• Solutions project: Julia Berryman • Many different papers discussing the possibility of the machine. It would be beneficial to put in China and other developing countries to try and pull some of the CO2 out of the emissions before they make it into the atmosphere. • The White Cliffs of Dover were a natural occurrence from the English Channel. • Chalk could be made from the limestone. • Would the economy be able to handle the huge influx of limestone? • Could use more than just coccoliths. Foraminifera and calcareous algae, coccoliths and rhabdoliths can be used. • The CaCO3 accumulates at a rate of .5–3 inches (1.25–7.5 cm) per thousand years on the bottom of the ocean after approx 10 days of sinking. (http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/wog/white-cliffs-dover) • Running into mechanical and ecosystem problems. 1. Will the machines be able to be made large enough to make a difference? 2. If you trigger a natural bloom in the ocean, will is ruin the economy? 3. If you super load nutrients to trigger a bloom, will it? Blooms aren’t always guaranteed. Where will the nutrients go? How much money did you waste? • White cliffs like those of Dover (but smaller) are also found on the Danish islands of Møn and Langeland or the coasts of the island of Rügen in Germany. (Wikipedia) • Different types of mineralization happen on different species of coccoliths. o Most of the mineralization happens in the ER or the cells. o The cells have a special ER and mitochondria to be able to mineralize • Coccoliths are easy to culture. •
It's crazy how scared the children are thinking they are going to die from global warming. Parents watch horror movies with kids to explain the circumstances. Shouldn't they do the same for such controversial documentaries as "An Inconvenient Truth?" These poor kids have it drilled in their brain that the world is going to end in one big firey heep. when confronted with the other opinion, they quickly dismissed it. Where is the education on what humanity is doing right or what we can do to stop this from progressing farther? If you do not give kids hope, they are not going to do things any different than us. They will continue to believe what the media tells them if parents don't take the effort to do their own research, talk with their children, and encourage them to delve deeper into the topic at hand besides what is fed to them via television.
I found the children's responses interesting. They were well aware that global warming was an issue, but they were thoroughly convinced that it was dire and pressing. I think that says a lot about how the media have hyped the problem and whipped everyone into a frenzy. A lot of times our culture and our media get caught up in blaming one another, and in looking at the worst possible scenario. I do feel that the issue is one we need to worry about, and that we need to start doing something. However I also feel that we need to look at both sides of the issue. If we are threatening those who criticize the scientists who say global warming is man made, we are only hurting ourselves. They may be able to contribute a viable solution to the problem. If they didn't have anything important to say, why would we be so worried about silencing them?
I was surprised at how readily the children answered questions concerning global warming. I wonder how long it took to find a small group of children that had been so predisposed to the issue, or if all children share those beliefs. I find it hard to believe that the majority of children think and feel that same way, because a lot of parents don't even buy into it.
Stevie Campbell's comment was really interesting, which mentioned that these catastrophic predictions leave little hope for the future. Many people think that the scare tactic is affective, because it scares us into making changes. However, if we make the problem look so huge, it will seem too big for us to control, and thus people may think that none of their efforts would be enough to really help anything.
Wow. It was really interesting and suprising to see how the children responded to this issue. In a way it makes sense because as older generations begin to realize their mistakes, the younger ones, who will deal with the consequenses, are being overly educated about it. I think it has everything to do with education and less to do with the parents telling their children about it. Lacey stated that she doesn't feel majority of children would think and feel that way because most of their parents don't buy into it, which is probably true, but this is probably being drilled into them in school, more so than at home. Very interesting to see though, I wonder how they will impact the future.
I also found the childrens reactions to Global Warming pretty interesting. At first I assumed the producers probably just picked the few students who were overly concerned with global warming to appear in the segment in order to bolster their argument. But then they showed the video of the little girl standing behind the adult as an oncoming train races towards them and I really sort of began to understand why these kids feel as though the end of the world is eminent. Popular media outlets have really driven this idea into these childrens heads, that global warming will eventually lead to armageddon and the video of the little girl standing in front of a train is just disturbing. A young child's brain processes that as though global climate change is the equivalent to standing in front of oncoming train and letting it hit you when that is definitely not the true reality of it. I think the media should really be careful before they put these images like a young girl getting hit by a train out there and expect that young children will be educated enough to understand the metaphor.
You're comment is interesting, Billy, because I had a different reaction to the train piece. I viewed it as grown-ups (those responsible for industrial development) stepping aside at the last minute to leave it to future generations to solve the problem. Essentially that's what we're doing by not acting now. Stevie's comment is right on target - kids will only be traumatized by climate change, or 9/11, or any other media report if their parents and teachers don't take time to explain that they are not in danger personally. To me, the media are the source of the anxiety. My daughter knows about climate change, but she also knows what needs to be done to solve the problem.
