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Author: Emily Tripp
Source: Marine Science Today: The Latest News in Marine Science
Date: October 5, 2013
The Arctic Sea Ice Loss
Just yesterday, Friday the fourth of October, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists discovered and photographed at least 10,000 walruses found on the beach of a barrier island near Point Lay on Alaska's northwest coast. The scientists first began to photograph 2,000 to 4,000 walruses on September 12. Since then the number of walruses increased on September 17. The walruses were gathered up on the beach because of the loss of sea ice. Many ice have melted and they depend on that to survive. The female walruses need them the most because they give birth on sea ice. If the ice is melting, then the offspring of the walruses will also decrease. But the loss of sea ice isn't just affecting the marine animals. They're also affecting the timing of plant growth. If the ice is changing the timing of the plant growth, then the changes in the plant growth affects the production of caribou calf births. (Everything seems to be connected to each other, aren't they? What a small world...)
The website I had found this on, "MarineScienceToday.com" was a new website. I had never gone on the website before. It was new to me, but I didn't really care. All I cared about was that it had waaaaaay more interesting current events on Marine Science than Yahoo! did. I found many subjects but this article caught my eye. It was about the loss of sea ice and how it effects the walruses in the Alaska's sea. This also relates to my idea of NO LITTERING. Litter and pollution increases hot air in the atmosphere (that's what I hear, anyway..) That increases global warming, when ice melts. Many, many different species of marine animals depend on the sea ice. It's basically their habitat. If the lost of sea ice is affecting the walruses, think about the penguins. Many people I know love penguins. They'll be crushed to know that what happens to the walruses become reality for the penguins too. We can stop the melting ice. All it needs is understanding and cooperation and a goal. It's not too late to help. "We've already reached the point where we can inflict harm upon the earth."
Although I hadn't intended on it, I accidentally typed in "next steps" in the "why this is interesting" paragraph. Oh well. Continuing on that idea, we can clean up. Doesn't that sound easy peasy? We can go on Saturdays or Sundays to go clean up local beaches or high ways. "High ways? There's no trash in high ways... or the free ways!!" YES THERE IS, BRO. YES THERE IS. I see trash everywhere. Everywhere. Dude, if I had the freedom, I'd go ask for money for a ride to random high ways to go clean up the trash. Or, if my family and I had time to go the beach these days, I'd TOTALLY clean the beaches up. But no, I'm stuck in hot, sweaty classrooms all day learning about school subjects.
Author: Emily Tripp
Source: Marine Science Today: The Latest News in Marine Science
Date: October 5, 2013
The Arctic Sea Ice Loss
Just yesterday, Friday the fourth of October, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists discovered and photographed at least 10,000 walruses found on the beach of a barrier island near Point Lay on Alaska's northwest coast. The scientists first began to photograph 2,000 to 4,000 walruses on September 12. Since then the number of walruses increased on September 17. The walruses were gathered up on the beach because of the loss of sea ice. Many ice have melted and they depend on that to survive. The female walruses need them the most because they give birth on sea ice. If the ice is melting, then the offspring of the walruses will also decrease. But the loss of sea ice isn't just affecting the marine animals. They're also affecting the timing of plant growth. If the ice is changing the timing of the plant growth, then the changes in the plant growth affects the production of caribou calf births. (Everything seems to be connected to each other, aren't they? What a small world...)
The website I had found this on, "MarineScienceToday.com" was a new website. I had never gone on the website before. It was new to me, but I didn't really care. All I cared about was that it had waaaaaay more interesting current events on Marine Science than Yahoo! did. I found many subjects but this article caught my eye. It was about the loss of sea ice and how it effects the walruses in the Alaska's sea. This also relates to my idea of NO LITTERING. Litter and pollution increases hot air in the atmosphere (that's what I hear, anyway..) That increases global warming, when ice melts. Many, many different species of marine animals depend on the sea ice. It's basically their habitat. If the lost of sea ice is affecting the walruses, think about the penguins. Many people I know love penguins. They'll be crushed to know that what happens to the walruses become reality for the penguins too. We can stop the melting ice. All it needs is understanding and cooperation and a goal. It's not too late to help. "We've already reached the point where we can inflict harm upon the earth."
Although I hadn't intended on it, I accidentally typed in "next steps" in the "why this is interesting" paragraph. Oh well. Continuing on that idea, we can clean up. Doesn't that sound easy peasy? We can go on Saturdays or Sundays to go clean up local beaches or high ways. "High ways? There's no trash in high ways... or the free ways!!" YES THERE IS, BRO. YES THERE IS. I see trash everywhere. Everywhere. Dude, if I had the freedom, I'd go ask for money for a ride to random high ways to go clean up the trash. Or, if my family and I had time to go the beach these days, I'd TOTALLY clean the beaches up. But no, I'm stuck in hot, sweaty classrooms all day learning about school subjects.