Global Elders

Analysis of NASA Article The first article I chose to analyze is titled “NASA STUDYING 2015 El Nino As Never Before,” by Kasha Patel. The article explains what the weather pattern known as El Nino is, the effects it has on the climate, why NASA wants to study it, and how NASA plans on studying it. Now NASA has advanced satellites that can monitor more aspects of the weather pattern such as sea level and sea surface temperature. The reason NASA is so interested in the weather pattern this year…

Equilibrium Paper There are multiple ingredients used to make baked goods rise; baking powder and baking soda are among them. The difference between single and double-acting baking powders is simple. Single-acting releases the carbon dioxide bubbles when mixed with a liquid ingredient and double-acting soda releases bubbles when the baked item is placed in heat. Baking soda and baking powder are remarkably similar, yet there are distinct differences. One is that baking soda is a strong base,…

The two articles that I will be summarizing are the Indiana River Lagoon: What went wrong (Dead Zone) and Is Sustainable-Labeled Seafood Really Sustainable. The Sustainable Seafood article really interest me because I love to eat seafood and I want to protect the resources of the ocean so that the next generation can enjoy its bounty as well. It really upset me to know that Marine Stewardship Council is mislabeling products causing prices fluctuate. Although the MSC is a non-profit…

1. Discuss three types of barriers to vertebrate distribution and give an example of each. (1) Physicalbarriers: This one of the barriers that the vertebrates usually encounter during their life. Land is one of the main factors that contributes to physical barrier since some of the species are constrained in specified geographic factor and also some physical conditions. Water is also another constrain i.e. for other species get constrained. The type of topography and also the soil type is of…

Our body needs to have an equilibrium in order to function properly. The process that is known to stabilize and regulate our body to function properly is called homeostasis. The homeostatic mechanism has three components: the receptor, the control center and the effector. Receptors are one of the components that provide the information of the sudden fluctuation in the body, then they transmit a signal from the nerves to the control center. The control center processes that information and…

For many years people believed that the Polar Bear would be the first species that goes extinct due to climate change, however that may not be the case. The American Pika lives in the rocky mountain areas surrounding both the U.S and Canada. This distant cousin of the rabbit lives at elevations between 8,000 and 13,000 feet, and it makes its home in rock piles and slides. The reason why this creature suffers so much due to climate change is that of how they originally adapted to their…

When the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining, natural gas is widely proclaimed as the new partner of renewable energy. A supposedly “clean” energy, natural gas, has been used to power trucks and heat homes. Inexpensive natural gas is transforming the way our energy is harnessed. With increasingly better technology, many forms of alternative energy are being supplied. Hydraulic fracturing to obtain energy is one such field that has been explored in the last 50 years. Although some may…

A) The Earth’s early atmosphere had no oxygen and was made mostly of nitrogen, with some carbon dioxide, water vapour and hydrogen compounds such as methane and ammonia. Within million of years life evolved in the oceans. 3.2 billion years ago photosynthesis had evolved with the first oxygen producing cyanobacteria, similar to today’s blue-green algae. At first, the oxygen given off simply reacted with the rocks, but gradually it built up in the oceans and started to bubble out into the…

In luge, many tracks lack start houses. Athletes are left in the cold wearing paper-thin suits, under which are only t-shirts and tight fitting shorts. When we get cold, we get stiff. This results in a struggle to drive our sleds properly, leading to a higher chance of crashing. Frustrat-ingly, we’re unable to wear anything thicker underneath our suits because anything too thick will lead to us being far less aerodynamic, and, in consequence, making us slower. To solve this dilemma, I came up…

existent. It is natural for the Earth’s climate to change, so many people think that the ocean’s warming could just be natural. Scientist, Fred Singer had an interview with NAS about climate change and said, “I would like to see the public look upon global warming as just another scientific controversy and oppose any public policies until the major issues are settled, such as the cause. If mostly natural, as NIPCC concludes, then the public policies currently discussed are pointless, hugely…