Who: Polar bears! What: Polar Bears are believed to go extinct. When: by 2050 there will be no more polar bears. why: because of Global Warming, global warming causes the ice to melt in the arctic which is very important in a polar bears habitat they use it to travel across the water to get food and they live on the ice. Where: The arctic
How can we prevent this from happening? well, first of all we have to try and slow down global warming. we can do that by reducing greenhouse gases. If we prevent or slow down global warming then we can prevent or slow down polar bear extinction.
Polar bears have amazing adaptations to their environment they can usually adapt to anything except that their dependence on the ice is so great that if it starts melting the species become endangered. So if the polar bears start showing extinction that you know there is something wrong with the arctic marine ecosystem.
I think it's really important to try and make it so the polar bears do not become extinct just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean we can ignore it. It will happen unless we do something about it. The World Wildlife Fund has some goals to change that, this is also where i got all my information
Mr.Enns this blog spot thing is complicated i tried commenting then it didn't work so i commented again and it didn't then it showed up twice then i deleted one and it deleted them both how about we just hand them into you?
Who? Chinese people under the government of Mao Zedong, the first President of the People’s Republic of China. What? Originally was the “Four Pests campaign” ,with the goal of eliminating rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows, but then went into the Great Sparrow campaign (also known the “Kill a Sparrow Campaign”) Where? All of China. When? From 1958 – 1962. Why? Chinese farmers found themselves angered at the sparrow because they would eat their grain and seeds, disrupting their agriculture. How? It was decided that the peasants in China would scare away the sparrows, take down their nests, crush eggs, and kill and sparrows they could see if they could. At first it improved their agriculture, but then they found that the birds ate more insects than gain and seeds. Mao declared for the killing of the birds to stop so that the insects wouldn’t eat up the crops instead. But unfortunately it was too late, locust populations began to bloomed, swarming the country. This problem added to other problems caused by the Great Leap Forward and bad weather conditions which eventually lead to the Great Chinese Famine were around 30 million people died of starvation. My opinion. I was personally shocked about the effect the killing of the sparrows had on the common people of the country. It almost seems, from my understanding, that this entire problem could have been
prevented. Trying to exterminate and entire species from its habitat is obviously going to have an effect on its environment. Especially if it is a keystone species, or close to one, what it eats is going to increase (Along with whatever eats it). Overall I am filled with indignation and shock, but at the same time feel a sense of sorrow and loss which could have been avoided.
Environmental Journal Jaman where: Bangladesh, northeastern corner of India.
who: Farmers in Bangladesh
what: Sudden and devastating rat “floods.” Legends of extremely large amounts of rats ravaging crops has never really been taken seriously by the scientific community, until now. The “rat armies” of myth have recently wreaked havoc on Bangladeshis, and are not easily being contained. They aren’t really being contained at all. Within four months a group of rat collectors in the Ayeyarwaddy Delta collected 2.6 million rats.
why: The massive bamboo seeding which occurs about once every 50 years is the main cause of the large spike in rat population. The bamboo which carpets most of the country leaves “80 tones of seed per hectare on the ground just waiting to be eaten.” Other contributors include human population decline in rat infested areas leaving less people to capture the rats, and the rats ability to reproduce frequently.
when: The last bamboo seeding started in 2004 and is set to last through2011
what I think: There don’t seem to be many solutions to the rat infestation problems. The amount of rats makes any legitimate solutions a rarity. Possibly some kind of chemical which would slow the fast reproductive cycle of the rats would definitely help to solve the problem. A large amount of traps, as it was suggested in the article could also be promising.
Andrea Strugnell Geography 12 Mr. Enns Nov. 25th 2010
Who: Polar Bears What: The population is decreasing as available,livable land is being used for development. Shell is fighting for areas off the coast to be used for oil drilling. The same land the polar bears need for survival. When:Nov. 24 Where: Off the coast among the sea ice off the coast of the United States, Canada, and Russia. Why: Gas companies are looking for more gas to satisfy the needs of consumers. They have turned from on land drilling spots, to offshore oil drilling. For a while it appeared that the would get their wish until the Deepwater Horizon Rig exploded causing a major oil leak and the death of 11 employees. Due to this the interior department put everything on hold. In response the Center for Biological Diversity, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Greenpeace gave a joint press announcement saying “smart, especially in warding off ill-considered oil and gas development in America’s most important polar bear habitat.”
