One More

Through all of this time I have learned many things. Some things that I thought never possible and some that just seemed to be on my mind, but I never paid attention to. It is hard to imagine that we have so many problems in this world when all I am constantly worrying about is my own little problems. This class has really opened up my eyes to the world and now I feel I have an obligation to do something about it. I have had a great time in this class and would look forward to taking something akin to it with all of my classmates and my professor. I feel like this class has changed my outlook on how I live my life. I tread more carefully in areas where it could mean creating problems for future generations and immediate dangers. Not only do I still have to give that presentation and learn from that, but I will continue to learn because of this class.

Biodiversity

When researching about the deforestation of the Amazon I came across the amount of species that would be effected by this. That is why I decided to write about biodiversity. Biodiversity refers to the vast variety of species of plants, animals, microorganisms,and the other ecosystems of the planet. Each ecosystem depends on biodiversity to maintain itself. If there are more species in an area then there is more sustainability with each life form. If there is a larger variety of plants then there can be a greater variety of crops. If an ecosystem is healthy then it can recover faster from disasters. By protecting biodiversity we will promote food, water resources, wood growth, pollution breakdown, medical resources, research, and more. People need to be more aware of what is happening around the world. If we start to remove or neglect species and ecosystems around the world everyone will feel the effects. Remove one piece of the puzzle and everything will start to fall apart. This is a real issue.

http://www.globalissues.org/article/170/why-is-biodiversity-important-who-cares#WhatisBiodiversity

Global Climate Change

   Global climate change is a real issue. I know that we just touched upon it in our last class, but it sounded like a fun and interesting topic to talk about, so I did some research. It turns out, if most of you didn't know already, that global climate change is when the average temperatures around the world start to increase. CO2 is a main factor in this. I have talked about this before in a previous post. Having drastic changes in the temperature can have devastating effects as far as the weather. The image below shows what scientists document and measure to prove the existence of Global climate change.

The co2 within our atmosphere has had an effect on all of our lives and the problem is not slowing down according to the graph. We need to do something otherwise we will be seeing some serious disasters. Please comment below.
                                                                              
http://www.globalissues.org/article/233/climate-change-and-global-warming-introduction#WhatarethemainindicatorsofClimateChange