been a 50% drop. Also, warm waters are staying in the tropics, 50% more.
*ice sheet recession...
-"LA Times": Greenland's glaciers are melting two times as fast as they were five years ago. On some days, the temperature on the ice cap were up to 20' above normal. Each year, Greenland is loosing up to 52 cubic miles of ice sheets. Since 1991, the average winter temperature has risin by about 10'. Since 1996, the ice stream has tripled its speed to about 3 feet per day.
-Antarctica 2: Antarctica is shrinking due to global warming. Between 1992 and 1999, the inland glacier of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet lost a total of 31 cubic kilometers of ice. This glacier alone is decreasing in size by about 4 gigatons per year, in turn raising the sea level by about .01 millimeters. If this entire ice sheet melted, the world wide sea level would increase by about 5 meter, flooding many costal cities.
-Global Warming?: Greenland's ice sheet, the largest, is increasingly shrinking.
*global damage...
-"Hurricanes": Judith Curry, professor of atmospheric sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, says that "Global warming [is] to blame for the past two horrific hurricane seasons...". She believes this because worldwide the sea surface temperatures have increased by about 1', making about a 50% increase in tropical storm activity, particularly in the past decade. She also says, "...some external force is raising sea surface temperatures in tropical regions."
-Newsweek 1: There are many signs on Earth all pointing to a not-so-distant drastic weather change, resulting in a severe decrease in food production, in as little as 10 years from now. Main regions of impact include Canada, the USSR in the North, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indochina, and Indonesia; some of which growing season's depend on annual monsoons. There is abundant evidence supporting this prediciton. Since 1950, England's farmers have seen a decline in their growing season by about two weeks, resulting in an overall grain loss of about 100,000 tons annually estimated. Likewise, around the equator, the average temperature has risin by a fraction of a degree. But in many instances this results in drought.
-Global Warming?: Even moderate amounts of global warming will cause devestation. Coastal cities will be flooded, water supplies will become contaminated with salt, heat wave, droughts, and floods would increase in both frequency and intencity if global warming continued. There has been a build up of CO2 (an increase of about 25%), that traps heat and warms the earth. Volcanic eruptions also contribute to this epic.
-Contributing Factors:
-http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/recentcc.html : since about 1750 (the industrial revolution), the greenhouse effect has increased, caused by the burning of fossil fuels and biomass (living material: vegetation), cutting down forests, and the use of aerosols that trap and release heat and reflect sun light. These all change the compostition of the atmosphere, which in turn effects the weather. There have also been changes in the Earth's surface compostion (deforestation, reforestation, and desertification). It can change how much sun the land reflects and absorbs.
-"Newsweek 2": There has been an increase in the amount of dust and aerosols (droplets of liquid in the air, composed mostly of sulfuric acid.) in the atmosphere since 1970, comming from increased agriculture and the burning of coal in power plants.
-"Washington Files": Thomas Karl, director of the National Climatic Data Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said that, "Some greenhouse gases are increasing in the atmosphere because of human activities and increasingly trapping more heat."
-McClatchy Article: On September 11, 2006, 19 American and European scientists stated, "Humans are largely to blame for the recent trend toward more powerful hurricans." They developed a chain that linked the burning of fossil fuels by means of cars and factories, the overall warming of the Earth, and more powerful hurricanse (category 4 + 5, higher intensity and duration). There main findings being that the wind speed of hurricanes goes up and down with the rise and fall of sea surface temeratures.
-Newsweek 1: The climates natural changes, in part, contribute to global warming.
-Time Magazine 1: The climates natural changes contribute to global warming (again), along with human activities such as the burning of coal and oil then being released into the air. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has doubled.
-NASA 2: According to satillites, models, and ground observations, scientists say urban areas are contributing to the global warming by means of asphalt, buildings, and aerosols. The increased amount of aerosols most likely collect water, and preventing the water to collect into droplets. Asphalt changes water run-offs, and wind behaviors. Also, air pollution delays when percipitation falls, resulting in heavier storms over the unnatural areas.
-Stanford University: Historically, the Earth has gone through phases of warming and cooling. We are currently in a warming phase.
-Global Warming?: People are causing global warming by the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) and cutting down forests.
Conclusion-
-Restate Thesis- Global warming, due to certian human activities, is causing major destruction of both the environment and society around the world.
-Summarize key evidence + contributing factors...