My opinion: I believe that Interior Department was right in saying putting things on hold and protecting the polar bears. However Shell is not giving up and the possibility of Interior Department saying yes is getting greater each day I hope that they will change their minds and give Shell a solid no.
What: Because of global warming polar bears are being forced southward into warmer regions where they are less likely to survive. Polar bears will soon become extinct because they will have to compete with grizzly bears that live in the warmer regions. The odds are against the polar bears because though they are both similar, grizzly bears have stronger skull structure and if it came down to it, a polar bear will surely lose in a fight, as well as grizzly bears have lived in warmer regions for a longer span of time and can eat the foods and hunt the certain warmer regions preys better.
When: Global warming has been seriously affecting the polar bears in the last couple decades. As time continues, things will only get worse for the polar bears.
Where: Where polar bears live in mainly arctic regions, grizzly bears are also slowly hunting in their areas as well. The polar bears are soon going to be pushed southward to hunt and survive.
Why: This is all occurring because of global warming. If humankind weren’t so set on advancing technology and completely corrupting our earth, the polar bears might have a chance of survival. Instead, slowly, we have to now watch our polar bears slowly die off.
How: This happening because of pollution, mainly electrical pollution. Using simple electronics, such as your microwave or even your computer is slowly deteriorating our environment. The pollution that is emulated from the uses of electronics is melting polar ice caps, which is essentially sentencing polar bears to their death.
My Opinion: Global Warming is the cause of much destruction in our environment and the polar bears are getting the worst of it. If we continue to live the lifestyles that we are the lives of the few remaining polar bears are at stake. Polar bears are capable of adaptation, but only to a certain extent. If the polar breaks keep getting pushed south they will only be capable of competing with grizzly bears for so long until their weaknesses will be unable to provide a sufficient amount of food, and they will die. We definitely need to cut back on our global warming and pollutions, unless we want to live a life without our majestic and exotic polar bears. So I say, “ Stop Global Warming!”
What: Coral reefs globally are beginning to be bleached and dying. Hugely affecting all other aspects of marine life and our lives.
When: 2010 has been shown to have had one of the highest amount of bleaching all around the world than ever seen before.
Where: This is happening globally, in all oceans around the world. Affecting the Caribbean reefs the worst.
Why is this happening?: Bleaching of the coral reefs is happening because there is a change in salinity, because of nutrient run-off, and from other pollutants. Another reason for the coral's immense bleaching is the fact that they are affected by the warming of the oceans. As well, oceans are becoming more acidic as they absorb more carbon dioxide and certain forms of coral are having an even harder time surviving.
How is this affecting us?: You might think that the death of the seemingly insignificant coral reefs wouldn't affect us, but they have a huge impact on us. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimated that healthy coral reefs generate up to $375 billion from jobs, food, and tourism. They are the foundation for a healthy ocean ecosystem and help sustain many areas of people's lives.
My opinion: I think that things need to be done to help prevent the bleaching of the coral. It is having huge impacts on people with jobs in the fishing industry and other marine industries. As well as to preserve the beauty of this organism. It is an environmental issue that needs to be addressed and fixed.
Environmental issue Rhian Harink Who: Tropical marine life in Australia What: Australia’s marine managers call for a greater national effort to protect ocean stretches bordering the middle of Australia’s east and western coastlines. They urge better management of these areas and reefs, explaining that these areas will become a critical refuge for northern tropical sea life under global warming. Research has found that these subtropics will play a great role in keeping Australia’s marine life safe. Where: The eastern and western coastlines/coral reefs of Australia. When: Nov.21/2010- If Global warming continues as it has been over last decade, near in the future marine life will be pushed to these areas. So management of these marine refuge areas has begun to take place. Why: If these areas were not up kept and treated properly there would be no area in the future for marine life to escape to when global warming becomes a critical threat to them. We would have a significant loss in marine species and we would pay for the result of it. There would be a decrease in biodiversity and all species depend on that. How: ocean warming drives marine life southwards, especially if northern coral reefs die off, as some scientists fear. The Coffs Harbor Declaration was made by a new group called the Sustainable Subtropical Reefs Alliance, which has been established to advocate for greater ocean research and conservation on coastal areas between Sydney and Bundaberg on the east coast.
