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This article addresses the issue of climate change, and more specifically how it's making one lake, Lake Esieh, behave. When the air heats up, carbon dioxide will usually release from the ground and float up into the atmosphere, but this lake acted differently, as it was shooting up blasts of methane into the air. One scientist even caught it on fire to show how dangerous and flammable the gas really is. This is the first lake that anyone has seen to behave this way, but many researchers are worried that more lakes will begin to act like this, thus releasing more methane and making our already poor climate change even worse. We are still not sure how this caused, but are making attempts so we can stop this even worsening global warming.
I like this article because it is very factual. It tells about a group of scientists camping out and conducting experiments on various arctic lakes. The author is clearly stating proven information, so we are not really being swayed one way or the other. I know this was a strange article to choose for a history class, but it really stood out to me and definitely could have a big impact on our future. Who knows? Maybe the lake will release immense amounts of methane and change life as we know it! That's the wonderful thing about science. There's no telling what could come next.
Anyway, I think that global warming is a very debated but serious issue that all should be aware of, and I'm glad this article could shine a light onto a fact that many are so unaware of.
Chloe Meinershagen - This is just plain awful, I just don't understand how people can sit around saying "fake news" while flammable gases are being omitted from LAKES. At this point we should all move to mars. I don't know how to fix it, but it sure would help if everyone believed in the issue being an issue.
ReplyDeleteThat makes sense, Chloe. The more people that know about this, the more likely it is to get fixed. Also, I think that this was a really good article to write a post about. It may not seem like history now, but like you said, we don't know what could happen. If we know about it now, maybe a dangerous future could be prevented.
ReplyDeleteRose Tharp - I don't understand how people ignore such obvious science. It's getting warmer, and it shouldn't be. Whether it's happening the way people say or not, it should have an eye kept on it.
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