Thursday, November 17, 2016

Greenland's Melting

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People argue all the time about how the ocean ice is melting and it will rise water levels, but that's not what causes the rise. The ice in the ocean, floating in the water, is made to melt. The problem with it melting at this point though is that the ice has reduced significantly and is causing climate changes over Greenland. The summer temperature have extended into the mid September and the ice has more layers melting, in result then raising water levels. Greenland's ice is now down to only 1/3 of its ice in layers. Not to mention, in 2011-2014 Greenland lost a total of 1 trillion tons of ice. Computer models used data to predict future models of the country and there is a soon possibility that they may become ice-free.

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Cannibalism

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Ever get too stressed out and start to eat constantly? Well these Gonatus squid have a super high metabolism, topping all other cephalopods. They grow fast and have to constantly eat so this cannibalistic feature actually gives them an advantage because it eliminates competition and to them is another food source. Their diet is 42% other squid, according to a study of 109 videos of them eating. These squid only reproduce once in their lifetime before dying off, but the female produces between 2000 to 3000 eggs. When they aren't eating their own family, you can catch them eating lanternfish and owlfish.