"Disease" in the news

Vavra, Shannon. “Chronic Disease Rates up in Middle East amid Violence.” Axios, 4 Aug. 2017, www.axios.com/chronic-disease-rates-up-in-incidence-in-middle-east-amid-violence-2469160706.html. Accessed 30 Aug. 2017.

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Deaths in the middle East have grew 850% between 1990 and 2015 and this is a serious problem that needs to get more attention. The leading cause of death in the area is due to cardiovascular disease at 34%and other deaths include war, terrorism, and state punishment for crimes committed. Stresses on mental health play a huge role and has a huge link to diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Researchers say that a solution to all of these deaths is to stop all the fighting, since people need a more balanced diet, medical care, and exercise. With more help and support things can be done to save more lives.

"conflict" in the news

Drye, Willie. “3 Advances in Hurricane Science Could Make Us Safer.” National Geographic, 24 Aug. 2017. National Geographic, news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/hurricane-science-forecasting-andrew-harvey/. Accessed 28 Aug. 2017.

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Hurricane Science could make us safer by first getting new computers that help us by allowing forecasting to be more accurate. The new computers could track the hurricane's three days in advanced and see where it could be heading. It could also tell us how bad the storm is going to be so we can prepare better and less tragedies occur.

"history in the news"

“University of Texas Removes Confederate Statues from Main Areas.” CBS, 21 Aug. 2017. CBS, www.cbsnews.com/news/university-of-texas-moving-confederate-statues-from-main-area/?ftag=CNM-00-10aac3a. Accessed 28 Aug. 2017.

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At the University of Texas the President Greg Fenves had the removal of the statues of Robert E. Lee and many other confederate figures because it showed as a symbol of white supremacy. Many supporters and opponents showed up to protest about Fenves decisions. There was lot of controversy over what should be done and if it was okay because a lot of people got offended by this. The statues had been taken down over night so that nobody would be watching. The school decided weather to take them down or not because of all the other recent events that involved white supremacy around that time.

"climate" in the news

Flowers, Jane. “Climate Change: Minor Temperature Rise Will Heavily Impact Food Production.” Blasting News, 21 Aug. 2017. Blasting News, us.blastingnews.com/opinion/2017/08/climate-change-minor-temperature-rise-will-heavily-impact-food-production-001946045.html. Accessed 26 Aug. 2017.

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Record tell us that glaciers are melting and ocean temperatures are increasing. But the most important impact of climate change is that temperature will majorly impact the food production by as much as 5 percent. Data was taken in four different studies that looked at how corn, wheat, soybean, and rice are affected by the different temperature change because those plants make up 2/3 of the caloric input of the worlds people. The studies show that on average the reduction of wheat would be 6%, rice by 3.2%, corn by 7.2%, and soybean by 3.1%. As you can tell global warming caused by climate change can impact the world in a huge way.

"Technology" in the news

Vartabedian, Marc. “Exclusive: Tesla’s ‘long-haul’ Electric Truck Aims for 200 to 300 Miles on a Charge.” Reuters, 24 Aug. 2017. Discover Thomson Reuters, www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-trucking-exclusive-idUSKCN1B42GC?utm_source=applenews&scrlybrkr=ae1d8f9f. Accessed 28 Aug. 2017

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The Tesla motor company is planning on unveiling an all new semi truck that is all electric and has a range of 200-300 miles on a single charge. Elon Musk Chief Executive is expanding his company into other markets beyond just luxury cars. Although it might sound like a good idea for the future but there is a lot of issues. For instance an average semi truck would cost around $120,000 and a battery alone would cost that much to make a truck go at least 200 miles, thus meaning that the electric truck would be quite pricey.

"Agriculture" in the News

Gallegos, Jenna. “This Quiet Agricultural ‘moonshot’ Could Change the Future of Food.” The Washington Post [Washington D.C.], 24 Aug. 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/06/24/this-quiet-agricultural-moonshot-could-change-the-future-of-food/?utm_term=.04b0f9806de9. Accessed 28 Aug. 2017.

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As the global population grows rapidly and climate change is erupting, many wonder how we will be able to feed over 9 billion people in the future. One answer for this is developing strong agricultural technology. Major diseases have been taking over plants, so new data has come out that will allow the agriculture to be protected and properly nourished. Farmers have also started monitoring photosynthesis levels and the amount of excess fertilizer that goes onto the crops.

"Technology" in the News

“Shark-Detecting Drones to Patrol Australian Beaches.” New York Times [New York City], 25 Aug. 2017, www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/08/25/technology/25reuters-australia-sharkdrone.html. Accessed 28 Aug. 2017.

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After many attacks from sharks in Australia, new inventors decided to come up with new technology to help prevent the attacks. Shark detecting drones are now being placed on almost every beach to help determine of there is a shark near the shore. Previous aerial videos of sharks will train the new drones and help the device determine sharks from other marine animals. The new technology then has the opportunity to tag the sharks and make record of them for future instances.

"Geography" in the News

Londoño, Ernesto. “Chile’s Energy Transformation Is Powered by Wind, Sun and Volcanoes.” New York Times [New York City], 12 Aug. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/world/americas/chile-green-energy-geothermal.html. Accessed 28 Aug. 2017.

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Men from Chile spend endless hours in Chile's snowcapped volcanoes 14,760 feet above sea-level mountains. The geography in Chile's high volcanoes would make the most efficient geothermal energy plant for South America. Chile is among the top ten renewable energy markets, and would improve greatly with the geothermal energy plant. Chile's geography also allows them to place solar panels on flat farmland that stretches many miles.

"Disease" in the News

“Can India Stop Its Children from Dying.” New York Times [New York City], 24 Aug. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/opinion/india-child-mortality-hospital.html. Accessed 28 Aug. 2017.

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This past week, within five days, 70 children died in India. The surprising deaths were due to a disease from Japan called Encephalitis. Encephalitis is a fatal brain disease that is passed onto a human through mosquitos. Half of the deaths occurred to the closing of the lungs and the ability to receive oxygen. As of now, this disease is incurable.

"Climate" in the News

Diffenbaugh, Noah. “Climate Lessons from California.” New York Times [New York City], www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/opinion/california-climate-snow-heat-trump.html. Accessed 28 Aug. 2017.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/opinion/california-climate-snow-heat-trump.html

California seems to have serious risks erupting due to the climate change. Through the past five years scientists have concluded that the temperatures will be rapidly increasing, the limited amount of precipitation will be from few rainstorms, and the storm water runoff will melt earlier in the year and no water will be saved fro the dry season. The rising sea level and amount of greenhouse gases will also contribute to the climate changes. Not only California has this risk, but they have been noted as  a state with the most severe climate change.