Uncontrollable Ice Melt Summary

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140505104435.htm

The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research used a computer simulation to measure the volume of the ice from East Antarctica and stated that the melting of these ices will impact the sea level making it uncontrollable for another thousands of years. The air above Antarctica is cold, but what cause it to melt is the warm water. Levermann, the head of PIK's researcher, stated that West Antarctica is already unstable, that means the East is also at risk. As the ice melt, it will rise the sea level by 300-400 cm. Because of the rise of sea level, this put coastal cities at risk. In addition, the researchers believed that the greenhouse-gases is also making the ice melt uncontrollable.

Higher Temperature Can Influence Butterfly Emergence Patterns in the Urban Area summary

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140428121244.htm

Butterflies are living in the warmer area. An International Team of researchers that they are more butterflies than usual like; there are more in North Dakota than England because of the warmer weather. The researchers are using data from Ohio Epidemiologists' Society, they volunteer to keep record of butterflies species that enter the sit every week from April-October since 1996-2011, the population of those species estimated, and the climate. Also, they look at the urban area and the researchers discovered that they are wider range in the urban area. The Urban area is the colder part of the Ohio but 7 / 20 species emerged there. The researchers studies the climate change and how it will effect the future of the climate whether if it would be warmer or colder. According to Wepprich, he stated that "We don't really know precisely where the tipping point is, or why only some species respond this way,but something is happening here. We're still working to better understand what's going on with these butterfly species and what consequences there may be for their populations." This explain that if any consequence occur when climate change really did affect the butterfly and wipe out the species, humans and other animals will be in great danger. Currently, they are still studying about the Climate Change and the emerging of butteries. 

Coca-Cola going GREEN

http://www.naturalnews.com/022109_Coca-Cola_recycling.html#



Coca-Cola is going green by creating 30-acre plant in Spartanbury, South Carolina, for recycling old plastic bottles to new bottles. Not only, that the end product will become new bottles, they are reusing the old products for Eco-fashion, clothes, bags, wallets, and jewelry. John Faucher, a beverage analyst at JP Morgan stated that even when Coke did not make a huge investment, but they did continue to fight. Because of Coca-Cola and Pepsi companies doing work almost like the Coca-cola, they other beverage companies git criticized for the waste products of plastic bottles, and also petroleum which is dangerous and it's contentions in the water bottle.

The Link Between Diet and Breast Cancer summary

http://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/101/benefits-of-healthy-eating/reduce-your-calories-reduce-your-risk.aspx

When people eats healthy, they decreased the risk of gaining weigh and getting Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer is more commend with woman and the resources are from weight gain. Study has shown that women that recently gave birth has 3.2 times greater of receiving breast cancer than women with healthy weight due to the less exercise, woman's age, being pregnant and continuing to eat, and maybe from the family history. However, women eating healthy such as eating soy-based food is bad for you, too. Everyone knows that soy product is plant-based food and great for diet, "but there's really no good evidence soy reduces breast cancer risk..." stated Doyle, a director of nutrition and physical activity for the American Cancer Society. In addition, Doyle also implied that consuming a lot of soy is not good; however, receiving it only for 3 serving would not be a big concern. Another type of food that increased the risk of having Breast Cancer is alcohol beverage, Women has low folate than men, Doyle stated that for women to have about 2 glasses per week would already increase the risk. The risks are not only breast cancer, but also it increases heart disease. I think this article explained how women and men should start eating healthier and exercise daily because even the soy, a type of healthy food, can also increases risk of having breast cancer.

Clean energy from Renewable resources

http://www.usa.siemens.com/sustainable-energy/renewable-energy.html?stc=usccc025774

United States installed one of the most wind turbines. We are running out of resources and an alternative way to find the energy supply is the wind.  Siemen is the company that has been providing the wind turbine to U.S. Siemen is "strong focus on energy-efficient wind power technology in the U.S.". In addition, Siements signed a contract with the National Nuclear Security to build a wind farm in Amarillo, Texas. The wind power technology, ATB, is designed to absorb the strong wind power and capture it and use it as energy. Also, as the wind industry develop, new jobs increases.

Has Tokyo lost fear with Nuclear Energy?

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/03/tokyo-lost-fear-nuclear-energy-20143154843925277.html

It has been almost 3 years since an earthquake and tsunami did damages to the nuclear plant in Japan. It destroy nearly 50 nuclear reactors. Last month, Japan had elected a new candidate as a governor named Yochi Masuzoe whom supported the nuclear power plant being rebuild while he went against other anti-nuclear candidates which had lost. The prime minister of Japan stated that Japan has nothing more than to use the nuclear power plant. It will helps improve the health care, the nursing care and the childcare system and helps get ready for the Olympic in 2020 in Japan.
According to an worker that was interviewed, she stated that restarting the power plants may be the threat because they are not sure if it will be safe again.
To Okumura, restarting the power plant again is too big to deal with since there are a lot of nuclear reactor that has to rebuild and fix.
To one of the mother living there, Mihoko Sato stated that she still feel the danger of the nuclear power plant and that on one of the first explosion at the Daiichi plant, she was going to moved to the Southern Japan with her 3 years old son at that.
According to this, many people still feared of rebuilding new power plants.

