Today we went over the Europe map and then Trey presented his information about species destruction:
- Species destruction is when a species becomes endangered or extinct
- It is one of the greatest environmental worries, passing global warming and pollution
- Nearly 40 percent of the almost 45,000 known species are listed as threatened with extinction and 3,000 of them are classified as "critically endangered".
- Fishing nets, boats, toxic wastes and military sonar kill 1,000 marine mammals every day
- Some organizations that help with prevention include the Wildlife Conservation Society and the National Wildlife Federation
- Things we can do to help: cut the rings apart on 6 packs because they can end up in the ocean and get stuck around an animal's neck, recycle, and report poaching or illegal killing of animals
Next we did blog discussions. Matt's topic was about a suicide bombing in Pakistan that killed 6 adults and 1 child. They used a car with over 550 pounds of explosives in it. Trey did his blog about kids reporting to the office at their school about inappropriate behavior regarding various pictures that were taken by a camera on a laptop. The camera was supposed to be used in classrooms to find missing computers but their webcams were constantly running, causing many complaints from students. Courtney's blog was about President Obama's new nuclear weapon policy and how he is trying stop the production of nuclear weapons all over the world, starting by stopping the development of the United States' research.
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