BIOL 2650 Extra Credit: 10 points Fall 2007

Watch either of the Strange Days on Planet Earth videos and complete the following assignment. Your finished assignment should be at least one page, typed. I expect a thoughtful response, not a hurried one, for 10 points.  Due Last day of Class- Dec 10.

Predators  (Vol. 2):  Explain the chain of events and the results in all of the major examples given in the video- Lake Guri, Venezuela; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; and the coral reefs in the Caribbean Ocean.  What experiment is being tried off the island of Santa Lucia, and what are the results?

 

One Degree Factor   (Vol. 1) : Summarize the changes and the suspected causes that have been observed in all of the major examples- Brooks Range Caribou herd, zooplankton populations in the Pacific Ocean, tide pools in California, human health and coral reefs in the Caribbean.