Grade 8
Informational, PersuasiveWritingWe often don’t think about the bottom of the world, but there are animals that live there that are fighting for their lives. Global warming is rapidly changing the Arctic. Humans constantly harm the environment with factories and machines. These factories cause harmful chemicals to enter into the air, which goes up into the atmosphere, causing the Arctic ice to melt.
According to Christine Evans, a researcher and graduate student at Columbia University, “Some species, like Emperor and Adélie penguins, are considered to be ‘Ice Loving’ or ice dependent.” This means that these species of penguins rely on ice to survive and with all the chemical interference their natural habitat is in danger.
“Antarctic penguins are among the species at the frontlines of global warming,” says Molly Michelson, senior media producer at the California Academy of Sciences. New genetic research published this week in Scientific Reports finds that some penguins will fare better than others. A team of British scientists studied Gentoo, Adélie, and Chinstrap penguins that overlap around the Antarctic Peninsula. The Adélie and Emperor penguins are failing because they depend on shrimp for most of their diet, while other penguins are able to adapt. Christine Evans says, “Krill are tiny shrimp-like crustaceans that act as keystone species in Antarctica, meaning that they are critical to ecosystem functioning, but a 2010 study found that the density of krill populations has declined eighty percent since 1970. This is due to a variety of factors, including over-harvesting, sea ice loss, and ocean warming and acidification.”
Even penguins that aren’t as dependent are dying due to the population of krill declining. And with krill being the main source of food for penguins, they are dying of starvation.
Overall humans are doing disastrous things with their natural instinct to make a bunch of worthless stuff, sell it, and mass-produce everything. People need to find a better way to make stuff that doesn’t also harm the environment in the process.
¡Caos en Antártica! ¡Millones de pingüinos muertos!
Nosotros no pensamos del parte inferior del mundo, pero hay animales que viven allí que están peleando por sus vidas. Calentamiento global está cambiando el ártico rápidamente. Humanos constantemente dañan el ambiente con factorías y máquinas. Estas factorías causan químicos dañinos que entren el aire, causando el hielo del ártico que se derrite.
Según Christine Evans, una investigadora y estudiante licenciado en la Universidad de Colombia, “Unos especies, como el pingüino emperador y adélie son considerados de ser ‘amorosos del hielo’ o dependiente del hielo.” Esto quiere decir que estos especies de pingüinos dependen en el hielo para sobrevivir y con todo la interferencia de químicos su naturaleza está en daño.
“Pingüinos de antártica son unos de los especies que son más afectado por el calentamiento global,” dice Molly Michelson, productor senior de medios en la Academia de ciencias de California. Nuevo investigaciones genética publicado este semana en Informes científica encuentra que unos pingüinos van a sobrevivir mejor que otros. Un equipo de científicos británicos estudiaron los pingüinos gentoo, adélie, y chinstrap que se superponen en la península de antártica. Los pingüinos adélie y emperador están fallando porque dependen en camarones para la mayoría de sus dietas; otros tipos de pingüinos pueden adaptar. Christine Evans dice, “Krill resemblan a los camarones y actúan como uno de los mas importante especies en la función de la sistema ecológica de antártica. Pero un estudio de 2010 encontró la densidad de la populación de krill se ha bajado ochenta porciento desde 1970. Esto es resulto por una variedad de factores, incluyendo cosechas excesivas, perdida de hielo marino, y calentamiento del mar y acidificación.”
Pingüinos que no son tan dependiente están muriendo porque la populación de krill está fallando. Y con krill siendo la fuente principal de comida para pingüinos, se están muriendo de hambre.
En conjunto, humanos están haciendo cosas horribles con su instinto natural para creer cosas sin valor, venderlo, y producir todo de mas. La gente necesita que encontrar una manera mejor para creer cosas que no daña al ambiente en el proceso.
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