SCI 100 Module One Activity Template: Topic Exploration Jordan Gum
Instructions
Visit the Science Daily
website to choose a natural science–related news story published within the past six months on a topic of interest to you. Ensure the article meets the criteria provided in the Module One Activity Guidelines and Rubric.
Answer the following questions about your chosen scientific news story. Replace the bracketed text below with your responses.
Provide the title and link to your chosen news story so your instructor may locate it.
Global Warming Puts Whales in the Southern Indian Ocean on a Diet.
ScienceDaily. (2023, May 11). Global warming puts whales in the Southern Ocean on a Diet
. ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230511164611.htm
Summarize the main idea of the news story you selected. This should only take 1–2 sentences.
Whales in the Southern Indian Ocean are losing their food supply, losing a lot of reserves that they rely upon. Due to various reasons, the size and number of krill are shrinking, and this is affecting the amount of food that whales can consume.
Briefly explain any prior knowledge and what you’d like to know more about regarding your selected news story.
I have been studying the effects of global warming on the population of the ocean for a while now. Whales have always been of interest to me but there have always been bigger issues that I have addressed. I’m very interested in learning a bit more about this specific topic through this course.
Discuss the value of the scientific research presented in your selected news story for contemporary society.
This entire article relies on scientific research to make its point. The numbers and stats of krill and algae in the ocean shrinking is pivotal in understanding why it is that the whales are struggling. I will be looking heavily at charts and graphs that explain the number in this for about
the entire time I am researching this.
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