Science Second Current Event

Global warming has been getting worse and worse lately. Even in Antarctica global warming has been getting worse than it has ever been. If humans don't start taking better care of the Earth, than my grandchildren might never know what a ploar bear or a penguin is because they will probably be extinct by then. Antarctica's temperature has even got to d degrees celcius and it is usually below zero. The temperature has increased alarmingly. Soon probably all of the glaciers will melt, This would be really bad because it took a long time for the glaciers to build in really think ice, that aren't suppose to melt.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091119141039.htm

Science First Current Event

The Ethiopian wolf is the most endangered wolf in the world. It is really close to being extinct. To make matters worse, the wolves are now getting rabies. A team of Oxford University and Ethiopian conservationists are trying their best to save the world's rarest wolf by creating a vaccine to protect wolf packs. I think it is a very good idea to vaccinate the wolves, so they don't get rabies. It is just like when humans get flu shots, to make sure we don't get sick.

The Ethiopian wolves are mostly at Bale Mountain National Park in the Oromia Region of southeast Ethiopia. Ethiopia is on the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia's neighboring countries are Sudan, Sumalia, Djibouti, Kenya, and Eritrea.

The Oromo people had dogs. Suddenly, the dogs had awful cases of rabies. The dogs gave the rabies to the wolves by being around them a lot. When the Ethiopian wolves became infected with rabies, it was more severe than what the dogs had. At least fourteen wolves have died so far. Scientists think there will be another outbreak and this time even worse. Also, rabies is likely to kill two-thirds of all wolves in Bale's Web Valley, in Bale Mountain National Park. I think it is very sad that so many wolves and dogs are getting sick. If they have to die anyway, they should die a peaceful life not a painful life.

A team led by Dr.Sillero and Dr. Fekadu Shiferaw came up with a plan to vaccinate wolf packs to prevent the virus from spreading. The researchers knew from previous outbreaks that they had to move very quickly. I think it is a very good idea to vaccinate the wolves, so they don't get sick. But, the researchers really need to make sure they work quickly, so they can get to all of the wolf packs, and save all of the wolves.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119175533.htm