Part I: Individual Assignment
Name:
__Bezawit Belew
Article Title:
___The Ocean's Invisible Forest
Author/Source:
____PAUL G. FALKOWSKI
A: List the major ideas, concepts or key points- point by
point
B. Summarize the AUTHOR’s main point or idea- at LEAST paragraph The main point of the article to inform how phytoplankton can be used to reduce CO2 from forming
carbonic acid in the ocean, which keeps the ocean from being acidic. Phytoplankton have a great reproducing rate than land plants, In contrast, land plants must have enough energy to build themselves, it'll take them approximately 20 years, but phytoplankton cells divide every six days in average. scientists want to produce more phytoplankton artificially so they can control and reduce what is everybody's headache increasing of CO2 and one of it's effects, ocean acidification by minimizing the input of carbon dioxide in the ocean. But what isn't unpredictable is the consequence
of the artificial stimuli, weather it has a negative effect on the natural marine ecosystem.
C: Write a reaction paragraph to the article stating your own thoughts on the topic, using
specific citations from the article to support your views
From my point of view the fact that there is a natural controlling factor for CO2 is an amazing fact. Besides not only that but phytoplankton are really fast when reproducing and have an enormous effect in trapping and consuming carbon dioxide, by doing that they reduce ocean acidification from happening easily as a result helps ocean life to keep its natural being and decrease extinction, which in one way or another has a huge effect on the whole ecosystem and us, as one part of the ecosystem and consumers. Given the fact they are really advantageous, if we take them for granted and think that things we don won't affect them, there is no reason for them to not stop functioning properly, then again if we try to fertilize them artificially, we might have a better chance in controlling their population and the carbon they use, but we don't know what it might do to the natural life, it might as well not work. So in my opinion we should just keep as it is and take care of them by watching our actions, naturally not artificially.
So What?
Phytoplankton are creature with multi-use that will help make human life easier, but their artificial production might result harm to nature
Says Who?
PAUL G. FALKOWSKI
ocean biology scientists
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
What if..?
phytoplankton were extinct? Would people take care of them after realizing their use, or would they reproduce them artificially in spite the imbalance they create in nature?
What Does This Remind Me Of?
This reminds me of generally how we use plants, rather than using them alive or replacing them when we destroy them we use them after killing them which is deforestation, reason for carbon rising.
Name:
__Bezawit Belew
Article Title:
___The Ocean's Invisible Forest
Author/Source:
____PAUL G. FALKOWSKI
A: List the major ideas, concepts or key points- point by
point
- oxygenic photosynthesis works only in the presence of chlorophyll A
- Measurement of ratio of blue green light leaving the oceans can indicate chlorophyll
and phytoplankton - Phytoplankton incorporate approximately 45-50 billion metric to ns of organic carbon into the
cells - Phytoplankton draw nearly as much co2 out of the atmosphere and oceans through photosynthesis as all land plants combined
- Reproduce much faster than plants on lands
- Biological Pump is a process in which phytoplankton remove co2 from surface waters and store it in deep ocean
- Burning fossils returns co2 to the atmosphere about million times faster than other means
- Artificially enhancing phytoplankton growth will have inevitable but unpredictable consequences on natural marine ecosystem.
B. Summarize the AUTHOR’s main point or idea- at LEAST paragraph The main point of the article to inform how phytoplankton can be used to reduce CO2 from forming
carbonic acid in the ocean, which keeps the ocean from being acidic. Phytoplankton have a great reproducing rate than land plants, In contrast, land plants must have enough energy to build themselves, it'll take them approximately 20 years, but phytoplankton cells divide every six days in average. scientists want to produce more phytoplankton artificially so they can control and reduce what is everybody's headache increasing of CO2 and one of it's effects, ocean acidification by minimizing the input of carbon dioxide in the ocean. But what isn't unpredictable is the consequence
of the artificial stimuli, weather it has a negative effect on the natural marine ecosystem.
C: Write a reaction paragraph to the article stating your own thoughts on the topic, using
specific citations from the article to support your views
From my point of view the fact that there is a natural controlling factor for CO2 is an amazing fact. Besides not only that but phytoplankton are really fast when reproducing and have an enormous effect in trapping and consuming carbon dioxide, by doing that they reduce ocean acidification from happening easily as a result helps ocean life to keep its natural being and decrease extinction, which in one way or another has a huge effect on the whole ecosystem and us, as one part of the ecosystem and consumers. Given the fact they are really advantageous, if we take them for granted and think that things we don won't affect them, there is no reason for them to not stop functioning properly, then again if we try to fertilize them artificially, we might have a better chance in controlling their population and the carbon they use, but we don't know what it might do to the natural life, it might as well not work. So in my opinion we should just keep as it is and take care of them by watching our actions, naturally not artificially.
So What?
Phytoplankton are creature with multi-use that will help make human life easier, but their artificial production might result harm to nature
Says Who?
PAUL G. FALKOWSKI
ocean biology scientists
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
What if..?
phytoplankton were extinct? Would people take care of them after realizing their use, or would they reproduce them artificially in spite the imbalance they create in nature?
What Does This Remind Me Of?
This reminds me of generally how we use plants, rather than using them alive or replacing them when we destroy them we use them after killing them which is deforestation, reason for carbon rising.