-Solution: limit the amount of fossil fuels that can be burned and aerosol cans that can be used. This in turn will lower the effects of global warming and slow the ice sheet depletion process. ***make more in depth
-Attention Goer: "Global warming is not a conqueror to kneel before - but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must rise to." -Joe Lieberman (Connecticut Senator)
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Day 5: Climate Webquest
-Evidence:
*global warming...
-http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/cc.html : Over the past 100 years, the earth has warmed by 1' F.
-http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/recentcc.html : During the 20th Century, global average surface temperatures have increased by .7' and 1.5' F. During the last century, the sea level has risin by 6-8 inches. 1-3 of those inches caused by the expansion of water due to increased ocean temperatures, and the rest due to melting glaciers. Along the U.S. and Gulf coasts, the sea level has risin .08 to .12 in the last year. In some places, the rate of sea level rise is up to .36 inches a year, such as the Louisiana coast. The sea level rose 1-3 inches more in the 20th century than the 19th (more human activity). According to NASA's Earth Observatory, the sea level has been rising at a rate of 9 to 13 inches a century.
-NOAA and NASA's 2005 Surface Temperature Analysis:
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/recentcc.html : the average surface temperature has risin by about 1.2' to 1.4' F. since 1900. the average surface temperature has risin by about 1' since 1970. The earth's surface temperature is rising at a rate of 3.2' F./ Century.
-Antarctica: In 150 years, the average Antarctic ice core temperatures have risen .2' C.
+why does this matter?-National Geographic- Global warming is causing ocean currents to slow, in turn not supplying the North Atlantic with warm water. Since the 1950's, the current towards NW Europe has declined by 30%. In the amount of deep cold water going to the tropics from the North Atlantic, there has been a 50% drop. Also, warm waters are staying in the tropics, 50% more.
*ice sheet recession...
-"LA Times": Greenland's glaciers are melting two times as fast as they were five years ago. On some days, the temperature on the ice cap were up to 20' above normal. Each year, Greenland is loosing up to 52 cubic miles of ice sheets. Since 1991, the average winter temperature has risin by about 10'. Since 1996, the ice stream has tripled its speed to about 3 feet per day.
-Antarctica 2: Antarctica is shrinking due to global warming. Between 1992 and 1999, the inland glacier of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet lost a total of 31 cubic kilometers of ice. This glacier alone is decreasing in size by about 4 gigatons per year, in turn raising the sea level by about .01 millimeters. If this entire ice sheet melted, the world wide sea level would increase by about 5 meter, flooding many costal cities.
-Global Warming?: Greenland's ice sheet, the largest, is increasingly shrinking.
*global damage...
-"Hurricanes": Judith Curry, professor of atmospheric sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, says that "Global warming [is] to blame for the past two horrific hurricane seasons...". She believes this because worldwide the sea surface temperatures have increased by about 1', making about a 50% increase in tropical storm activity, particularly in the past decade. She also says, "...some external force is raising sea surface temperatures in tropical regions."
-Newsweek 1: There are many signs on Earth all pointing to a not-so-distant drastic weather change, resulting in a severe decrease in food production, in as little as 10 years from now. Main regions of impact include Canada, the USSR in the North, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indochina, and Indonesia; some of which growing season's depend on annual monsoons. There is abundant evidence supporting this prediciton. Since 1950, England's farmers have seen a decline in their growing season by about two weeks, resulting in an overall grain loss of about 100,000 tons annually estimated. Likewise, around the equator, the average temperature has risin by a fraction of a degree. But in many instances this results in drought.
-Global Warming?: Even moderate amounts of global warming will cause devestation. Coastal cities will be flooded, water supplies will become contaminated with salt, heat wave, droughts, and floods would increase in both frequency and intencity if global warming continued. There has been a build up of CO2 (an increase of about 25%), that traps heat and warms the earth. Volcanic eruptions also contribute to this epic.
-Contributing Factors:
-http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/recentcc.html : since about 1750 (the industrial revolution), the greenhouse effect has increased, caused by the burning of fossil fuels and biomass (living material: vegetation), cutting down forests, and the use of aerosols that trap and release heat and reflect sun light. These all change the compostition of the atmosphere, which in turn effects the weather. There have also been changes in the Earth's surface compostion (deforestation, reforestation, and desertification). It can change how much sun the land reflects and absorbs.
-"Newsweek 2": There has been an increase in the amount of dust and aerosols (droplets of liquid in the air, composed mostly of sulfuric acid.) in the atmosphere since 1970, comming from increased agriculture and the burning of coal in power plants.
