Global Warming is a climate change in the atmosphere of the Earth. It is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere generally attributed to the green house effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, CFCs, and other pollutants.  It is believed by many people that humans are causing this change and are slowly killing the Earth because global warming hurts many people, animals, and plants. Many people also believe that humans are causing Polar Bears to go extinct because glaciers are melting because of global warming. 

           The greenhouse effect makes the earth appropriate for people to live on. If we didn’t have greenhouse gasses, then either the world would be freezing or would be burning hot. Even though the greenhouse effect makes the earth able to have people living on it, if there are too many gases, the earth can get unusually warmer and many plants, animals, and people can die because of this! You definitely do not want this to happen! People and animals would die because there would be less food for animals, like cows and grass, and therefore less food for us! Everyone could die of hunger!

           Greenhouse gasses are gasses that collect heat and light from the sun. If there are too many greenhouse gasses in the air, then the earth’s atmosphere would get too hot. People, animals, and plants would die because of the heat. Global warming makes the sea rise and cover low land islands. Global Warming also kills life in oceans.

          I think humans are contributing to global warming but are not the main reason of global warming. Humans contribute because of the pollution they cause. Things such as electricity (light, T.V., using a hair dryer, etc.), riding in a car, using a microwave, etc. cause global warming. When garbage is burned in landfills, it sends greenhouse gasses into the air.

               Many people simply believe that global warming is natural and the Earth is actually cooling. Many people believe polar bears will not go extinct and humans aren’t a big cause of global warming! It is natural for the climate to change and temperatures will fall not rise!

Which side are you in the argument? I believe that humans are not the only cause of global warming, but we can still help!

GO GREEN!!!!

Want to know more about global warming? TO DORK OUT Use:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1206_041206_global_warming.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/global_warming.htm

http://www.greatglobalwarming.com/

I thought some of you might be wondering what global warming is and how it relates to YOU! Well you can watch these videos to find out! The first one is also on Mr. Ullrich's Blog! HAVE FUN!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJAbATJCugs

Short video about Global Warming:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InUJR40Ggtw&feature=related

MARS

Mars is worth exploring because it has a slight possibility that it can support life and humans can live there on day. This is because Mars might have frozen water under its surface. There is a lot of effort for exploration on Mars and people are trying to find a way to go to Mars to try to make it suitable for human life. In my opinion, it would be great if life on Mars succeeded, but it will take a very long time and is pretty unlikely because of the money it takes to do everything and also the way of getting to Mars. Scientists believe that Mars was very similar to earth with oceans and rivers long before humans.

Mars is the fourth planet in our solar system. It has a reddish appearance. It has a thin atmosphere and is similar to Earth in some ways. It has two moons Phobos and Deimos. They are very small and irregularly shaped. Mars is mostly made up of red soil, and rock. It is a terrestrial planet. It is less dense than earth but it’s surface area is only a little less than Earth’s amount of dry land.  It has a lot of interesting terrain including a mountain/volcano called Olympus Mons. Olympus Mons rises 24 km or 78,000 feet above the surrounding plain. It’s base is more than 500km in diameter and it’s cliff/rim is 6km or 20,000 high. It takes Mars 24 hours and 39 minutes to rotate on its axis and 686.971 Earth days or 1.8808 Earth years to fully revolve around the sun.

Cool Facts:

1. Mars was named after the Roman God of war, Mars.

2. If humans were to come to Mars, it could be terraformed (the climate, surface, and properties of Mars would become habitable by humans and other life).  This is how it would look like!

3.  Mars is sometimes referred as the Red Planet.

4. The name of the month March comes from the planet Mars.

Mars distance from Earth varies. Both planets travel around elliptical orbits that are not very synchronized, so they are constantly getting closer together and farther apart.

How was it discovered: Mars is a lot like Venus, it is very bright and very easily seen in the night sky. We do not know who actually discovered Mars. Scientists most likely observed it and figured out it was a planet. However, Mars moons were discovered. In 1877, Asaph Hall spotted the two moons and named them.

Feel free to dork-out and read up about very interesting facts about Mars! Use this website: http://nineplanets.org/mars.html

 Welcome to Kush's Blog! 

My name is Kush. I am part of Mr. Ullrich's Period 3/4 Earth Science Class. Some things about my self are that:

1) My favorite subjects are Math and Science.

2) My favorite sports are tennis and swimming.

3) My favorite types of food are Mexican and Japanese.

4) My favorite sports team are the Yankees.url://4BA30F81-44E6-4E0B-BC49-DB7B21556996/1258.gif" />

5) I like traveling, using the computer, playing video games, watching movies, playing with my dog, and playing outside. 

6) I have a dog named Niko. This dog looks almost identical to him: 

7) Places in the US I have traveled to include Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Atlanta Georgia, Florida, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Texas, Michigan, Ohio, Kansas, Missouri, Las Vegas, and California.

Map of all the states in the US I have traveled to. (Shaded state indicates that I have been there)

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Countries I have traveled to, include Canada, India, Mexico, Kenya, China, Costa Rica, and the UK. 

8) I have 8 doctors in my close family.

9) I'm Indian.

10) I'm short but awesome!!

11) I think EARTH SCIENCE rocks!!

12) I like to edit stuff on the computer such as blogs so check back later!!

13) I had to write this stuff over about 3 times already.

14) I tend to put a lot of information on my blog. (and write too much) 

15) I find Science really interesting so I'll be happy to put up anything you guys say too!!! :)



SO ANYWAY! Check back on my blog later because I'll surely be putting up more!!