SCI 115 Week 10 Discussion
Post your original "primary post" of at least 125 words for one of the following three bulleted items. Also, reply to a fellow student on any topic.
- View Dr. Cox's video on climate change and Bergman's rule (10 minutes) in the Instructor Insights area. (A) Describe two things you learned from the video. (B) What type of evidence would you accept as evidence of genetic evolution?
- Read two of the following articles: Briggs (2016); Dussault(2016); Zimmer (2016). (A) In your own words summarize the basic story that the articles have in common. (B) Of the two articles you read, which of them do you prefer? Why?
- Read the article by Miller (2013) about the impact of early melting of mountain snowpackon fish in fresh-water rivers of Arizona. (A) What are the consequences of early melting on the lifecycle of river dwelling fish? (B) Which of these do you think poses the greatest threat to fish?
References.
Briggs, H. (2016, May 13). Shrinking bird pays the bill for Arctic warming. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36266692
Dussault, J. (2016, May 12). Climate change chould be shrinking these arctic birds. The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved from http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0512/Climate-change-could-be-shrinking-these-Arctic-birds
Miller, S. (2013) Early snowmelt could mean disaster for river ecosystems. Retrieved from http://www.southwestclimatechange.org/feature-articles/river-ecosystems
Zimmer, C. (2016, May 12). Climate change and the case of the shrinking red knots. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/science/climate-change-bird-red-knots.html?_r=0
Zimmer, C. (2016, May 12). Climate change and the case of the shrinking red knots. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/science/climate-change-bird-red-knots.html?_r=0
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