Thursday, September 24, 2015

Blog due on 9/30

El Nino and Texas- wonder why it rained and flooded so much back in May???

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/godzilla-el-nino-could-bring-cold-and-very-wet-win/nnKjf/

also check out http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/ for more info (yes, the govt does have an ENTIRE WEBSITE  devoted to this one phenomenon)

Reply in the 3-2-1 format

Monday, September 21, 2015

Blog due on 9/23

Human activities and the nitrogen cycle

http://phys.org/news/2014-06-humans-derailed-nitrogen-track.html

Post your 3-2-1 response to this article on your own blog

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Blog due on 9/16

First Blog of the year! Connecting land and sea ecosystems- bet you had no idea that the type of trees on a beach could affect the number for manta rays in the area...

http://e360.yale.edu/feature/the_vital_chain_connecting_the_ecosystems_of_land_and_sea/2529/

reply in the 3-2-1 format:

·            A) 3 things you found out from the article (summary of the important stuff)
·            B) 2 ways this applies to Environmental Science
·            C) 1 question you now have after reading the article

Blog due 8/31

 How are birds, hotel construction, and coral reefs all linked together? https://e360.yale.edu/features/the_vital_chain_connecting_the_ecosy...