2009+Alexa-Rae+M.

Alexa-Rae's page Hii my names Alexa-Rae Morin I have brown hair and green eyes.i love to shop! i am what you call a shopaholic. My weakness are shoes. I also love to dance im on my high school dance team and we just won States! I love old fashion photos i think there soo pretty i wish i was born in the 30's i like that style.After i graduate im going to Paul Mitchell to go into hair dressing. i also want to help behind or on the runways haha. and hopefully Paul Mitchell will help make my dreams come true.

 ** Global warming ** is when the temperature in the earth rises making the ice melt and the sea to become higher. Global warming also has effects of the weather like storms that cause damages to homes and towns will become more frequent due the the warmth. **Climate change** is when the green house effect takes place. plants and animals will die due to chemical fumes that we creat with our gas and cars. Science is around us all the time. i think science is very important because it gives you answers. what im hearing from the media is about the mother who gave birth to 8 children and who already has 6. Some people blame it on the doctors for this and say that they planted this or they can could have provented this with all the science and tecnology they have.

**WHY SHOULD WE CARE?** Why shouldnt we care is my question? the cause of Global Warming is like a rippil effect. If it effects one thing it will effect another! 1) Polar bears and other animals will be effected because of global warming the ice is melting and the sea is growing making it harder for the polar bears to get to the seals that can swim in large waters for long periods of time unlike the polar bears.with out this food they try to adapt but some become cannobolistic and take there lives. 2) Not only dos Global Warming effect the lands but it effects the seas too.The coral reef is bleached.not that they put bleach in the ocean but its dying. The once viberent colors now changed into a hard white shell. The coral reef acts as a wall to protect the land from its harsh seas, but because its dying the water soon will take over our land and homes will be distroyed and the food and healthy water supply would be lacking. And soon the seas will drown the crops and plants that people use for food supply creating a swamp that attracts infectious bugs that cause illness or death. 3) Alot of people love to eat sea food and animals like to eat it as well. Polar bears main source of food are seals and seals main sours of food is plankton. Plankton are little tiny bacteria, and not all bacteria are bad but because the coral are dying and the constent oil spills and polution in the air and sea bad bacteria rolls in and when the fish eat that it hits a chain reaction and soon we will be all sick! we would have another food recall. 4) If Global warming gets stronger and soon animals like the Polar bear will need to adapt if they can. So than what would we call them warm bear? There fur would be gone,there skin wouldnt have alot of fat anymore to protect them from the cold they would sweat all the time. The bluber that they have they wouldnt need. so could you emagine what they would look like? and if polar bears need to adapt than shouldnt humans? What would become of us and what would we look like?

__** CARBON CYCLE!!!!!!!!  [|Carbon cycle-] **__ carbon and oxygen make up carbondioxide wich is taken from the air to make food for plants. when animals eat the plants there getting the energy that the sun helped with to make the carbondioxide. when animals eat other animals they also get the nutriton they need. now once plants and animals die there almost recycled the plants like wood leaves and decay bring them to the carbon that was passed to the ground. which is soon released from the ground into the air making the cycle. As the lion king said "We are all apart of the great circle of life". [|Carbon sink]** - **is removed from the cycle almost held captive for long periods of time.carbon sinks are plants the ocean and soil that suck up the carbon some of this carbon they take is ther food source or what they use for decay.But because of deforestation not alot of the carbon is being taken which dosnt help us out in the end. them wich gos into the soil. ||
 * __Carbon source__ **-is what adds carbon dioxcide to the atmosphere.its the first step in the carbon cycle. its a source such as carbondioxide thats takin from the air and given to plants and water.
 * __ Greenhouse Gases __**- Carbon dioxide is a gas that drops heat in the atmoshere. earth would be a frozen waste land is greenhouse wasnt in effect.But because humans burn so much fuel, now theres about 30% more carbon dioxide in the air today than there was about 150 years ago.
 * __ Fossil fuels __**-each time we exhale we release carbon dioxide (co2) animals and plants get rid of it threw resperation they take it in as ther food source and without plants like trees it would be very difficult for us to breath. when humans burn fossil fuels to power factories,power plants, cars, trucks, most of carbon quickly enters the atmosphere.
 * CARBON SOURCE(+) || CARBON SINK(-) ||
 * carbon dioxide is food for plants that give off oxygen || when animals and plants die they bring their carbon with
 * cars and power plants push the carbon dioxide into the air || trees and plants and the sea take the carbon and give us oxygen ||
 * green house gas makes the earth warmer || animals and plants get rid of the carbon thre respiration ||
 * burning wood || planting trees ||
 * burning plastic, making plastic || turn off tv, computures, lights use cold water for things once in a while ||

CARBON FOOTPRINT-(**Your carbon footprint is the sum of all emissions of CO2) co2 comes from daily activities and things you use threw out the day. when your speeding in your car your burning gas and the co2 becomes higher.Using cold water when washing cloths will help, and turning off the lights when you dont need them will also help. unpluging the toaster or blow dryer and things like that when your done will reduce your carbon footprint.

__If everyone lived like me!!!__ If everyone lived like me we would need 3.2 planet earths to provide enough resources. **


 * __**ADD**__ || __**REDUCE**__ ||
 * Electric comes from a power plant || use cold water ||
 * leave the tv on || turn lights off at night ||
 * drive to the mall || car pool ||
 * leave things im not using pluged in || unplug things when done ||

HOW CAN YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE? If by just changing little habits in my carbon footprint that dosnt help the enviornment ,i would be helping the stop of global warming! __Save electricity__ - by simply just taking out plugs when i finished or turning off the lights when im done and not turning lights on in the day i would conserve energy.i have alot of electronics in my house and some have the __energy star__ on the thats good for the enviornment i could talk to my parent sbout getting more things with that logo like a dvd player, steros and computers. __Recycle__ - My family and i never really recycle bottles or cans and such but now its time to change that so the enviornment will be safe and no poor animals have to die because of a plastic accident.

How can YOU make a difference?

I believe that everyone is capabale of making a difference. If one person can take care of 3 kids on there own or one person can run a company or be one teacher against 25 kids or more you can curtenly make a difference.Never say never because the littlest thing you do will help in a big way. You can always start recycleing and if you already do than thats great! your already helping so dont say you cant. When you go to work car pool with someone or take the bus. If somethings arent that far away from were you live take a walk and breath in the new air your helping to stay clean. Imagin the changes that are already accuring because people say they cant. stop wasting time and start helping out. If you feel like you dont know what you are doing or what your trying to save join groups that your interested in like Consevation International, Wildlife Conservation Organization, Project Clear, Crest, Earthwatch, Greenpeace and many many more.Find a group nerest you! but this isnt just effecting us but animals aswell the ice caps are melting and its harder for polar bears to find food. The coral reef is dying and thats what protects us from seas drowning our land, And what chemicals are your childern breathing in today do you know?The question is not why the enviorment is changeing but what can YOU do to prevent it?