Climate Change Infographic

Total Fertility Rates Graph - Halle Sousa

Textbook Critical Thinking Questions: pg. 174-175

1. The advantages are it allows the population of endangered species to rebound, can lead to sustainable harvesting, allows scientists to conduct research, and ensures that fishermen still have jobs.
2. Some of the challenges in getting commercial fishing operations to change their practices are the lack of ocean area that is being sold, fear that sustainable harvesting with harm profits, and the amount of harvesting and exploitation rights that need to be purchased, and the overall expenses.

THINGLINK #2

Link:
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/712462248194342914

Sources:
http://www.ew.com/sites/default/files/styles/tout_image_612x380/public/i/2014/01/10/NAT-GEO-FISH-BOWL.jpg?itok=0snb8_m5
http://www.allerdale.gov.uk/images/compostbin.jpg
http://janiceperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/8053615140_0d75699699.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKx4ZwoJqXY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0En-_BVbGc

Textbook Free-Response Question: pg. 187

a.) One reason why Florida Reef might not be international recognized as a hotspot it that it contains a wide variety of species, but not high numbers of endemic species. Another reason might be that it has a lower-conservation priority because it has no human population.
b.) Two ecosystem services provided by Florida Reef are wildlife habitat and recreation.
c.) Coral bleaching is process by which algae inside corals die, which causes the corals to turn white.
d.) If hurricanes are important for maintaining the diversity of coral reef ecosystems but also put many coral reef species at risk of local extinction, then the extinction of local species helps ecosystems maintain their diversity by regulating what can adapt to the environment.

Halle's Terrestrial Biome Thinglink

Link:
<img style="max-width:100%" src="//cdn.thinglink.me/api/image/706529345203601410/1024/10/scaletowidth#tl-706529345203601410;1043138249'" class="alwaysThinglink"/><script async charset="utf-8" src="//cdn.thinglink.me/jse/embed.js"></script>

Sources:
https://www.soils.org/discover-soils/soil-basics/how-do-soils-form
https://www.soils.org/files/images/sssa/discover-soils/soil-profile.jpg
http://www.ncagr.gov/cyber/kidswrld/plant/nutrient.htm
http://www.gardenswag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/npk-soil.jpg
http://www.bio.miami.edu/dana/dox/biomes.html
http://www.intechopen.com/source/html/38612/media/image13.jpeg
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/bam/live/content/ztkcd2p/small

Working Towards Sustainability: Pages 96-97

The reading from page 96.

1.) In addition to helping the environment, what factors do you think help motivate the golf course operators to join the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program?

Some of the factors that help motivate the golf course operators to join the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program are a decrease in maintenance costs, chemical applications, and time spent mowing grass, low pest populations and pesticide usage, and better overall health for course grass.

2.) Is the high use of water, fertilizers, and pesticides on golf courses justified by the fact that it brings people to enjoy and appreciate nature?

The high use of water, fertilizers, and pesticides on golf courses are not justified by the fact that it brings people to enjoy and appreciate nature. The financial and environmental costs of maintaining a golf course far outweigh personal enjoyment. Although it is good for people to enjoy nature, their appreciation is meaningless if nature has to be destroyed in order for them to experience it. It would be better if they left it alone altogether.