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www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/science/earth/03jellyfish.html?partner=rssyahoo * Be able to defend the statement with details and examples, that commercial fishing has caused trophic level disruption. *Can you describe a oceanic community? *What recommendations are put forth to solve this issue? *Describe the ecological effects of global warming on temperate coastal communities. Mid-Ocean Trawlers Cause Ecosystem Damage and Trophic Level Disruption What is a Trophic Level Cascade? *Explain how sharks, rays and scallops form a community.
* Know examples of predator-prey communities and the effects of taking away the top-level carnivores. *Can you give an example of a detritivore in any of these articles? Can you give some examples of detritus in one of these ecosystems? *In writing a letter to congress, what change would you advocate to save the roughy? Just In....11/27/10 One Small Step (Do You Think the Move is Strong Enough?) to Save the Hammerhead Shark (Is it in Time?)
Students....Dead Zones along our Coasts http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/science/earth/15oceans.html?ex=1219377600&en=10e3a2b9e0140ab4&ei=5070&emc=eta1 http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/news/environment-news/nsf-oil-dead-zone-vin.html?source=foenvright5 *Be able to describe an ecological disruption. *From this article, provide an example of how organisms and their environment are interdependent. *Explain and defend whether these coastal ecosystems are fueled by chemosynthetic or photosynthetic processes. *Is there still an ecosystem in these dead zones? Why or why not? *How could a "change in eating habits" add to the use of fertilizers? Nitrogen Cycles? Can Humans Learn from the Nature that Nitrogen Can be a Limiting Nutrient? Hydrofracking for Natural Gas: Energy Independence at What Cost? Potential Health Risks of Atrazine in Drinking Water Hard to Prove (graphics) http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/us/23water.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=todayspaper Aquaculture Displacing Natural Communities http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/science/04prof.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y Eat Lower on the Food Chain to Save Ourselves http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/opinion/10mon3.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y Learn From the Frogs Another Exotic Species in the US Southeast! The Lionfish Reproduces Every Four Days. ECOLOGY/BIOLOGY Nematodes and Soil Ecology With Great Pics of Nematodes CONSERVATION New Frog Species Highlights Importance of Hotspots (HotSpot Interactive) Conservation Reserves Help Produce more Fish and Save Ecosystems http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6108414.stm National Geographic Pictures of Ocean Importance and Beauty (some ref. to photosynthesis) http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/science/earth/13ocea.html?ref=science People Making Money and Destroying the Ecosystem http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/science/earth/20reef.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y Planet Under Pressure: The Sixth Great Extinction http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3667300.stm GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE Fires in the Tundra, Methane Bubbling Up Through the Ice and the Permafrost Warming. What Does it Mean? Weather Chaos, a Case for Global Warming Bleached Coral Dooms Future Hope for Reefs Glaciers Melt and Science Tries to Log Meaningful Data Scientist Reckons With Global Climate Change Northeast Shiver but the Artic Warms Heavy Rains Linked to Humans Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself Death of Forests & Conserving Forests is Important Question for the Future Global Climate Change Debate Reveals the Skeptics Side Hudson Estuary Predicted to Undergo Serious Changes Is There Still Hope for the Polar Bears? Or the Northern Right Whale? Global Temp. Increase Scenarios Artic Ice Sheet Decreasing Rapidly (with graphic) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/science/earth/02arct.html Pine Bark Beetle Destroys Lodgepole Pine forests (video) Deep Sea Corals Dying even as new life around them is discovered http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28711152/ Invasives and Forest Health is a Bad Combination http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20081025-9999-1n25forest.html Models Show that Global Warming is Caused by Humans http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7700387.stm Carbon Footprint http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7696197.stm An Arabian Newspaper Calls For A Renewable Energy Shift To Stop the Rise in CO2 by 2030 http://www.tradearabia.com/news/newsdetails.asp?Sn=ENV&artid=151508 The Artic Report Card http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/ Go to the Northern Hemisphere Ice Extent Graph 1. Of late, some people in the northeast kingdom express that "global warming is a cycle" suggesting this is natural. In terms of the discussion on the NH ice extent graph, explain the cycle that is very clear and discuss the trend that results from the warming artic temperatures. Alarming Glacier Melt Exponentially Increasing (90m/yr with video) Why Should We Care About Junk Food? http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081010/sc_afp/indonesiaenvironmentpapua_081010180547 Bark Beetles Ravaging Western Forests By Millions of Acres: Find out why http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/science/18trees.html?partner=rss&emc=rss SCIENCE INVESTIGATION Rhesus Monkeys on Calorie Restriction: Reader Needs to Scrutinize the Data Ethics: Investigation of Viruses with a Doctor's Syringe Scientist Dives Deep to Confirm His Hypothesis of a Living Fossil Exxon Going Green With Algae: Photosynthesis or What? FISH FARMING & AQUACULTURE Water Reuse and Calculations Baramundi Fish Farming Techniques and Embryology |