My opinion: I unfortunately don’t have the knowledge of what is actually happening to the water due to global warming and what is happening to the marine life but I think that we should all take the precautions to take care of our environment and the marine environment so that we can be prepared for if anything does happen.
What:Hydrological network contaminated due to mining
When:XVIth Century and is still going on today
Where:Bolivian town of Oruro
Why:Natural water sources and drinking water is being contaminated by heavy metals and arsenic, above normal drinking standards. This needs to be fixed or people and wildlife will suffer.
What is happening? The miners are simply taking advantage of the natural non-renewable resources of gold,silver, antimony, tin, zinc, copper, bismuth and lead. All of this mining is releasing greenish-yellow water (from mine gallery pumping or flowing down from eroding slagheaps in the wet season) into the city and eventually into Lake Uru-Uru and Lake Poopó. The lake waters have been found to have high concentrations of heavy metals (cadmium, lead, mercury, antimony, nickel, cobalt, chromium, zinc, copper and arsenic)and the people's drinking water has been found to be far in excess of standard limits. As well as lakes and drinking water, fish have been found to be contaminated as well.
What needs to be done? Since this has been going on so long, the damage is extensive and will take a long time to repair. The mining amount should be cut down dramatically, the effects and natural damage is extensive and the people are too suffering. There are many mining operations going on in the Bolivian Cordillera and Altiplano, so I am quite positive that they can give up a few and give the environment a chance to attempt at repairing itself. Time will tell if the damage is done and if the environment of Bolivia is unrepairable. The only solution I can see is shutting down a good portion of the mines and let nature try and repair itself, and allow the people to live without the shadow of harmful chemicals in their drinking water and let their environment heal itself.
abi Nov 27... sorry it's late i was in Vancouver. Who- two dozen rare sea turtles. What- Two dozen sea turtles were rescued over thanksgiving holiday after they were washed up on cape cod. when- This happened on American thanksgiving holiday. why- Strong Northwest winds earlier in the week caused the turtles to get off their course down south. This caused most of them to suffer from pneumonia, dehydration, bacterial infections, and malnourishment. where- This happened in the area of Cape Cod. How- Strong winds. It always makes me sad when animals are sick. Just think of all those people who fall for the cute little puppies, and you know right away how everyone is going to feel about cute little (starved) turtles. I'm thankful though that it was not because of the human population. I hope that this will not be a worsening theme that seems to have started there.
Amanda Bilodeau Geography 12 Environmental Journal #2 Environmental Issue: Drought in Australia Who: The country and people of Australia What: A drought from severe rainfall shortage has intensified within the 21st century, leaving a large dent on the Australian economy, environment and resources. When: Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, and presently the worst in the 21st century Where: The southern area of Australia has been affected the most Why/How: Drought is a normal occurrence in many countries, specifically those that are in the southern hemisphere because of their latitudes. Droughts are usually caused by an abundance of high pressure systems, which spread continental air masses instead of oceanic air masses, meaning that dryer air and less precipitation is being carried over a region. Australia generally experiences months of drought before it is broken by a monsoon season. However, it has been noticed that the droughts in Australia have become noticeably longer and more damaging than in previous years. This is believed to be caused by the world-wide environmental issues that occur all over the world, such as over-irrigation, erosion, excessive agriculture, air pollution and the wide-berthed issue of global warming. All of these issues affect the lands’ ability to attain water and disrupts the natural air pressure and ocean-current flows. Since these issues have been increasing, Australia’s annual precipitation count has been drastically falling, leading to some very damaging results. My Opinion: It isn’t surprising that Australia is struggling with a lengthy drought, considering the evidence. Global warming and an irresponsible amount of water usage have increased during the past century, so it could very well be the reason why Australia is caught suffering from it. The country is dry enough and naturally struggles with droughts and they have learned to adapt to them, but since the environment has been so thrown off in the past century, then the droughts have increased to a capacity that they aren’t prepared to deal with. If any larger country lends extensively to Global Warming or cause a water shortage, then it will have an effect on other countries, especially countries that are in the Southern Hemisphere, since everything cycles from the Northern to the Southern Hemispheres, and back again. North America should be taking responsibility and accepting this as a reality-check: water doesn’t always last and our actions are putting a strain on another country. Of course, it isn’t just North America, but all of the world that needs to take Australia’s plight into account and to seriously consider taking action against the harmful effects of Global Warming and water shortages, because our water is only recycled and we should not be taking it for granted.
