Students from around the world calculated their class mean and standard deviations for their footprints and posted them on our world map.
Do you see differences across the globe? If so, why do you think those differences exist?
Did you use the calculator to try to reduce your footprint down to the average from a citizen of another country? What changes would you have to make to lower your footprint in this way? Are you going to try and take some of these actions in your daily life?
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Nature
We need to protect the nature because humanity depends on it.
Agreed! According to Emily E. Adams, an author at the Earth Policy Institute, between 2000 and 2010, we lost 5.2 million hectares (2.47 acres) of forests per year. This is insane considering that forests contribute to everyone every day whether it be proving paper, filtration of water and air, or lumber for buildings and furniture. Forests have a direct impact on our lives and qualities of life, so our actions regarding destroying so many per year are pretty idiotic considering our dependence on their products.
Here are some examples of how climate change affects animals. These examples were found in an article called "Climate Change - effects on Animals, Birdlife, and plants" https://www.climateandweather.net/globa … imals.html. The carbon increase causes birds to lay their eggs earlier in the year, which can mess up their growth. Because the temperatures are rising, Plants bloom earlier, and mammals like bears are come out of hibernation sooner. As many species migrate towards the poles to the colder temperatures, prey and predators are being distributed unevenly, which leaves some animals with no food. As the temperatures increase, birds are either migrating and arriving at their nesting grounds earlier, or the birds don’t even leave anymore because the temperature is viable for the year round. As they stop migrating, the predators of these birds no longer have food to hunt since they never migrated. As one animal changes its patterns, all the other organisms in the food chain are affected, even if they are connected indirectly.