-"Washington Files": Thomas Karl, director of the National Climatic Data Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said that, "Some greenhouse gases are increasing in the atmosphere because of human activities and increasingly trapping more heat."
-McClatchy Article: On September 11, 2006, 19 American and European scientists stated, "Humans are largely to blame for the recent trend toward more powerful hurricans." They developed a chain that linked the burning of fossil fuels by means of cars and factories, the overall warming of the Earth, and more powerful hurricanse (category 4 + 5, higher intensity and duration). There main findings being that the wind speed of hurricanes goes up and down with the rise and fall of sea surface temeratures.
-Newsweek 1: The climates natural changes, in part, contribute to global warming.
-Time Magazine 1: The climates natural changes contribute to global warming (again), along with human activities such as the burning of coal and oil then being released into the air. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has doubled.
-NASA 2: According to satillites, models, and ground observations, scientists say urban areas are contributing to the global warming by means of asphalt, buildings, and aerosols. The increased amount of aerosols most likely collect water, and preventing the water to collect into droplets. Asphalt changes water run-offs, and wind behaviors. Also, air pollution delays when percipitation falls, resulting in heavier storms over the unnatural areas.
-Stanford University: Historically, the Earth has gone through phases of warming and cooling. We are currently in a warming phase.
-Global Warming?: People are causing global warming by the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) and cutting down forests.
-Solution:
I propose a nation-wide decrease in the amount of fossil fuels burned. Develope more economically efficient cars, etc... things like that.
*global warming...
-http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/cc.html : Over the past 100 years, the earth has warmed by 1' F.
-http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/recentcc.html : During the 20th Century, global average surface temperatures have increased by .7' and 1.5' F. During the last century, the sea level has risin by 6-8 inches. 1-3 of those inches caused by the expansion of water due to increased ocean temperatures, and the rest due to melting glaciers. Along the U.S. and Gulf coasts, the sea level has risin .08 to .12 in the last year. In some places, the rate of sea level rise is up to .36 inches a year, such as the Louisiana coast. The sea level rose 1-3 inches more in the 20th century than the 19th (more human activity). According to NASA's Earth Observatory, the sea level has been rising at a rate of 9 to 13 inches a century.
-NOAA and NASA's 2005 Surface Temperature Analysis:
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/recentcc.html : the average surface temperature has risin by about 1.2' to 1.4' F. since 1900. the average surface temperature has risin by about 1' since 1970. The earth's surface temperature is rising at a rate of 3.2' F./ Century.
-Antarctica: In 150 years, the average Antarctic ice core temperatures have risen .2' C.
+why does this matter?-National Geographic- Global warming is causing ocean currents to slow, in turn not supplying the North Atlantic with warm water. Since the 1950's, the current towards NW Europe has declined by 30%. In the amount of deep cold water going to the tropics from the North Atlantic, there has been a 50% drop. Also, warm waters are staying in the tropics, 50% more.
*ice sheet recession...
-"LA Times": Greenland's glaciers are melting two times as fast as they were five years ago. On some days, the temperature on the ice cap were up to 20' above normal. Each year, Greenland is loosing up to 52 cubic miles of ice sheets. Since 1991, the average winter temperature has risin by about 10'. Since 1996, the ice stream has tripled its speed to about 3 feet per day.
-Antarctica 2: Antarctica is shrinking due to global warming. Between 1992 and 1999, the inland glacier of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet lost a total of 31 cubic kilometers of ice. This glacier alone is decreasing in size by about 4 gigatons per year, in turn raising the sea level by about .01 millimeters. If this entire ice sheet melted, the world wide sea level would increase by about 5 meter, flooding many costal cities.
-Global Warming?: Greenland's ice sheet, the largest, is increasingly shrinking.
*global damage...
-"Hurricanes": Judith Curry, professor of atmospheric sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, says that "Global warming [is] to blame for the past two horrific hurricane seasons...". She believes this because worldwide the sea surface temperatures have increased by about 1', making about a 50% increase in tropical storm activity, particularly in the past decade. She also says, "...some external force is raising sea surface temperatures in tropical regions."
-Newsweek 1: There are many signs on Earth all pointing to a not-so-distant drastic weather change, resulting in a severe decrease in food production, in as little as 10 years from now. Main regions of impact include Canada, the USSR in the North, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indochina, and Indonesia; some of which growing season's depend on annual monsoons. There is abundant evidence supporting this prediciton. Since 1950, England's farmers have seen a decline in their growing season by about two weeks, resulting in an overall grain loss of about 100,000 tons annually estimated. Likewise, around the equator, the average temperature has risin by a fraction of a degree. But in many instances this results in drought.
