Blog Post #1 - Kaylee Gialamas

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/us/28climate.html

1. Would you agree that climate change is making hurricanes and other storms worse?

2. Do you think that stopping development along coastal areas will help reduce the severity of hurricanes? (last 3 paragraphs)

3. Should scientists continue to focus on the Atlantic Ocean's rising temperature or should they look elsewhere for things that could be effecting the severity of storms?

Blog Post #1 - Nick Barnett

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/us/24trout.html?_r=1&ref=invasivespecies

Questions:

1.What other possible effects could killing the trout have on the ecosystem? Could it actually end up doing more harm than good?

2. Are there other ways to save the cutthroats rather than killing the lake trout? Are there other ways to handle the trout?

3. Is human intervention in this situation sincerely to preserve the ecosystem for nature and the good of the planet, or is it actually just another way for humans to establish control in this region and fix the ecosystem for their own gain?