Jasmine M.13.2010

"Strange Days On Planet Earth"

PART 4:
The amount of co2 in the atmosphere would change by weather.If it keeps increasing there might be a tipping point.70% of the Earth is covered by water.Plan tom are mostly eaten by everything,so they only come out at night.There is a team that captures them to see there progress.Over the years they drop by 20%.They are loosing there lives because of Global Warming.That might change the food web and drive fish to extinction.Testing water on crabs,checking what they can and can't live in.If the temperature increases by 2 degrees the crabs hearts can STOP.Change the Food Web and cause an effect the animals that feed on it.Thinking what the should give up to make better choices.People are having trouble breathing.Teaching them how to use an asthma inhaler.Biologists checking why this is happening.Coral is looking Roget.There are less fishes.It is being caused by dust thousand of miles away.Fifty years ago Lake Chad was Africa's main lake.But Lake Chad was caused by drought.Lake Chad produced so many fish.Would watch the children play in the shallows.Mantel spent hours figuring out what's happening.Found a type of FUNGUS.Calling other scientists and asking to try and find samples.What's killing the coral is the same thing that's making the people having trouble breathing.Dust has been blowing for many years,so people are asking why they are seeing these problems now.Trying to figure out what's damaging the computers.There are two air movers in the Atlantic Ocean one low and one high.It's sending dust and it's being caused by Global Warming.Africa is having affect on the Caribbean.

PART 6:
Troubled waters and animals.People saying they spent decades cleaning the waters.People cleaning the ponds,for the frogs.20 frog species have vanished for life.By looking at the frog they look healthy,but the scientists found something wrong in their organs.Atropine is what may be harming the frogs.Someone is collecting frogs,and exploring them.People on farm communities are starting to help clean up the ponds for the frogs,and they are helping by taking water samples for them so they can see what's in the water.For them water doesn't stay put.Hidden in the small waters are white whales.They are known for their whale songs.People say they can speak to whales and whales can speak to them.A chemical has gone to the frogs territory.Scientists are taking samples of the wales skin.The whales are taking in the chemical and also the food they eat has the chemical in it.Shanna found chemicals in tap water.People that go fishing are getting fish,and throwing them back into the water,because they are poisoned.It's a type of mercury.