• Solutions project: Julia Berryman
ReplyDelete• Many different papers discussing the possibility of the machine. It would be beneficial to put in China and other developing countries to try and pull some of the CO2 out of the emissions before they make it into the atmosphere.
• The White Cliffs of Dover were a natural occurrence from the English Channel.
• Chalk could be made from the limestone.
• Would the economy be able to handle the huge influx of limestone?
• Could use more than just coccoliths. Foraminifera and calcareous algae, coccoliths and rhabdoliths can be used.
• The CaCO3 accumulates at a rate of .5–3 inches (1.25–7.5 cm) per thousand years on the bottom of the ocean after approx 10 days of sinking. (http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/wog/white-cliffs-dover)
• Running into mechanical and ecosystem problems.
1. Will the machines be able to be made large enough to make a difference?
2. If you trigger a natural bloom in the ocean, will is ruin the economy?
3. If you super load nutrients to trigger a bloom, will it? Blooms aren’t always guaranteed.
Where will the nutrients go?
How much money did you waste?
• White cliffs like those of Dover (but smaller) are also found on the Danish islands of Møn and Langeland or the coasts of the island of Rügen in Germany. (Wikipedia)
• Different types of mineralization happen on different species of coccoliths.
o Most of the mineralization happens in the ER or the cells.
o The cells have a special ER and mitochondria to be able to mineralize
• Coccoliths are easy to culture.
•
It's crazy how scared the children are thinking they are going to die from global warming. Parents watch horror movies with kids to explain the circumstances. Shouldn't they do the same for such controversial documentaries as "An Inconvenient Truth?" These poor kids have it drilled in their brain that the world is going to end in one big firey heep. when confronted with the other opinion, they quickly dismissed it. Where is the education on what humanity is doing right or what we can do to stop this from progressing farther? If you do not give kids hope, they are not going to do things any different than us. They will continue to believe what the media tells them if parents don't take the effort to do their own research, talk with their children, and encourage them to delve deeper into the topic at hand besides what is fed to them via television.
ReplyDeleteI found the children's responses interesting. They were well aware that global warming was an issue, but they were thoroughly convinced that it was dire and pressing. I think that says a lot about how the media have hyped the problem and whipped everyone into a frenzy. A lot of times our culture and our media get caught up in blaming one another, and in looking at the worst possible scenario. I do feel that the issue is one we need to worry about, and that we need to start doing something. However I also feel that we need to look at both sides of the issue. If we are threatening those who criticize the scientists who say global warming is man made, we are only hurting ourselves. They may be able to contribute a viable solution to the problem. If they didn't have anything important to say, why would we be so worried about silencing them?
ReplyDeleteI was surprised at how readily the children answered questions concerning global warming. I wonder how long it took to find a small group of children that had been so predisposed to the issue, or if all children share those beliefs. I find it hard to believe that the majority of children think and feel that same way, because a lot of parents don't even buy into it.
ReplyDeleteStevie Campbell's comment was really interesting, which mentioned that these catastrophic predictions leave little hope for the future. Many people think that the scare tactic is affective, because it scares us into making changes. However, if we make the problem look so huge, it will seem too big for us to control, and thus people may think that none of their efforts would be enough to really help anything.
Wow. It was really interesting and suprising to see how the children responded to this issue. In a way it makes sense because as older generations begin to realize their mistakes, the younger ones, who will deal with the consequenses, are being overly educated about it. I think it has everything to do with education and less to do with the parents telling their children about it. Lacey stated that she doesn't feel majority of children would think and feel that way because most of their parents don't buy into it, which is probably true, but this is probably being drilled into them in school, more so than at home. Very interesting to see though, I wonder how they will impact the future.
ReplyDeleteI also found the childrens reactions to Global Warming pretty interesting. At first I assumed the producers probably just picked the few students who were overly concerned with global warming to appear in the segment in order to bolster their argument. But then they showed the video of the little girl standing behind the adult as an oncoming train races towards them and I really sort of began to understand why these kids feel as though the end of the world is eminent. Popular media outlets have really driven this idea into these childrens heads, that global warming will eventually lead to armageddon and the video of the little girl standing in front of a train is just disturbing. A young child's brain processes that as though global climate change is the equivalent to standing in front of oncoming train and letting it hit you when that is definitely not the true reality of it. I think the media should really be careful before they put these images like a young girl getting hit by a train out there and expect that young children will be educated enough to understand the metaphor.
ReplyDeleteYou're comment is interesting, Billy, because I had a different reaction to the train piece. I viewed it as grown-ups (those responsible for industrial development) stepping aside at the last minute to leave it to future generations to solve the problem. Essentially that's what we're doing by not acting now. Stevie's comment is right on target - kids will only be traumatized by climate change, or 9/11, or any other media report if their parents and teachers don't take time to explain that they are not in danger personally. To me, the media are the source of the anxiety. My daughter knows about climate change, but she also knows what needs to be done to solve the problem.
ReplyDelete