Amanda Bilodeau Environmental Journal #2 Environmental Issue: Drought in Australia Who: The country and people of Australia What: A drought from severe rainfall shortage has intensified within the 21st century, leaving a large dent on the Australian economy, environment and resources. When: Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, and presently the worst in the 21st century Where: The southern area of Australia has been affected the most Why/How: Drought is a normal occurrence in many countries, specifically those that are in the southern hemisphere because of their latitudes. Droughts are usually caused by an abundance of high pressure systems, which spread continental air masses instead of oceanic air masses, meaning that dryer air and less precipitation is being carried over a region. It has been noticed that the droughts in Australia have become noticeably longer and more damaging than in previous years. This is believed to be caused by the world-wide environmental issues: over-irrigation, erosion, excessive agriculture, air pollution and the wide-berthed issue of global warming. All of these issues affect the lands’ ability to attain water and disrupts the natural air pressure and ocean-current flows. Since these issues have been increasing, Australia’s annual precipitation count has been drastically falling, leading to some very damaging results. My Opinion: It isn’t surprising that Australia is struggling with a lengthy drought, considering the evidence. Global warming and an irresponsible amount of water usage have indeed increased during the past century. The country is dry enough and naturally struggles with droughts and they have learned to adapt to them, but since the environment has been so thrown off in the past century, then the droughts have increased to a capacity that they aren’t prepared to deal with. North America should be taking responsibility and accepting this as a reality-check: water doesn’t always last and our actions are putting a strain on another country. Of course, it isn’t just North America, but all of the world that needs to take Australia’s plight into account and to seriously consider taking action against the harmful effects of Global Warming and water shortages, because our water is only recycled and we should not be taking it for granted.
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Environmental Journal #2
By: Sami King
Who: Polar bears!
What: Polar Bears are believed to go extinct.
When: by 2050 there will be no more polar bears.
why: because of Global Warming, global warming causes the ice to melt in the arctic which is very important in a polar bears habitat they use it to travel across the water to get food and they live on the ice.
Where: The arctic
How can we prevent this from happening?
well, first of all we have to try and slow down global warming. we can do that by reducing greenhouse gases. If we prevent or slow down global warming then we can prevent or slow down polar bear extinction.
Polar bears have amazing adaptations to their environment they can usually adapt to anything except that their dependence on the ice is so great that if it starts melting the species become endangered. So if the polar bears start showing extinction that you know there is something wrong with the arctic marine ecosystem.
I think it's really important to try and make it so the polar bears do not become extinct just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean we can ignore it. It will happen unless we do something about it. The World Wildlife Fund has some goals to change that, this is also where i got all my information
http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/polarbear/polarbear.html
Mr.Enns this blog spot thing is complicated i tried commenting then it didn't work so i commented again and it didn't then it showed up twice then i deleted one and it deleted them both how about we just hand them into you?
The Great Sparrow Campaign
Who? Chinese people under the government of Mao Zedong, the first President of the People’s
Republic of China.
What? Originally was the “Four Pests campaign” ,with the goal of eliminating rats, flies,
mosquitoes, and sparrows, but then went into the Great Sparrow campaign (also known the “Kill
a Sparrow Campaign”)
Where? All of China.
When? From 1958 – 1962.
Why? Chinese farmers found themselves angered at the sparrow because they would eat their
grain and seeds, disrupting their agriculture.
How? It was decided that the peasants in China would scare away the sparrows, take down their
nests, crush eggs, and kill and sparrows they could see if they could. At first it improved their
agriculture, but then they found that the birds ate more insects than gain and seeds. Mao declared
for the killing of the birds to stop so that the insects wouldn’t eat up the crops instead. But
unfortunately it was too late, locust populations began to bloomed, swarming the country. This
problem added to other problems caused by the Great Leap Forward and bad weather conditions
which eventually lead to the Great Chinese Famine were around 30 million people died of
starvation.
My opinion.
I was personally shocked about the effect the killing of the sparrows had on the common people
of the country. It almost seems, from my understanding, that this entire problem could have been
prevented. Trying to exterminate and entire species from its habitat is obviously going to have
an effect on its environment. Especially if it is a keystone species, or close to one, what it eats is
going to increase (Along with whatever eats it). Overall I am filled with indignation and shock,
but at the same time feel a sense of sorrow and loss which could have been avoided.
