Media Reported Science

 

    1. •First read the article: “Wiping out predators messes up the climate”              http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729055.300-wiping-out-top-predators-messes-up-the-climate.html

      1. 1.What question are the scientists trying to address?

      2. 2.What is trophic cascade?

      3. 3.Describe the experiment used to carry out the study

      4. 4.What were the results?

      5. 5.Do the implications of the results seem important? Why or why not?

      6. 6.What questions do you have about the study?

    2. •Then read the science journal article: “Predator-induced reduction of freshwater carbon dioxide emissions”

    3. •mrs3.pdf

      1. 1.Did the Nature Geoscience letter answer your previous questions?

      2. 2.Did you learn any additional information by reading the original source material?

      3. 3.Are you convinced that the results are accurate? Why or Why not?

      4. 4.What additional experiment would you do?