- 6 – 8 questions should be your minimum.
- Determine which questions/aspects you would like to research and post them so everyone else knows. It is okay if some of you are researching some of the same questions. It is likely you will find a wider variety of information, which is good!
- Refer to the scenario link (http://essea.strategies.org/module.php?module_id=174) for some possible resources, but you may find your own—just be sure to keep track of your resources as you go.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Assignment 3: Discuss with your classmates what you feel are the most important questions or aspects to consider in relationship to the scenario.
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Assignment 3
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1. What changes are occurring in our atmosphere?
2. How is CO2 increasing affecting the beef industry?
3. How is CO2 increasing affecting the growing season?
4. Would the Earth's water tables increase or decrease?
5. Would it help to plant more trees to counteract our increasing CO2 output?
6. Do we have enough water to increase tree and animal life on Earth?
7. What are if any, the changes in our coastlines?
Questions for research:
ReplyDelete1. How many degrees has the average temperature risen in the last hundred years due to global warming?
2. Has there already been loss of habitat due to global warming?
3. What percent of our glacial ice has melted due to global warming?
4. Has there been a decrease in our coastlines due to global warming?
5. How has global warming caused damage to our coral reefs?
6. Has the increase of carbon emissions cause significant health issues in our human population?
7. How much will the increased usage of vehicles running on renewable fuels reduce the carbon dioxide emissions?
8. Will increasing the growth of plant life reduce the carbon dioxide emissions?
Assignment 3 -
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1. How many trees and in what concentration would need to be planted to make an impact on the CO2 level in an urban area?
2. Is there other vegetation that would utilize as much CO2 as a tree but could be a resource/farm product?
3. Would the planting of crops/trees reduce the temperature due to the reduction of CO2 in the atmosphere?
4. Would the reduction of atmosphere temperature also reduce the temperature of the lithosphere in the urban area?
5. How would an increase in tree planting/crops affect the amount of available water?
6. What has been the increase of CO2 since the implementation of the government emission guidelines?
7. How much has the available water increased due to melting of the ice?
I really like your fourth question. I hadn't thought about the affect of atmospheric heating on the lithosphere. I know from experience that cities are hot...never associated the two though.
DeleteI will research the following questions:
ReplyDelete1. How much has the global temperature increased over the past 50 years?
2. What human activities are producing the largest amounts of carbon dioxide?
3. What is already being done to reduce carbon dioxide emissions on a global scale?
4. What are the barriers to reducing this production?
5. What can individuals and small communities do to reduce carbon emissions?
6. Which of these strategies will have the most benefit?
1. Are there some atmospheric gases that are more harmful than carbon dioxide to the animal (human and animal) body that are naturally in the air we breathe?
ReplyDelete2. Has there been an increase in these gases that would be a precursor to the carbon dioxide beginning to increase?
3. How can we help our coastlines from irreversible consequences?
4. Can algae in fact be the answer to preserving our atmosphere?
5. How would we keep the algae from changing in design and consequently hurting the atmosphere?
6. How are ornamental plants affected by a possible increase in carbon dioxide?
7. How are necessary plants (i.e. crops grown specifically for consumption) affected by this possible increase in carbon dioxide?
8. Are humans contaminating the good air simply by breathing?
9. Does research show that the air we breathe becoming more harmful to our respiratory system?
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DeleteI wonder about how the production of crops affects CO2 emission. A lot of farmers are beginning to do no till or low till production. They are also using larger machines. By doing this are they decreasing emissions? If so does the benefit of decreased emissions outweigh the damage caused by spraying additional herbicides?
DeleteMy “event” is how can we decrease emissions in a rural community? Problems in rural community…
ReplyDeleteLong distances to stores
- People frequently take long trips to bigger cities to purchase groceries and clothing.
- How can people decrease the number of trips needed or the fuel used on these trips?
- Would people take advantage of a mass transit option to go shopping?
Frequently drive larger four wheel drive vehicles
- What regulations does the government have on vehicle emissions?
- Do these regulations apply to farm vehicles?
- Is there really a need for large vehicles?
No/little access to mass transit
- What mass transit options are available in a small town?
- Would more mass transit options really decrease emissions? Would people even use them?
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Often involved in farming and ranching
- Does newer machinery produce less emissions?
- Does less emissions outweigh the environmental cost of spraying herbicides?
- Do large cattle operations release a lot of CO2?
- What can be done to reduce emissions associated with farming and ranching?
- What are the costs and benefits of decreasing emission on the farm/ranch?
- Does growing wheat or other crops contribute significantly to CO2 removal? Do the fields even remove as much as is released by growing them?
- If we really do decrease CO2 emissions will plant populations be affected?
- Does algae growing in ponds significantly affect CO2 levels? In dry years when ponds dry up does the level of CO2 increase?
Oil drilling can be a source of income
-Are emissions released in the drilling process? If so can they be decreased?
- Oil is a carbon sink. How does removing it affect the balance of the carbon cycle?
-Are there ways to return the carbon to the earth?
- How will people be affected by reduced use of fossil fuels? Will drilling decrease or continue at the same rate?