Environmental Journal
Jaman
where: Bangladesh, northeastern corner of India.
who: Farmers in Bangladesh
what: Sudden and devastating rat “floods.” Legends of extremely large amounts of rats ravaging crops has never really been taken seriously by the scientific community, until now. The “rat armies” of myth have recently wreaked havoc on Bangladeshis, and are not easily being contained. They aren’t really being contained at all. Within four months a group of rat collectors in the Ayeyarwaddy Delta collected 2.6 million rats.
why: The massive bamboo seeding which occurs about once every 50 years is the main cause of the large spike in rat population. The bamboo which carpets most of the country leaves “80 tones of seed per hectare on the ground just waiting to be eaten.” Other contributors include human population decline in rat infested areas leaving less people to capture the rats, and the rats ability to reproduce frequently.
when: The last bamboo seeding started in 2004 and is set to last through2011
what I think: There don’t seem to be many solutions to the rat infestation problems. The amount of rats makes any legitimate solutions a rarity. Possibly some kind of chemical which would slow the fast reproductive cycle of the rats would definitely help to solve the problem. A large amount of traps, as it was suggested in the article could also be promising.
Andrea Strugnell
Geography 12
Mr. Enns
Nov. 25th 2010
Who: Polar Bears
What: The population is decreasing as available,livable land is being used for development. Shell is fighting for areas off the coast to be used for oil drilling. The same land the polar bears need for survival.
When:Nov. 24
Where: Off the coast among the sea ice off the coast of the United States, Canada, and Russia.
Why: Gas companies are looking for more gas to satisfy the needs of consumers. They have turned from on land drilling spots, to offshore oil drilling. For a while it appeared that the would get their wish until the Deepwater Horizon Rig exploded causing a major oil leak and the death of 11 employees. Due to this the interior department put everything on hold. In response the Center for Biological Diversity, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Greenpeace gave a joint press announcement saying “smart, especially in warding off ill-considered oil and gas development in America’s most important polar bear habitat.”
My opinion: I believe that Interior Department was right in saying putting things on hold and protecting the polar bears. However Shell is not giving up and the possibility of Interior Department saying yes is getting greater each day I hope that they will change their minds and give Shell a solid no.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/u-s-firms-up-critical-habitat-for-polar-bears/?ref=earth
By: Kristina Gerk
Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101124085607.htm
Who: Polar Bears
What: Because of global warming polar bears are being forced southward into warmer regions where they are less likely to survive. Polar bears will soon become extinct because they will have to compete with grizzly bears that live in the warmer regions. The odds are against the polar bears because though they are both similar, grizzly bears have stronger skull structure and if it came down to it, a polar bear will surely lose in a fight, as well as grizzly bears have lived in warmer regions for a longer span of time and can eat the foods and hunt the certain warmer regions preys better.
When: Global warming has been seriously affecting the polar bears in the last couple decades. As time continues, things will only get worse for the polar bears.
Where: Where polar bears live in mainly arctic regions, grizzly bears are also slowly hunting in their areas as well. The polar bears are soon going to be pushed southward to hunt and survive.
Why: This is all occurring because of global warming. If humankind weren’t so set on advancing technology and completely corrupting our earth, the polar bears might have a chance of survival. Instead, slowly, we have to now watch our polar bears slowly die off.
How: This happening because of pollution, mainly electrical pollution. Using simple electronics, such as your microwave or even your computer is slowly deteriorating our environment. The pollution that is emulated from the uses of electronics is melting polar ice caps, which is essentially sentencing polar bears to their death.
My Opinion: Global Warming is the cause of much destruction in our environment and the polar bears are getting the worst of it. If we continue to live the lifestyles that we are the lives of the few remaining polar bears are at stake. Polar bears are capable of adaptation, but only to a certain extent. If the polar breaks keep getting pushed south they will only be capable of competing with grizzly bears for so long until their weaknesses will be unable to provide a sufficient amount of food, and they will die. We definitely need to cut back on our global warming and pollutions, unless we want to live a life without our majestic and exotic polar bears. So I say, “ Stop Global Warming!”
Environmental Journal #2.
