Summary: Pay Attention To Penguins

Global warming -- and climate change -- have long-term and short-term impacts on our environment. Caused by air pollutants such as carbon dioxide and methane, global warming is the gradual increase of air temperature across the globe. The rise in air temperatures can lead to higher extinction rates, increased risk of disease and political repercussions, such as wars over available resources. Understanding the possible short-term and long-term effects can help humans better prepare for the consequences of global warming.

The many advantages trees have on earth is immense, when trees are lost it affects the worlds atmosphere and air quality. Trees are home to many ecosystems, they give shelter and food to the animals in their community, but they are being taken down. Animals without homes are more vulnerable to predators and hunters, and it is all a disruption to the ecosystem. Once taken down, the increase in greenhouse gasses rise,” Forests help to migrate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, but they become carbon sources” (Kerry Cesareo), much of these gasses have an impact in rising temperatures. The water cycle is also an important role in the rainforest and it has also been disrupted by deforestation. Erosion of soil,” And as fertile soil washes away, agricultural producers move on, clearing more forest and continuing

An example may include polar bears, which live as far away as antarctica, they are being harmed through changes in their environment that they can't control, they need to change ways of interaction, and even hunting strategies and hunting difficulty. They are being harmed physically because hotter temperatures means that the ice will melt, this causes them to change their hunting strategy from fishing off the surface of the ice, to now swimming and possibly freezing to death. Melting ice also may destroy/melt their home away, which are usually holes or caves inside the ice, which means the melting ice will destroy their homes possibly while their in them causing suffocation. They may also be harmed emotionally through changes in lifestyle, if their is no ice and just a bunch of water, they need to adapt, and adapt fast. This change may also invite their close neighbors, the Grizzly Bears, to come and steal their food supply, and also crossbreed, which if becomes popular enough could cause the polar bear population endangered because grizzly bears have dominant traits. Given that grizzly bears are superior bears, they will win fights causing the polar bears to become more conserved as a whole. (hassol, S.J., R. corell, et al. impacts of a warming arctic arctic

Many forests are dying and that can have a major effect on plants and humans. Forests are dying off because of droughts, deforestation and invasive species. Dying forests can also alter global climate and change how much sunlight is being absorbed in the different hemispheres. Western North American forests are suffering because of the drought while humans are affecting southwestern forests. The removal of forests has different impacts on different parts of the world. In some places, it is a good thing while in other places it is bad. Scientists are trying figure out where and how the surrounding plants are affected negatively and positively.

All over the world there are animals dying from national disasters. There are many variables in an ecosystem that can ether help or hurt the ecosystem. Animals and plants have a symbiotic relationship from the impact of mutualism,commensalism, and parasitism. All things around organisms have different effects on the ecosystem. Living and nonliving factors have a big affect on the population of the plants and animals.

The documentary film, March Of The Penguins was a subjective film that showed the tragedies, loving as well as the survival skills of the penguins. Throughout the film, Morgan Freeman narrated about every moment the penguins made to show what happens in their day to day life. Moreover, showing the connection between penguins and humans. March Of The Penguins film was said in a humanizing voice, which told more of a story than an informational film. The tone of his voice, his responses to the scenes and the lack of evidence portrayed subjectivity throughout the film.

I think that changes to living/non-living parts of an ecosystem impacts the population in the ecosystem because if the living/non-living things change then there could be extinction then the population would start to go down. Like the bees from the podcast and from my connections map is the lion if they were to come extinct. Also from the external factors presentations the iberian lynx if it were to come extinct and what happens to it.

The ability to survive and reproduce by living organisms is constantly being tested by its external environment. Organisms those are unable to cope up with these changing external factors, face extinction. Over the years, species have evolved with the changing environmental conditions and have incurred adaptations to suit their existence in their environment. Hence, the process of evolution, adaptation and extinction of species has been natural over time. This does not affect the ecosystem much because nature on its own has an ability to compensate for its losses and changes that are natural.

A penguin is a bird that is typically found in Antartica that is flightless but can swim fast in arctic waters. Humans are fascinated with the flightless bird with dense flippers because we think they mate for life which is a goal most humans strive to accomplish in their lifetimes. However, it is not plausible that penguins mate for life because the majority of the animals in the animal kingdom, including humans, do not mate for life so why should they? It is not plausible that penguins mate for life because of different factors like: monogamy versus life mates, 95 percent of animals do not mate for life and each penguin species have differences in breeding seasons.

There are many positives and negatives that impact are ecosystems. Logging and forest getting smaller and smaller like the size of Switzerland each year are some of the main reasons that are ecosystem is not thriving that much. Some other reasons are that there is not enough space for animals and alpine grass is disappearing. On the other

"We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words” (Anna Sewell). There is undeniable evidence that animals are being affected by climate change. Even though the effects are difficult to measure, there are many different ways animals are being affected. With the loss of predator and prey species it affects the life cycles in the food chain. The earth’s climate change causes habitats such as snow, ice, or forest areas to alter, resulting in loss of habitat and food accessibility as well as causing extinction.

This gradual warming process can ultimately melt ice caps, elevate sea levels, and affect the natural climates of many organisms.

Because of global warming, glaciers and ice sheets have began to melt. There are also many differences in sea levels and ice sheets. When these ice sheets melt, the creatures that live on the ice sheets’ populations can decrease. Furthermore, a scientist has seen the amount of penguins lower a great amount because of global warming. Their population decreased 21,000 in 3 decades. Global warming also affects communities near the shore. When sea levels rise, they flood communities. Not only this, but the precipitation amount has changed drastically. Since recently, it has increased in some areas and decreased in others. This is because of climate change, caused by global warming. In addition, an invasive bug called the Spruce Bark Beetle

Climate change has been the culprit in global warming which in turn has decreased the animal populations due to the warming of the earth. Climate change has already caused the planet’s average temperature to rise by 1.6°F since the beginning of the 20th century. That temperature rise could reach 2.7°F above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century (and possibly as high as about 8.5°F above 1986-2005 levels) if nothing is done to curb emissions. (Thompson, 2014) Climate change has such a

Climate Change is one of the chief problems that the world is struggling right now. It is estimated that every decade, the world’s temperature is increasing by 1ºC and this phenomenon is called global warming. An evident example of global warming is the melting of the polar ice caps. Compare to the past hundred years, the size of the polar ice caps has reduced which resulted to the rise of the sea levels and eventually destroying the homes of those people living near the seaside. Another consequence is the increasing number of dangerous typhoons. A typhoon starts from a low pressure area in the oceans and because the temperature of the water is increasing due to global warming, more low pressure areas are formed. Next, another effect of global warming is the widespread extinction of some animals. Many animals in the Arctic and Antarctic region have migrated to other places but some of them cannot stand the heat and they died. While under the sea, many fishes have also been extinct because the coral reefs have been destroyed in the process called coral bleaching. Lastly, a common evidence of global warming is the failure of cultivated crops. Many lands have dried up and have fissures because there is no water left especially on the season of El Niño which lead to hunger and increase in demand of food.