Our new developing and economic planet seems so unproblematic that we fail to recognize that global warming is creating catastrophic effects on the Arctic and the world.
Debates over the causes and effects of global warming dominate discussions of science magazines and many research studies. What such debates obscure, however, is the more important issue of what immediate changes need to be made to stop the increasing rate of Arctic ice melting and temperatures increasing.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
My comments on feedback from classmates!!!
I think that my fellow classmates comments gave me a lot of confindence because I wasn't sure if I was doing the annotating part correctly. Also they gave me a lot of good tips to help me improve my annotated bibliography. The following things are my list for my plan of revision:
1) Reread over the assignment and make sure it is all grammatically correct
2) Try to make my writing more sophisticated now that I have the basis done
3) Maybe not include the naysayer in my introduction becaue I don't address it in my annotation even though it will be included in the paper
4) Continue reading my sources because I have a few book sources yet to read and research its contents
5) Make sure that all of my sources are cited correctly
1) Reread over the assignment and make sure it is all grammatically correct
2) Try to make my writing more sophisticated now that I have the basis done
3) Maybe not include the naysayer in my introduction becaue I don't address it in my annotation even though it will be included in the paper
4) Continue reading my sources because I have a few book sources yet to read and research its contents
5) Make sure that all of my sources are cited correctly
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.
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.
My Second Annotation for my bibliography...yay!!!
Law, Kathy and Stohl, Andreas. "Arctic Air Pollution: Origins and Impacts." Science 16 March 2007: 1537-1540.
Law and Stohl discuss the causes for warming trends in the Arctic in their article, to be caused by more than the long-lived emission of greenhouse gases. Through their study they found that air pollutants such as aerosols ad ozone are also huge factors in causing the rapid temperature changes in the Arctic that are causing the ice to melt at a dramatically high rate. This study is important to the general study of global warming to prove that there are many human caused actions that are having huge affects on the worldwide temperature changes. This study is valuable for my research because it allows me to have insight into what human activity is directly melting the ice in the Arctic. Therefore, when I propose how to stop the Arctic haze that is melting the ice, I have background information on what needs to change.
Law and Stohl discuss the causes for warming trends in the Arctic in their article, to be caused by more than the long-lived emission of greenhouse gases. Through their study they found that air pollutants such as aerosols ad ozone are also huge factors in causing the rapid temperature changes in the Arctic that are causing the ice to melt at a dramatically high rate. This study is important to the general study of global warming to prove that there are many human caused actions that are having huge affects on the worldwide temperature changes. This study is valuable for my research because it allows me to have insight into what human activity is directly melting the ice in the Arctic. Therefore, when I propose how to stop the Arctic haze that is melting the ice, I have background information on what needs to change.
First Annotated Bibliography
Serreze, Mark C., Holland, Marika M., and Stoeve, Julienne. "Perspectives on the Arctic's Shrinking Sea-Ice Cover." Science 16 March 2007: 1533-1536.
This article explores the evidence that the arctic sea-ice is rapidly reducing in thickness over the period from 1979 to 2006. The authors show that may factors have contributed to arctic warming over the past few decades such as greenhouse gas loading and ice-ocean heat exchange changes. By discussing the rising concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases and increasing ice loss, the authors show that the transition of the Arctic's environment may be even more rapid once the ice thins to a more vulnerable state. This is a significant to my study involving rising sea levels because this article shows the causes and effects of rising sea levels in the Arctic.
This article explores the evidence that the arctic sea-ice is rapidly reducing in thickness over the period from 1979 to 2006. The authors show that may factors have contributed to arctic warming over the past few decades such as greenhouse gas loading and ice-ocean heat exchange changes. By discussing the rising concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases and increasing ice loss, the authors show that the transition of the Arctic's environment may be even more rapid once the ice thins to a more vulnerable state. This is a significant to my study involving rising sea levels because this article shows the causes and effects of rising sea levels in the Arctic.
Friday, November 2, 2007
More sources...!
1. This one is a Journal that I have ordered and should be here soon:
http://proxy.elmhurst.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=ture&db=a9h&AN=255440188&site=ehost-live
2. http://www.nytimes.com - http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/frma.do?tokenKey=rsh-20.843905.70269109
Arctic Sea Ice Melting faster, A Study Finds By: Andrew Revkin
3. Environmental Responses Edited By: Andrew Blowers and Steve Hinchliffe
4. The Environmental Crisis Opposing Viewpoints Edited By: Neal Bernards
5. Global Environmental Issues By: David Kemp
http://proxy.elmhurst.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=ture&db=a9h&AN=255440188&site=ehost-live
2. http://www.nytimes.com - http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/frma.do?tokenKey=rsh-20.843905.70269109
Arctic Sea Ice Melting faster, A Study Finds By: Andrew Revkin
3. Environmental Responses Edited By: Andrew Blowers and Steve Hinchliffe
4. The Environmental Crisis Opposing Viewpoints Edited By: Neal Bernards
5. Global Environmental Issues By: David Kemp
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