Thursday, May 8, 2014

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.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

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.