Extended Questions
a. What happens if the polar ice caps melt?
b. What other questions do you have about this Science Inquiry Experience?
I have no scientific evidence behind my opinion, so please take it for what it is worth. In my opinion there are two reasons for the earth’s imbalance. Scientists are calling this imbalance Global Warming. In my theory, the first impacts the other. NASA has reported that the earth has tilted more than it has ever been reported. But we must remember that it has not been very long since mankind has had the capacity to measure such a tilt. Having a space station will provide the ongoing collection of data, which will prove or not whether the earth is just going through its normal tilting cycle. One theory that I believe and hope is that the earth’s tilt is like a pendulum. Unfortunately, during this cycle, the world’s weather patterns are changing as we have seen already. Like many of you, I have seen before and after pictures of glacial regions. A once white, snowy icy covering is now a dirt, rocky landscape. Secondly, the fact that all people create more pollution as well as having fewer trees than ever in our world’s history may hamper our atmosphere to combat the effect of the tilt. One of the most pertinent functions of trees is to change carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and sugar through photosynthesis. The earth may need the abundance of trees to purify our atmosphere. If the ice caps around the world continue to melt, it will cause our coastal regions to be remapped. Millions of people will need to relocate. And if the ice caps were a source of fresh water, in the years to come it will have a disastrous effect on all the living organisms dependent on that fresh water. I do not have the solutions, but becoming inquisitive is the first step in making an impact.
Again, reading through many posts it scares me to read everyone's words. What is to become of us is a tugh question. We have woven our own fate. Could we still do something about it though?
ReplyDeleteIt is not enough for one country to preach Green Earth. The entire world should work on this and I would suggest forcing harsh rules on people to avoid pollution and cutting down trees. Clearly politics is a hinderance, but for what cause.