EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI AND NUCLEAR CRISIS last update march 29 of 2011

This article is about what is happening in Japan right now. On March 11, 2011, an earthquake of 9.0 magnitude and a tsunami hit the country of Japan; this earthquake has been the strongest in Japan so far. As a consequence of the earthquake, many people died and disappeared. From March 21 to March 29 there has been a nuclear crisis in Fukuchima, Japan. This crisis has developed many problems in the country because some reactors were affected by the tsunami and the water is being polluted by the reactors. The main problem is that this polluted water is going to some parts of Japan. The most dangerous reactor is reactor #3 because since March 21 the reactor has a hole, and because of the hole the reactor, which should be cold, is very hot and factory workers cannot find a way of cooling it down. This nuclear crisis is the biggest nuclear crisis that any country has had for decades.

This article interested me because this is a crisis and is known around the world. People in Japan need help and we need to help them because we never know if some time we will need help. This article also interested me because I saw many news before writing this article and every where organizations are asking for money for support and to pray for Japan, so I found connections with it. For example, last week a teacher at our school invited students to get together in her room and offer prayers for Japan, and in JMUN we also collected money to donate to help Japan overcome this crisis.

This article has connections with my life because I belong to a program that helps people in sickness and in crisis and we are collecting money to send to Japan. I like to help people and I like that people know about crises and how they can help other people.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/japan/index.html

New Zealand Earthquake Spurs Giant Glacier Collapse

On 22 of February, 2011 there was a 6.3 earthquake in New Zealand. This earthquake made the Tasman glacier, located in a lake, break. The earthquake lasted for one minute and had an aftershock a one-minute. Scientists think that the glacier broke because in the past days it had been raining and that made the water level of the lake go up. The increase in the water level made the glacier unstable so when the earthquake came it made the glacier break. The glacier probably had a crack before the earthquake, and this contributed to the loss of a big piece of the glacier. When the block if ice fell in the water, it made many waves, which were about 3 meters tall, and lasted for about 30 minutes.

I found this article interesting because this is something that is happening and it can happen again in another place. I think that is article is important because the global worming is making many glacier brake and know also the earthquakes braking the glacier, that means that in some point we will not have glaciers.

This article makes connections with science because the glaciers are important to science and to our world but people are making them melt with pollution.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/02/110223-new-zealand-earthquake-glaciers-icebergs-world-christchurch/

New Zealand Earthquake Spurs Giant Glacier Collapse

On 22 of February, 2011 there was a 6.3 earthquake in New Zealand. This earthquake made the Tasman glacier, located in a lake, break. The earthquake lasted for one minute and had an aftershock a one-minute. Scientists think that the glacier broke because in the past days it had been raining and that made the water level of the lake go up. The increase in the water level made the glacier unstable so when the earthquake came it made the glacier break. The glacier probably had a crack before the earthquake, and this contributed to the loss of a big piece of the glacier. When the block if ice fell in the water, it made many waves, which were about 3 meters tall, and lasted for about 30 minutes.

I found this article interesting because this is something that is happening and it can happen again in another place. I think that is article is important because the global worming is making many glacier brake and know also the earthquakes braking the glacier, that means that in some point we will not have glaciers.

This article makes connections with science because the glaciers are important to science and to our world but people are making them melt with pollution.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/02/110223-new-zealand-earthquake-glaciers-icebergs-world-christchurch/

New Zealand Earthquake Spurs Giant Glacier Collapse

On 22 of February, 2011 there was a 6.3 earthquake in New Zealand. This earthquake made the Tasman glacier, located in a lake, break. The earthquake lasted for one minute and had an aftershock a one-minute. Scientists think that the glacier broke because in the past days it had been raining and that made the water level of the lake go up. The increase in the water level made the glacier unstable so when the earthquake came it made the glacier break. The glacier probably had a crack before the earthquake, and this contributed to the loss of a big piece of the glacier. When the block if ice fell in the water, it made many waves, which were about 3 meters tall, and lasted for about 30 minutes.

I found this article interesting because this is something that is happening and it can happen again in another place. I think that is article is important because the global worming is making many glacier brake and know also the earthquakes braking the glacier, that means that in some point we will not have glaciers.

This article makes connections with science because the glaciers are important to science and to our world but people are making them melt with pollution.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/02/110223-new-zealand-earthquake-glaciers-icebergs-world-christchurch/

Health Minister confirms cases of cholera in Venezuela

This article is about the Cholera in Venezuela that was discovered on the 26 of January of 2011. the Cholera got to Venezuela because a family went on a wedding to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and got Cholera in the Dominican Republic, and brood it to venezuela. There are 21 cases confirmed on Caracas.

This article interest me because we studied diseases the last quarter and is important to know were there are dangerous diseases.

This article makes connection with live because we live in Venezuela and we nee to be carful because the disease is spreading very fast and this is something new in Venezuela and it can have dangerous things.

http://english.eluniversal.com/2011/01/26/en_pol_esp_health-minister-conf_26A5051731.shtml

Carbon counting is good for business

The article Carbon counting is good for business explains that since companies in the UK produce lots of greenhouse emissions, the government has created a law that asks companies to measure the emissions produced and create a report. This law has had a positive impact on the UK because companies are now controlling the use of energy and production of greenhouse emissions, which contributes to protecting the environment. If the company produces more than a certain amount of emissions they have to pay a fine. If the company doesn't have the money to pay the fine, it has to give the company to the government until they pay the money.

This article was interesting because I didn't know that this was happening in the UK. I think all governments should do the same as is done in the UK, especially in the countries that produce the most greenhouse emissions. By measuring greenhouse emissions produced by companies, we could protect our world and clean it from air pollutants.

This article makes connections with our world because if we don't take measures, all the air can get polluted and we will get sick and die. Another connection is that if we control greenhouse emissions, we are helping our world to be pollution-free.

This article was written on the 30th of November 2010 and the link is:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11881663

Asia to Africa, or Vice Versa: New Clues to Primates’ Origins

this article is about the investigation in primates. they have found that it may be that the primates have started on asia and move to africa or that it started on africa and then they move to asia. they need more clues. the found 2 fossils from about 38 million years ago and there were found on southern libya. they thing that one of the anthropoids is similar to asian people.

I like this article because is interesting and it represents also that we don't now everything out the world and we have much to learn about this world. this article tells us that we are trying to find more about the world.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/science/02obanthropoids.html?ref=science