watched a video:
1. Greenland is Melting/Discovering Islands
- the ice is melting because of global warming due to Co2.
- the ice has melted up to 40% over the last 40 years.
2. Polar Bears at Risk
- they are now on the endangered species list (first animal to be protected because of global warming)
- they think that 2/3 of all polar bears could be gone in the next 50 years
- President Bush put them on the list
- some polar bears are drowning because of the wider open waters
- cannibalism has been seen with polar bears
- since 2007, 100,000,000 square feet of sea ice has melted
3. The Carterets are Sinking (in papa new guinea)
- people think that the island is being covered with water for many reasons. (global warming, thermal expansion, naturally because it was made out of a valcano, and the coral reefs are dying (bleaching))
- the ocean around the island has gone of one degree in temperature. (the water is expanding since it is getting warmer)
- they believe that what is melting in the artic (ice) is going into the ocean where they are and making the water rise.
- the coral reefs around the island are dying and bleaching.
- they think that they entire island will be convered in just a few years
4. Lake Chad is Disappearing
- used to be one of the largest lakes in the world (6th)
- shrunk 90% in the last 40 years
- reasons for shrinking: overuse & climate change
- very important for food (fish are shrinking)
- people that use the lake for food are getting sick and starving
- uses of lake: farming, drinking water, entertainment, food, ect.
- borders 4 countries in Africa
5. Global Warming-Crisis or Hype
- IPCC
- 90% certain that people are causing global warming (climate change)
- 10% chance that it is natural
- some people think that we are going through a warming period, because people were warning others in the 70's about an ice age coming
- funding: supporters from industries (oil)
6. The Amazon's Protection Force
- covers 9 countries
- home to 250 tribes
- holds one quarter of the worlds species
- one of the largest emitters on greenhouse gases
- the carbon that is naturally stored in trees is let out when they are cut down. too many trees are being cut down from the Amazon
- 2.7 billion square miles (a little smaller than the US)
- 20% of the jungle has been lost in the last 20 years
- there are over 200 agents out on patrol to help stop the animal poaching that is rearing apart the forest
- a significant amount of the logging being done is illegal (80%)
7. Killing Sister Dorathy Stand
- she started a development program teaching citizens how to live off of the forest
- the big logging industries hated her
- february 2005- she was killed in the forest
- the killers were paid 25,000 dollars
- she was a catholic nun
8. Journey to the Kraho Indians
- 3,000 Kraho indians left (750,000 acres)
- fighting to keep their lands from poachers and illegal loggers
- part of their land has been illegally cut
- the amazon basin holds 20% of the worlds water
- 70% of the 3,000 plants that kill cancer cells are found in the rainforest
9. Environmental Racism
- definition: if you are not white are have a much higher chance of living in an area with alot of pollution and poverty.
- laws are too weak, they need tougher laws.
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