Monday, December 03, 2007

Hamad
Mr. Leverett
Summary response#2

Penguins and Global Warming

In this article “Penguins and Global warming,” by Fred Foldvary, said global warming threatens the north and south polar regions. The global warming reduces some problems which trap penguins and make it difficult from them to travel to breeding and feeding areas. He points to temperature rising and pays attention to evidence of melting glaciers, which is there for anyone to see. He said the threats to survival of the penguins were oil spills, pollution, and predators, which were killing many penguins. He talked about main problem, the warming of the climate. Penguins are dying throughout the south hemisphere. He said penguins there have to swim ever longer distances to get food, and he talked about less of krill and small shrimp and how they are unable to live on sea ice that has melted. Penguins can live in warmer climate. Nevertheless, penguins everywhere are under pressure.

There many reasons in this article why penguins will become extinct. The author talked about some main problems which cause of penguins become extinct. The first problem is the change of global warming and how that change affects of penguins. When global warming changes of the pole the temperature rises some percentage affect sea ice, and as a result, there is exchange an ice shelves, melting ice, and snow creating huge cracks and caverns. For there reasons will penguins why become extinct because of global warming, ice shelves and melting ice, and pollution.

First, the main cause of penguins becoming extinction is global warming. According to Fred Foldvary ,(2007), when it changes, temperature rises and weather and climate gets warmer. Actually when temperature rises it not only affects penguins but also human, and other species. Temperature affects sea ice to melt which produces ice shelves and some holes inside the sea which is way to kill penguins. Some problems inside sea ice are obstacles of penguins to move and find food. So, global warming is the main problem of penguins becoming extinct and everybody should care about causes of global warming and its effect.

Second, when temperature rises this produces ice shelves and melting ice. According to Foldvary ( 2007), actually temperature does not affect outside sea ice. However, it affects the inside of sea ice without us being able to see or feel it. For example, in an exchange of sea ice, visual evidence of melting glaciers and melting ice and snow create hung cracks and caverns. The result of the effect of melting ice is that penguins can not travel to find food and look for breeding and feeding areas. Ice shelves and melting both threaten penguins’ live and become them extinct.

Third, pollution is considered of cause of penguins becoming extinct. According to Foldvary (2007) some pollution which affects s penguins includes oil spills in seas and oceans which change color and the taste of water. When sea ice has some pollution, this affects the ecosystem. Water pollution affects species and plants are killing them and when they die penguins can not live without them because they depend on species. Penguins can not swim and move in sea ice that has pollution because, the oil sticks on their skin and wards it is difficult to travel or fly around seas. Pollution causes of penguins become to extinct; human should care about the effects producing water pollution and how it is dangerous for penguins’ life.

In conclusion, there are many problems this article pays attention . However, main problem that the article talked about is global warming and how the effect of temperature of sea ice results in an exchange. Temperature rising which affect sea ice and produces shelves and melting ice. Pollution is considered one of similar situation problems which affect penguins and made them extinct, especially water pollution. All causes are reasons for penguins to become extinct and everyone is responsible to care about the safely of penguins’ life and find good solutions to stop causes of penguins becoming extinct.
Reference
Foldvary, F.E (2007) Penguins and global warming. The progress Report. Retrieved December 2, 2007 from http://www.progress.org/

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