Global warming reguarding the excessive release of cardon dioxide into the earth’s atmosphere is affecting more than just human life.  It affects many of the world’s animals in large or small ways also, including the fish of the sea.  Inlcuding out dear friend nemo. 

As scientist’s are looking deeper into this, they have discovered that as carbon dioxide emision levels continue to rise, there is a high chanve that fishes brains and central nervous systems are being highly compromised.  Severely affecting their survial rate within their own natural habitat.  At first, researchers started doing tests on fish and realized that cardon dioxide was most certainly affecting their sense of smell.  Without this keen abilitiy to smell, they will have troubles smelling predators as they come, resting, and so on.  As the research went further, they began to realize that it wasn’t only smell that was being affected.  It was next their ability to hear, see, and their mobile skills.  Particuarly their ability to turn left and right, which is quite essential to swimming with other fish and outsmarting predators. 

As the research went on and they began to develop an idea of what was going on, they pieced together the puzzle and realized it was most likely just attacking the central nervous systerm in general.  Which we can all concur, is a serious issue.  It seemed to affect mainly fish who require higher levels of oxygen for survival and some crustacians. 

After reading this article, I realized more so how the affects right now may be little, but the affects later will be massive.  As more and more cardon dioxide emisions are being released into the atmosphere, a lot of that is going into the water.  I worry that if the emisions get so bad, will is beging to affect my pets and livestock.  The world is filling up fast and if we don’t do something to help it now, it’ll only be harder to fix in the future.  The fish play huge roles in our ecosystems and our lives, so we need to do whatever we can to help protect them and make sure they are living as healthy of a lifestyle as possible. 

Göran E. Nilsson, Danielle L. Dixson, Paolo Domenici, Mark I. McCormick, Christina Sørensen, Sue-Ann Watson, Philip L. Munday.  “Carbon Dioxide Is ‘Driving Fish Crazy’”.  ScienceDaily.  Jan. 20, 2012.  http://www.tumblr.com/blog/dchapman/new/text

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120120184233.htm

One of my biggest fears about going off to college was leaving my friends, family, and boyfriend.  It was scary enough moving onto the next stage of my life, but to do it alone only made matters worse.  I wished I could just pack them all up with me and we could all live in my rediculously small dorm room together.  However, we all know this was not plausable.  So I did the next best thing.

They couldn’t be there to communicate in person, but they could electronically via skype.  Skype is basically the ability to have a phone call with someone but you can see them through a web cam on the computer, phone, and/or ipod.  Skype made is possible for me to bring people from home with me in a sense.  I personally use skpye daily.  My boyfriend and I have had a long distance relationship for two years now and skype has played a huge role in that.  It has also helped keep my high school friends a lot closer to me because we can see each other and communicate as if we were with each other.  Not only am I a skype addict, but several classmates, friends, and i’m sure many other students are.  For example, a friend of mine that I met here at ISU is from Iran and he skypes weekly with his parents.  He said if it wasn’t for skype he’s not so sure how he would make it. 

Another type of communication that helped me when I came to college in several aspects was the ever so popular facebook.  Facebook is an online social network that ables you to communicate with other people and organizations online.  I use facebook endlessly throughout the day.  It is an application that can be installed on a smartphone which makes it of course even handier.  I have yet to meet a person in college that does not have a facebook account, so it is very easy to meet people and interact with them.  Facebook is alsmost the new cell phone I think. 

Everywhere I look people are using facebook just like they would be using their cell phones.  I use facebook to check out what my friends and family back home have been up to and to keep up with my friends here in Ames.  Facebook has made it very easy to meet more people due to you can add someone on facebook that you met briefly in class and then the relationship can go from there. 

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Climate change is not only an issue for humans, but also for animals from all parts of the world.  Specifically in the Artic.  As water temperature is changing and causing differences in ice thickness and the temperature around them.

Harp seals have really been taking a hit when it comes to this topic.  Harp seals use the ice in the Artic as a place to nurse their young and give birth.  They typically will look for thick ice that has been there for some time.  Only the females take comfort on the ice, while male harp seals prefer to spend majority of their time in the cool waters.  Unfortunately, as the climate has been changing, the ice is becoming thinner and thinner.  Making the periods the seals can be on the ice shorter and harder to find. 

In response to this article, it put global warming/climate change into more of a perspective for me.  Animals have always been near and dear to my heart, and to find out that some are losing their homes and being forced out of their habitat.  Ultimately, this put into perspective what I can be doing to help slow the process of the ever so changing world.  If there is anything I can do i’d love to do it.  I would not like being forced out of my home, just as they don’t like being forced out of theirs. 

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Matthew T. Bowers and Ari S. Friedlaender

“Harp seals on thin ice after 32 years of warming.”

www.sciencedaily.com

Jan. 4, 2012

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120104174810.htm

My assignment is to look for pieces of visual or electronic communication I see during the week.  I at first thought this would be a difficult task until I simply began letting my eyes and mind wander.  As for week one, blog one, this is what came of my wandering. 

The type of communication that immediately caught my eye was texting.  Something most people use regualary.  I myself am an avid texter and probably send more texts than the average person.  What attracted me to texting was noticing just how many people do text.  I started gazing around in a lecture and noticed most students had their cell phones out for texting.  Not only did this appeal to me, but it also made me realize how much I wasn’t alone in texting during class.  I always would try to hide my cell, only to find out that it’s actually a very normal thing amoung the student body.  Students were texting without even looking down at their phones to make it appear as if they were listening, and for the most part this seemed to be working.  Texting is a large part of our generation, but until now, I had never seen it in such a light. 

Another type of communication that caught my attention was how many people were using their phones to actually talk.  I use my cell phone a lot to call people and have always been told by my friends how odd this was.  They typically prefer to text if at all possible.  As I gazed around campus I found several people using their cells to make and receive phone calls.  This appealed to me a lot because I generally hear people saying that phoning people is outdating and you should just “shoot them a text”.  I like the idea of making a phone call to someone and practicing communication with an actualy voice instead of sending a message.  Calling people is a large part of communication especially in the workforce so I feel it is a good thing to feel comfertable in being able to place/receive a call.

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