Today when I stepped outside it was cold, yet again. For the last 3 months everyday I get up to leave my car has been covered in a nice sheet of ice. This ice has made me late countless times over the weeks. I have tried everything to beat it in the morning commute battle; I bought a new scrapper, some deicer spray, and even a scrapper that sprays deicer. But still every morning it still seems to win. So my question is, when will Jack Frost leave so I can finally be on time?
On another note I recently read an article in The New York Times about coral reefs and what ruins them. The article compared the studying of the rain forest to the studying of coral reefs; this comparison gave light to how hard it is to actually pinpoint what is killing the reefs. The comparison showed that people have been studying the rain forest for years, so scientists can look at research done in years before and compare it to what they are finding now; this tremendously helps them see the changes and pinpoint the causes. But on the other hand underwater observation is relatively new so scientists don’t have past data that they can look to at; this is making it very hard to decide what is killing the reefs. Many different scenarios have been brought up such as: local factors (overfishing and pollution) and global factors (climate change and the acidification of the ocean). The article goes on the talk about specific places and how the reefs look there.
I personally think that there needs to be more research done on the reefs so that we can get down to the bottom of it and figure out what is the real thing hurting them. If we want the reefs to be around for future generations then action needs to be taken to protect them now, because time is running out and we may not have years to find the problem.
Coral Reefs and What Ruins Them. The New York Times, February 26 2008. New York Times Online. 27 February 2008<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/science/earth/26reef.html?ref=science>.
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