tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66949376619574645962024-03-13T10:29:16.849-07:00Environmental Biology Blog!Juan Certionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03943801250580583018noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694937661957464596.post-8029816305153836172010-12-12T12:10:00.000-08:002010-12-12T12:10:45.481-08:00Silkwood<img height="150" src="https://reich-chemistry.wikispaces.com/file/view/154840__silkwood_l.jpg/32309729/154840__silkwood_l.jpg" width="200" /> The movie Silkwood was about a company that was producing dangerous chemicals such as plutonium. A woman by the the name of Karen Silkwood become aware of the unethical issues that were going on at the chemical plant she was working at. Being that the company knew they were producing chemicals that were harmful to the environment and the workers , which caused many of them to leave the plants or have the chemicals painfully scrubbed off of them. Karen Silkwood later died in a car accident.<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="background-color: #38761d;"><span style="background-color: white;">The organism I chose to do my ecological niche on is the beaver. In a beavers ecological niche, one might find trees branches, ponds , and other organisms (foxes, coyotes, and wolves) near wetlands. Beavers use the trees as a sources of nutrients while their dam building provides as a habit for other organisms in a niche; such as fish, frogs. and water plants. Overall, the ecological niche of a beaver is define as providing habitat for other animals through their dam building as well being prey for other</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> animals.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><br />
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The Marine Biology Lab in Woods Hole was started in 1888 as a non-profit organization. Over the years there has been has been a transition of the sciences that were being studied there. When the MBL opened its main focus only biology, today there are much more fields they study ( microbiology, molecular evolution, neurobiology, and infectious diseases. This building is used by students to research biomedical and environmental issues.Juan Certionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03943801250580583018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694937661957464596.post-38003736688703504282010-08-31T12:27:00.000-07:002010-08-31T12:27:10.533-07:00Butterfly EffectThe Butterfly Effect refers to how one small variable can effect a giant system. For example, this theory is called the Butterfly effect because it is believed that the air from a butterfly wings causes heavy winds and ultimately a tornado. This Idea was created by the a meteorologist Edward Lorenz who was testing his principle if Seagulls wing movements change the weather.<br />
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