Monday, November 5, 2007

Start of my third annotation...almost half way there!

Stokstad, Erik. "Boom and Bust in a Polar Hot Zone." Science 16 March 2007: 1522-1523.

Stokstad studied species of penguins and other mammals in Antarctica and found that the ice decrease in Antarctica is severely affecting the ecosystem and turning it into a more sub-Antarctic climate. Adelie penguins are suffering because their main sources of foods thrived in the ice covered environment, while seals and other species that favor warmer climates and less ice are booming in population. This study is prevalent to my research the Polar Oceans Research Group's studies found that if Antarctica is a model for how ecosystems might change in other parts of the world, the changes will be severe.

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