1. Greenland is Melting/Discovering Islands
temperatures rising due CO2. greenhouse affect. positive feedback loop. by 2100 water will rise 23 ft. moulin. new islands forming due to ice melting.
2. Polar Bears at Risk
now on endangered species list due to global warming. as ice melts, more polar bears will die. 2/3 gone in 50 years. now drowning. resorting to cannibalism. getting smaller. struggling to survive. 2007, the size of Cali has melted.
3. The Carterets are Sinking
sinking due to collapsing, global warming, or coral reef dying.
4. Lake Chad is Disappearing
used to be 6th largest lake. shrunk 90% in 30 years. overuse and climate change are the causes. food is dying out/shrinking. more diseases. need more food. 37 million people affected. solution; divert water from congo river to go into the lake.
5. Global Warming-Crisis or Hype
rep OK sen. james inhofe against global warming. IPCC came out with results in 2007 that said with 90% certainty people are causing global warming. 10% natural phenomenon. oil industries support inhofe.
6. The Amazon's Protection Force
Clear cut lumber. poaching animals. deforestation. sustenance farming. 20% in 40 years forest gone. poverty issues. thirst to make money. beef and soy are main agricultural things for Brazil. potential of what could be there. vast supplies come from there. oxygen and water.
IBAMA: enforcing rules with poachers and lumber jacks. not enough funding for more people for such a large area.
7. Killing Sister Dorothy Stang
went to help save the rain forest. killed by poachers. the death made things better in protection of the forest.
8. Journey to the Kraho Indians
3000 left in land the govt set aside. 200 people in villiages. fighting to preserve customs and lands from loggers and poachers. go out on patrol everyday with bows and arrows. such a huge piece of land to cover. if rain forest dies out, they die out. cancer fighting plants come from the amazon and cosmetics.
9. Environmental Racism
if you're not a white, you're more likely to be hit by pollution. poverty more than race. cheap housing in those areas. big companies and factories cause it. houston shipping channel cause 56 % more likely to get leukemia if within close range. not breaking any laws, laws are too weak.
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