Global Warming

    Climate change is changing the world around us and how we are living. Everything is effected by Global Warming. Global Warming is an increase in the overall temperature in the Earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increasing levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.  
    Sea levels are rising. The number of large wildfires is growing. The planet's temperature is increasing. Large ice masses, such as glaciers and ice sheets, are melting. More and more species of animals are becoming extinct. The air is becoming increasingly more polluted day by day. We are the cause of all of this.
    We continuously keep chopping down forests and burning fossil fuels. Deforestation is a serious problem. If we keep cutting down trees and wiping out forests, there won't be any left. In order for us to survive we need the trees and plants. This is because they supply us with the air we breathe as a result of photosynthesis. So if there was no plants to do photosynthesis, there would be no more oxygen, which means no more us. 

    We have the ability to slow down the pace of global warming. We can reduce our carbon emission footprints. If we don't and continue to kill our Earth, it could be seriously detrimental to the human race and life as we know it. 
    If we continue to live this way, what will the effects be in terms of global warming? Well this is what will happen: the spread of disease will increase, there will be warmer waters and more hurricanes, increased probability and intensity of droughts and heat waves, polar ice caps will melt, rising sea levels, more floods, highly destructive storms and dangerous weather, desertification, tsunamis, cold waves, increased volcanic activity, more dangerous thunderstorms, migration, conflict, and wars, more outbreaks of deadly diseases and epidemics, loss of biodiversity and animal extinction, death of ocean life, more frequent animal attacks, and diminished food and water supplies. Now, that's a really long and pretty devastating list. 

    If we don't act now, our children and grandchildren will live on a completely different Earth than we do today. We have the ability to pass on a healthier, safer, and cleaner world.  We can reduce the speed of global warming by: driving environmentally-friendly cars, recycle, use less heat and air conditioning, changing to compact florescent light bulbs, drive less and drive smarter, buy energy-efficient products, using less hot water, use the "off" switch, plant a tree, use recycled paper, adjust your thermostat, take shorter showers, carpool when you can, conserve energy, wash your clothes on the cold water cycle and air dry, ditch the plastic, buy more organic foods and produce, and so much more! There is so much you can do to reduce the speed of global warming and carbon emissions. 

My 3 favorite projects were  Luis', Arvind's, and Irving's.
I liked Luis's group's project because of the cool model he made of the Devils Tower. They seemed to know their background pretty well also. I learned a lot from their presentation which is good because that was the idea behind doing the project in the first place.
I thought Arvind's was really good as well! He learned the info and actually knew what he was talking about. The fact that he could describe and give good examples of what his project was about, showed that he did his research properly.
I thought Irving and Marlon did a pretty good job on their project actually! The Pamukkale hot spring in Turkey are pretty amazing. Its crazy how that water (springs) has that many health related benefits! And its pretty! Plus Marlon and Irving knew the information well enough to where they can answer and address questions properly and easily.
Overall, I thought everyone's project was okay. Not everyone did their share of work on their part of the presentation which was quite obvious because there was hardly information on those slides and that they couldn't really explain what that specific thing is nor can they answer questions fully. I think people need to do their part in a project because you're affecting their group's entire grade because of their laziness.

               
     Trinity and I are doing a project over the Hessdalen Lights. The Hessdalen Lights is a series of unexplained light phenomena in the Hessdalen Valley in Norway. No one knows exactly what or what causes the light appearances to happen. Some people believe its dusty plasma, while others believe they're UFO's. Dusty plasma is basically electrically charged plasma, producing a light. These balls of lights can appear in multiple colors, various shapes, and a variety of sizes.

Canyon Lake Gorge

Formed by a flood of the Guadalupe River on July 4, 2002, Canyon lake gorge provides amazing geological and fossil evidence. The gorge cuts through millions of years of geologic time periods like the Cretaceous era. Showing millions of years of amazing fossil evidence!

Taking the tour through the gorge was very educational and pretty cool. I learned about the history of the gorge, what all kinds of fossils there were there, and the animals that the fossils belonged to. The dam was built for two reasons, to control future floods of the Guadalupe River and to provide an emergency water supply to those who live along the Guadalupe River basin. History goes all the way back to "Pangaea"!

First Post- Background Information

Mt. Fuji

 Mt. Fuji is Japan's largest mountain & volcano!! Standing at 12,388 ft tall, Mt. Fuji is located on Honshu Island, Japan. The last known eruption was on December 16th, 1707, and lasted until the beginning of 1708. Mt. Fuji isn't like other mountains and volcanoes. This is because one, Mt. Fuji is perfectly symmetrical and two, it's a stratovolcano. A stratovolcano, is a volcano that is composed of solidified ash and lava.

Mt. Fuji is depicted throughout Japan's history. It's also portrayed throughout literature and art in Japanese culture. The mountain has been a sacred
symbol to some of the religions in Japan, such as Shinto and the Ainu, since the 6th century. Mt. Fuji is one of the "Three Holistic Mountains" in Japan. At the base of the mountain, there is a forest which happens to be the world's top location for suicide. Which adds to the country's past, present, and future and history.