Despite New Plants, Nuclear Future Still Decades Away

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/02/21/energy-dept-backs-new-nuke-plants-but-nuclear-future-still-decades-away

The new nuclear reactors are being build in Plant Vogtle in Geogia and it is supported by the Department of Energy and The president, etc. The new nuclear power plants cost about $6.5 billion to be created and expected to be done by 2019. The new nuclear reactors give out 1,100-megawatt, which provided a lot of energy. According to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, he stated that the new plants will provide carbon-free electricity to the consumer. This is important because they are moving "toward a low-carbon energy future". President Obama also stated that it will help to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions, but also it will affect the decreasing of natural gas prices, and the slow growth in energy demand, etc. Researchers have different ideas and they are supporting the small modular nuclear reactors instead because it would be easier to built in factory and is still able to provide a lot of energy. Researchers also believed that it can replace the large coal boilers plants and able to work in area where the large reactor isn't able to. But the 2 new nuclear power plants had been announced about 5 days ago they will continue to built it and they hope to see it become a reality.

California dealing with the high price of gasoline in 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/us/jerry-brown-moves-to-reduce-gas-prices-in-california.html?ref=gasolineprices

The review of this article price in California is not current, but it occurred approximately one year ago. The prices of gasoline increased over night on the first week of October. It increased to about $4 or more per gallon. This made the the consumers not being able to travel as far and pay the prices that they wanted. It effected the motorists more due to the fact that they pay higher gas prices than the drivers. California's drivers felt that they are being penalized and the other countries are paying less. However, California do pay higher prices than most of the states in the US due to the strict environment regulations.

Here is a link that shown the prices for a gallon of gas around the world

http://www.bloomberg.com/slideshow/2013-02-13/highest-cheapest-gas-prices-by-country.html#slide1

Wild bees are recycling plastic

http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/recycling/blogs/wild-bees-are-recycling-plastic-study-finds

Plastic is increasing rapidly in our ecosystems and it is effecting many wildlife. Only some animals like the bowerbirds and the hermit crabs are able to recycle plastic. In Canada, there are 2 bee species that were discovered and begun using plastic to built their nest. They believed that this is the hint to the plastic pollution and the nature's limited materials. The 2 types of bees were the Alfalfa Leafcutter and the native American Megachile Campanulae. The Alfalfa Leafcutter is different from honeybees, but they still helps the US and the Canadian farmers by pollinating crops. The researchers that bees are using the plastic "incidentally and not due to a lack of natural resin options". This is good for the environment, but plastics have both pros and cons to the bees, too. Plastic is not a natural material, it is man made. Plastic does not like moisture escape and it increased the growth of mold making the bees having difficult time living, but on the positive side is the parasite like wasps, they didn't suffer as much. To build the bee's nest, they needed the materials that will be able to stick to each other, but plastic did not, and the nest is easily fall apart. Researchers are still unclear to why the bees are using this non-biodegradable materials for building their nest.

Water

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/sustainable-earth/water/?rptregcta=reg_free_np&rptregcampaign=20131016_rw_membership_r1p_us_ot_w#

We all need water, but most people are not receiving clean water. Those people lived in the developing country and they are using contaminated water. About 5,000 children die everyday from diarrhea diseases, which is caused by the unsaved water. Many families have low income, and they travel over 3 miles to the nearby access water and come back to feed the family. There are still high number of places that are not receiving clean water, but the efforts of government and the NGOs are helping everyday. So far, they have helped over 2.7 billion people receiving clean water, but the people are increasing rapidly that it will be difficult to feed everyone.

Chimp and Human Y Chromosomes evolving faster than expected

http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/01/13/chimp.and.human.y.chromosomes.evolving.faster.expected


Y chromosomes are evolving rapidly for the pass 6 millions years since when the chimpanzees and human emerged from a common ancestor. Ys chromosomes have evolved more quickly than the rest of the respective genomes. We have the expectation of believing that the chimpanzee and human Y chromosomes would be highly similar, but they are remarkably different in structure and gene content. Example: the Y chromosome in chimpanzee has lost 1/3 to 1/2 of human genes, this is a huge change because the chromosome is likely changes to a home undergoing continue renovation. Like when things are being changes and reconstructed. This showed that the Y chromosome is ingenious at maintaining diversity of genes and our knowledge about the Y chromosome is still advancing. The researcher believe that the evolution of the Y chromosomes were due to traits specific, and differences in mating behaviors.

How Climate Affects the Quality of Bubbly

http://www.livescience.com/42270-climate-affects-bubbly.html


The climate and the weather patterns have high influence on the difference between a sub-par and high class bottle of bubbly champagne even when the ranging of soil type and bottling practices, the climate has a huge influence.
Precipitation: Grapes are pick before it becomes fully ripe. It contains the tart and sweet flavor. It plays an important role because if the crops experience heavy rain fall then the berries will grow faster and the flavor will become bland, and if the crops experience little rain, it will create too little of sugar due to the slow photosynthesis and can delay ripening.
Temperature: Grapes grow in fairly mild climates. When it's hot, it ripen prematurely and it prevents them for having full flavor and results in sour taste.
Cloud Cover: This can slow photosynthesis because it takes the excess heat away and it limits sugar production, and the fruit becomes tart.
As the climate patterns start to become more erratic, the vegetation zones begin to shift northward. This result in having other regions in the country to be able to produce delicate grapes destined for bubbly.