New Prehistoric Bird Species Discovered

The article I read about was about how A group of geologist at the University of Rochester has discovered a new species of bird in the Canadian Artic.They found that the fossil was approximately 90 million years old, and are the oldest avian records found in the Northernmost latitude. Also a thing they found interesting is that the bird had teeth and also from bones on the wing it was able to fly and also dive in the the water to catch fish. The group thinks the reason why the bird where there is because it was plenty of food, and back than the Artic could've been a warm environment for the birds to live in. This relates to what we learned in class because earlier in the year we talked about biodiversity lost.

From reading this in my prospective it was really interesting, this just shows us how many more fossils that's out there and also how different the world was back than.  like for a example how l the Canadian Artic is a Artic now but back than it was a warm place. Also  this article just tell me that we can still fine other animals we never discovered before if we take just take the time and dig for them. I believe throughout the years we will always fine new fossils and discover animals we never heard of.

Water quality issues

The article I found on water quilts issues is the Americas water crisis in Flint, Michigan. From the article it talked about how lead is in the water and it is really bad for humans and especially kids. But you need water to live so the people is still drinking this water to survive. A fact I seen in the article was talking about how If Michigan continues on the path that they're on now, and if we don't increase investment in these areas, we're putting Michigan water at risk by the year 2020 over $400 billion in U.S. GDP, 700,000 jobs would be endangered, and over half a trillion dollars in personal income would be at risk. Also they talked about how one solution is to put money into the pipes and the water treatment plants.

Video you made us watch

The short film, "The Guide," relates to many things that we talked in class. During the film the community deals with poverty and must tear down the forest to  make money and they're not realizing what they're doing. The villagers are impoverished and will do anything and everything to survive the next day. They don't realize the impact their poaching will have on the environment, which will in turn affect future generations of their people. E.O Wilson teaches Tunga the ropes to learning about the environment throughout his the whole video. It makes Tunga realize he wants to be a biologist rather than a tour guide. In the end this short film made us recognize that small animals are as important as big animals and we should care for all animals the same.

Animal population down big time since 1970

The article I read about was how research from World Wildlife Fund found that between hunting, habitat destruction, environmental degradation and the effects of climate change, the world's animal populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish has dropped 52 percent since 1970. To me from this article it's crazy what the numbers show and how not a lot of people are not taking notice of this topic of biodiversity list.

This article relates to class because we have been talking about the 5 main categories and what's the root cause of them and to me  it falls into the category of biodiversity, Because it talks about how much the population of Mammals, birds, and fish have dropped since 1970. Also it could fall under Water poplution and Air population because some of the animals such as birds and fish numbers are going down because of it. 

Based on the article I feel like us as humans are the root cause because we are the one who are killing all of these animals and are making the environment bad for the animals to survive. I feel like if we don't do something about this now before it's to late. But this article makes you think about the bigger picture and makes you think about all the damage we have done since 1970 to the animals. 

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People most love some Gortons Fish sticks

The article I read was about how over fishing is becoming a major consequence for the coral reefs. With the more fish is being taking away from the oceans the more and more reefs are disappearing. Fish play an important role in stabilizing the coral microbiome by feeding on many varieties of algae growing on the reefs! Also releasing nutrients into the surrounding water through excretion.

 The article relates so much in class because just a few days ago we did a over fishing game that shows that the more fish you take the lower the fish population goes. To me biodiversity is the main catigory but a  root of it all is rapid population, You see because of the large population it increases the demand for fish opening the market to meet that demand for fisherman. While they aren't purposefully depleting the ocean of their variety but instead they are just trying to meet the quota needed to fill the order they received.

To me the proplem is us as people not really thinking about future and money in the long run everybody wants it now and wants to make as much money as we can now. I think if we think more about what effects could come later we won't do as much over fishing as we do now.

Another article related to this

People most love some Gortons Fish sticks

The article I read was about how over fishing is becoming a major consequence for the coral reefs. With the more fish is being taking away from the oceans the more and more reefs are disappearing. Fish play an important role in stabilizing the coral microbiome by feeding on many varieties of algae growing on the reefs! Also releasing nutrients into the surrounding water through excretion.

 The article relates so much in class because just a few days ago we did a over fishing game that shows that the more fish you take the lower the fish population goes. To me biodiversity is the main catigory but a  root of it all is rapid population, You see because of the large population it increases the demand for fish opening the market to meet that demand for fisherman. While they aren't purposefully depleting the ocean of their variety but instead they are just trying to meet the quota needed to fill the order they received.

To me the proplem is us as people not really thinking about future and money in the long run everybody wants it now and wants to make as much money as we can now. I think if we think more about what effects could come later we won't do as much over fishing as we do now.

Another article related to this
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Lemurs for dinner ?

The article I read about was pretty crazy to be honest. It was about how in Madagascar Lemurs now represent the most endangered group of mammals on Earth with more than 90 percent of the 113 species being threatened with extinction. Right now lemurs are illegal to capture, kill, sell, or eat in Madagascar. But from the article it seems like the people in Madagascar dont care, they continue to sell Lemur meat and kill them. Also in the article people in Madagascar says  that some  restaurant are  serving Lemur meat to people. So if it was illegal, how come nobody is stepping up?

This would be under the Biodiversity category because it has to do with a standard living life of a species or animal. People are destroying our ecosystem around the world. Also it goes under biodiversity lost because if the Lemurs are disappearing its biodiversity.

We as people are the proplem because we're the ones who are killing them and making it hard for their survival. It's just common sense the more people we have the more the people are going to want to buy, sell, and eat the Lemurs. So more people will just make the situation worse.