-Global Warming?: Even moderate amounts of global warming will cause devestation. Coastal cities will be flooded, water supplies will become contaminated with salt, heat wave, droughts, and floods would increase in both frequency and intencity if global warming continued. There has been a build up of CO2 (an increase of about 25%), that traps heat and warms the earth. Volcanic eruptions also contribute to this epic.
-Contributing Factors:
-http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/recentcc.html : since about 1750 (the industrial revolution), the greenhouse effect has increased, caused by the burning of fossil fuels and biomass (living material: vegetation), cutting down forests, and the use of aerosols that trap and release heat and reflect sun light. These all change the compostition of the atmosphere, which in turn effects the weather. There have also been changes in the Earth's surface compostion (deforestation, reforestation, and desertification). It can change how much sun the land reflects and absorbs.
-"Newsweek 2": There has been an increase in the amount of dust and aerosols (droplets of liquid in the air, composed mostly of sulfuric acid.) in the atmosphere since 1970, comming from increased agriculture and the burning of coal in power plants.
-"Washington Files": Thomas Karl, director of the National Climatic Data Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said that, "Some greenhouse gases are increasing in the atmosphere because of human activities and increasingly trapping more heat."
-McClatchy Article: On September 11, 2006, 19 American and European scientists stated, "Humans are largely to blame for the recent trend toward more powerful hurricans." They developed a chain that linked the burning of fossil fuels by means of cars and factories, the overall warming of the Earth, and more powerful hurricanse (category 4 + 5, higher intensity and duration). There main findings being that the wind speed of hurricanes goes up and down with the rise and fall of sea surface temeratures.
-Newsweek 1: The climates natural changes, in part, contribute to global warming.
-Time Magazine 1: The climates natural changes contribute to global warming (again), along with human activities such as the burning of coal and oil then being released into the air. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has doubled.
-NASA 2: According to satillites, models, and ground observations, scientists say urban areas are contributing to the global warming by means of asphalt, buildings, and aerosols. The increased amount of aerosols most likely collect water, and preventing the water to collect into droplets. Asphalt changes water run-offs, and wind behaviors. Also, air pollution delays when percipitation falls, resulting in heavier storms over the unnatural areas.
-Stanford University: Historically, the Earth has gone through phases of warming and cooling. We are currently in a warming phase.
-Global Warming?: People are causing global warming by the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) and cutting down forests.
-Solution:
I propose a nation-wide decrease in the amount of fossil fuels burned. Develope more economically efficient cars, etc... things like that.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Day 3: Tartan Problem
Problem:
-Tartan Highschool students are skipping class.
Evidence:
-The office T.A.s have been bringing many pink slips to classrooms usually indicating a missed/skipped class.
-Some kids you see in the beginning of the day and end, but are gone in the middle.
-You actually see people leaving school.
-You also see people coming in school.
Contribuing Factors:
-People want to skip class to miss a test they are not ready for.
-To go have fun with friends.
-If there is a substitute teacher they think that they can get away with it easily.
Solution:
-Have more teachers/staff "on guard" during passing time. Have them block the door ways.
-Have more severe punishments if caught skipping class.
-Tartan Highschool students are skipping class.
Evidence:
-The office T.A.s have been bringing many pink slips to classrooms usually indicating a missed/skipped class.
-Some kids you see in the beginning of the day and end, but are gone in the middle.
-You actually see people leaving school.
-You also see people coming in school.
Contribuing Factors:
-People want to skip class to miss a test they are not ready for.
-To go have fun with friends.
-If there is a substitute teacher they think that they can get away with it easily.
Solution:
-Have more teachers/staff "on guard" during passing time. Have them block the door ways.
-Have more severe punishments if caught skipping class.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Day 1
If I had two friends who did not get along with eachother and I wanted them to be friends I would sit them down together and have them talk. I would have them talk about common interests to try to find things that they have in common. If they had something in common they would be more likely to become friends. I would also have them talk about things they believe in and things that they do not believe in. Hopefully they would find more in common. I would try to keep them talking as long as possible so they could find as much as possible in common. I would also have them talk about what it is that is keeping them from being friends. I would get them to work out all there problems.
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