Jessica Kuchma
Who: Coral Reefs
What: Coral reefs globally are beginning to be bleached and dying. Hugely affecting all other aspects of marine life and our lives.
When: 2010 has been shown to have had one of the highest amount of bleaching all around the world than ever seen before.
Where: This is happening globally, in all oceans around the world. Affecting the Caribbean reefs the worst.
Why is this happening?: Bleaching of the coral reefs is happening because there is a change in salinity, because of nutrient run-off, and from other pollutants. Another reason for the coral's immense bleaching is the fact that they are affected by the warming of the oceans. As well, oceans are becoming more acidic as they absorb more carbon dioxide and certain forms of coral are having an even harder time surviving.
How is this affecting us?: You might think that the death of the seemingly insignificant coral reefs wouldn't affect us, but they have a huge impact on us. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimated that healthy coral reefs generate up to $375 billion from jobs, food, and tourism. They are the foundation for a healthy ocean ecosystem and help sustain many areas of people's lives.
My opinion: I think that things need to be done to help prevent the bleaching of the coral. It is having huge impacts on people with jobs in the fishing industry and other marine industries. As well as to preserve the beauty of this organism. It is an environmental issue that needs to be addressed and fixed.
Environmental issue Rhian Harink
Who: Tropical marine life in Australia
What: Australia’s marine managers call for a greater national effort to protect ocean stretches bordering the middle of Australia’s east and western coastlines. They urge better management of these areas and reefs, explaining that these areas will become a critical refuge for northern tropical sea life under global warming. Research has found that these subtropics will play a great role in keeping Australia’s marine life safe.
Where: The eastern and western coastlines/coral reefs of Australia.
When: Nov.21/2010- If Global warming continues as it has been over last decade, near in the future marine life will be pushed to these areas. So management of these marine refuge areas has begun to take place.
Why: If these areas were not up kept and treated properly there would be no area in the future for marine life to escape to when global warming becomes a critical threat to them. We would have a significant loss in marine species and we would pay for the result of it. There would be a decrease in biodiversity and all species depend on that.
How: ocean warming drives marine life southwards, especially if northern coral reefs die off, as some scientists fear. The Coffs Harbor Declaration was made by a new group called the Sustainable Subtropical Reefs Alliance, which has been established to advocate for greater ocean research and conservation on coastal areas between Sydney and Bundaberg on the east coast.
My opinion: I unfortunately don’t have the knowledge of what is actually happening to the water due to global warming and what is happening to the marine life but I think that we should all take the precautions to take care of our environment and the marine environment so that we can be prepared for if anything does happen.
Crystalee Bergh
Posted November 26, 2010
Who: People, and wildlife of Bolivia
What:Hydrological network contaminated due to mining
When:XVIth Century and is still going on today
Where:Bolivian town of Oruro
Why:Natural water sources and drinking water is being contaminated by heavy metals and arsenic, above normal drinking standards. This needs to be fixed or people and wildlife will suffer.
What is happening?
The miners are simply taking advantage of the natural non-renewable resources of gold,silver, antimony, tin, zinc, copper, bismuth and lead. All of this mining is releasing greenish-yellow water (from mine gallery pumping or flowing down from eroding slagheaps in the wet season) into the city and eventually into Lake Uru-Uru and Lake Poopó. The lake waters have been found to have high concentrations of heavy metals (cadmium, lead, mercury, antimony, nickel, cobalt, chromium, zinc, copper and arsenic)and the people's drinking water has been found to be far in excess of standard limits. As well as lakes and drinking water, fish have been found to be contaminated as well.
What needs to be done?
Since this has been going on so long, the damage is extensive and will take a long time to repair.
The mining amount should be cut down dramatically, the effects and natural damage is extensive and the people are too suffering.
There are many mining operations going on in the Bolivian Cordillera and Altiplano, so I am quite positive that they can give up a few and give the environment a chance to attempt at repairing itself.
Time will tell if the damage is done and if the environment of Bolivia is unrepairable.
The only solution I can see is shutting down a good portion of the mines and let nature try and repair itself, and allow the people to live without the shadow of harmful chemicals in their drinking water and let their environment heal itself.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101125113906.htm
abi
Nov 27... sorry it's late i was in Vancouver.
Who- two dozen rare sea turtles.
