today we went over the US map and we are going to continue the video of planet in peril
1. Greenland is Melting/Discovering Islands
greenland is melting because the temp is rising because of global warming, carbon dioxide is the main cause and it is believed that we are causing it, the green house effect traps heat and attracts green house gases. greenland is 8 degrees warmer than it was 10 years ago. the positive feedback loop is when ice melts the water absorbs more heat and melts more ice. moulin is when ice melts and the water cuts into the ice and goes underneath the ice and picks it up and breaks it apart
2. Polar Bears at Risk
polar bears are now on the endangered list and the first to be put on there because global warming, 2/3 of the polar bears could be gone in 50 years. they are smaller now because they have less to eat, some polar bears are drowning because the widening of the ice sheets are getting larger and they resort to canibalism which isnt normal, 2007 ice has melted that was about 6x the size of california.
3. The Carterets are Sinking
the carterets are sinking because of the rising waters, it was built on a volcano or the reefs are dying. the reefs are bleeched are because of bacteria. the reefs are there to protect an island from storm surges, the reefs that are dead attract less fish and with less fish the people have less food, they stay on the island because they enjoy their lives there and other islands have to much crime and violence. thermal expansion is when the water warms up the sea expands
4. Lake Chad is Disappearing
lake chad was once the largest lake in the world and has shrunk by 90%, 2 reasons is because of overuse and climate change and a combination on both. its important for food but the fish are getting sick and when the people eat it, they get sick. they also need it for farming, entertainment, everything basicly. 37million people are affected by this, some solutions would be to divert water from the kongo river to lake chad.
5. Global Warming-Crisis or Hype
james inhofe is against global warming, senator republican, ipcc, with 90% certainty global warming is caused by humans, inhofe gets his funding from his supportors which are the oil industry.
6. The Amazon's Protection Force
ibama is a protection force that goes around protecting the rain forest but they dont have enough people to cover the whole forest, people are cutting down the forest and atleast 60-80% of the logs cut down are being cut down illegelly
7. Killing Sister Dorathy Stang
catholic nun who was hoping to teach the people how to live off the land, ranching and logging companys hated her so they hired people to kill her to try to get her out of the way hoping everyone would back off, but it didnt
8. Journey to the Kraho Indians
the kraho's were given protected land by the gov't, they are fighting off potchers and illegal loggers, why the rainforest is important is because most of the plants are used in cosmetics, some have the nessecties used in medicine
9. Environmental Racism
it is, if your not white or if you are poor, you have a higher chance of being hit with environmental dangers, if you live within 70 miles of the houston shipping channel you have a chance of getting leukimia
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