Station 1
Video clip – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SulM31nqaKw
Read – http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/us/wus-supervolcanoes-yellowstone
If it erupts… - http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49037141/ns/technology_and_science/t/yellowstones-supervolcano-where-lava-likely-erupt/
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/supervolcano/
Do we have options? – http://www.pbs.org/wbgh/nova/earth/surviving-a-supereruption.html
http://www.wordforteens.com/2011/08/guest-post-what-you-need-to-survive.html
Station 2
What is Ozone – http://www.airinfonow.org/html/ed_ozone.html
http://www.research.noaa.gov/climate/t_ozonelayer.html
http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_is_the_ozone_layer.htm
Where – http://www.research.noaa.gov/climate/t_ozonelayer.html
video
What’s the big deal? – http://nytimes.com/2012/07/27/science/earth/strong-storms-threaten-ozone-layer-over-us-study-says.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/ozone-history.html
Antarctica melting? – http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index/cfm/go/news/display/id/24402
http://www.theage.com.au/national/antarctic-melt-rate-up-and-rising-20121225-2bv42.html
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/20100108_Is_Antarctica_melting.html
So what if Antarctica melts, nobody lives there anyway . . . right?
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/antarctica-melting-47040602
and
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104133389
and
Is there anything else to worry about?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104133389
and
and
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0514-03.htm
Think about this:
1. As the ice melts, releasing methane and oxygen consuming microbes, the amount of oxygen in sea water will decrease. Sea creatures will find it increasingly difficult to “breathe” at deep levels and will be forced into shallower water.
2. Some species will not adapt and will become extinct. Since much of the world’s population consumes fish as a diet staple, how much of a problem might this be?
3. Other stronger species will adapt, but they will change their range. Sharks, for example, might swim closer to shallow beaches. Is this a problem?
4. The entire ecosystem of the ocean would likely change. How would this affect humans?
Can we do anything about the hole in the ozone…?
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/air/ozonlayr.htm
and
http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/airpage.nsf/webpage/Repairing+The+Ozone+Layer
…and do we want to?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100125192016.htm
So, what can I do – or what should I do?
http://tiki.oneworld.net/global_warming/climate9.html
and
http://www.c2es.org/science-impacts/basics/kids
and
http://www.climateactionnow.org/global-warming-for-kids.html
and
http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/actionguide/27-things-you-can-do-stop-global-warming
and
http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/science/Top_ways_to_save_the_poles.htm