BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY!!!

                Today in Mr. Schick’s class we continued our environmental change PowerPoint. The first thing that showed up on the screen was my favorite scientist; Bill Nye the Science Guy. Goofily grinning, it was a picture of his younger self with some bullet points on the side talking about who he was and what he does. The next slide had a video link on it (YouTube, why are there so many Viagra commercials on your ad stream? It’s driving Mr. Schick insane!). The video talked about how temperature increase is affected by humans, the supporting facts behind these points, and what it does to the environment. At the end, Bill talked about what everyone can do to help, and even named some that I’d never heard of like not eating as much meat. The next couple of slides covered the main points of the video, and we took notes on these. There was a nice pie chart that showed the different percentages of gases that make up greenhouse gases. CO2 made up 82%, while methane being second at 10%. You’re probably asking, “why is methane a big factor”? Apparently the large amounts of animals (especially cows) on the planet, if you’ll excuse the pun, beefing it up, are creating large amounts of methane which then become part of the greenhouse gas layer. This is why Bill said to eat less meat. Remember, less demand equals less supply. The temperature rise of the Earth affects the ocean the most due to the ocean’s generally stable temperature. Rising temperatures also raise acidity, which is an important factor when it comes to the ocean. Life in the water for animals with the exception of few must maintained stable or the animals will die and the ecosystem will collapse. Oceans are also rising due to the polar caps melting, also upsetting the natural balance.