What- Two dozen sea turtles were rescued over thanksgiving holiday after they were washed up on cape cod.
when- This happened on American thanksgiving holiday.
why- Strong Northwest winds earlier in the week caused the turtles to get off their course down south. This caused most of them to suffer from pneumonia, dehydration, bacterial infections, and malnourishment.
where- This happened in the area of Cape Cod.
How- Strong winds.
It always makes me sad when animals are sick. Just think of all those people who fall for the cute little puppies, and you know right away how everyone is going to feel about cute little (starved) turtles. I'm thankful though that it was not because of the human population. I hope that this will not be a worsening theme that seems to have started there.
Amanda Bilodeau
Geography 12
Environmental Journal #2
Environmental Issue: Drought in Australia
Who: The country and people of Australia
What: A drought from severe rainfall shortage has intensified within the 21st century, leaving a large dent on the Australian economy, environment and resources.
When: Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, and presently the worst in the 21st century
Where: The southern area of Australia has been affected the most
Why/How: Drought is a normal occurrence in many countries, specifically those that are in the southern hemisphere because of their latitudes. Droughts are usually caused by an abundance of high pressure systems, which spread continental air masses instead of oceanic air masses, meaning that dryer air and less precipitation is being carried over a region. Australia generally experiences months of drought before it is broken by a monsoon season. However, it has been noticed that the droughts in Australia have become noticeably longer and more damaging than in previous years. This is believed to be caused by the world-wide environmental issues that occur all over the world, such as over-irrigation, erosion, excessive agriculture, air pollution and the wide-berthed issue of global warming. All of these issues affect the lands’ ability to attain water and disrupts the natural air pressure and ocean-current flows. Since these issues have been increasing, Australia’s annual precipitation count has been drastically falling, leading to some very damaging results.
My Opinion:
It isn’t surprising that Australia is struggling with a lengthy drought, considering the evidence. Global warming and an irresponsible amount of water usage have increased during the past century, so it could very well be the reason why Australia is caught suffering from it. The country is dry enough and naturally struggles with droughts and they have learned to adapt to them, but since the environment has been so thrown off in the past century, then the droughts have increased to a capacity that they aren’t prepared to deal with. If any larger country lends extensively to Global Warming or cause a water shortage, then it will have an effect on other countries, especially countries that are in the Southern Hemisphere, since everything cycles from the Northern to the Southern Hemispheres, and back again. North America should be taking responsibility and accepting this as a reality-check: water doesn’t always last and our actions are putting a strain on another country. Of course, it isn’t just North America, but all of the world that needs to take Australia’s plight into account and to seriously consider taking action against the harmful effects of Global Warming and water shortages, because our water is only recycled and we should not be taking it for granted.
Amanda Bilodeau
Environmental Journal #2
Environmental Issue: Drought in Australia
Who: The country and people of Australia
What: A drought from severe rainfall shortage has intensified within the 21st century, leaving a large dent on the Australian economy, environment and resources.
When: Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, and presently the worst in the 21st century
Where: The southern area of Australia has been affected the most
Why/How: Drought is a normal occurrence in many countries, specifically those that are in the southern hemisphere because of their latitudes. Droughts are usually caused by an abundance of high pressure systems, which spread continental air masses instead of oceanic air masses, meaning that dryer air and less precipitation is being carried over a region. It has been noticed that the droughts in Australia have become noticeably longer and more damaging than in previous years. This is believed to be caused by the world-wide environmental issues: over-irrigation, erosion, excessive agriculture, air pollution and the wide-berthed issue of global warming. All of these issues affect the lands’ ability to attain water and disrupts the natural air pressure and ocean-current flows. Since these issues have been increasing, Australia’s annual precipitation count has been drastically falling, leading to some very damaging results.
My Opinion:
It isn’t surprising that Australia is struggling with a lengthy drought, considering the evidence. Global warming and an irresponsible amount of water usage have indeed increased during the past century. The country is dry enough and naturally struggles with droughts and they have learned to adapt to them, but since the environment has been so thrown off in the past century, then the droughts have increased to a capacity that they aren’t prepared to deal with. North America should be taking responsibility and accepting this as a reality-check: water doesn’t always last and our actions are putting a strain on another country. Of course, it isn’t just North America, but all of the world that needs to take Australia’s plight into account and to seriously consider taking action against the harmful effects of Global Warming and water shortages, because our water is only recycled and we should not be taking it for granted.
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