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Biology in the News is presented by Dr. Lamar's Biology A/B classes. Each student is responsible for posting ONE blog entry and commenting on ONE post submitted by a fellow student.

About your initial posting . . . . . (approximately 150- 300 words)

Your initial posting is worth 30 points. It must be submitted by October 15th. - Locate an electronic article about a new finding in biology. Article must be been written in the last 12 months. Your posting should include 1) the name of the article (3 point), 2) article source - be specific (3 point), 3) date of article (2 point), 4) link to article (2 points), 5) summary of article in your own words (0-10 points), and 6) significance of article (0-10 points). Comments on significance of article can include (but not be limited to) importance of article to self, to society, or to the further advancement of a particular area of biology.

NOTE: To add link, select text in post that you want to link, click on link icon above posting field, and then paste URL information into appropriate field.

About your comments to a fellow classmate's posting . . . . (approximately 100 - 200 words)

Your comments to another student's posting is worth 20 points. Comments must be submitted between October 16 and November 19 - "The more you know, the more you realize there's a lot more to know" is certainly true to science. Read our Biology in the News blob posts. Pick one post (not your own) and submit comments about this post. Comments should included 1) A question that is raised in your mind by the post. The question should have scientific relevance (0 - 5 points) 2) a response to your question. (0-15 points) Research your question and answer it. If the answer is currently unknown, provide additional background information, describe research that is being done in this field, and/or research that is required for the question to be answered.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Title: Genetically Altered trees and plants could help counter global warming
Source American Institute of Biological Science
Date: October 2010
http://www.aibs.org/bioscience-press-releases/101001_genetically_altered_trees_and_plants_could_help_counter_global_warming.html
Researchers have discovered a way to alter trees and plants to allow more intake in CO2 when photosynthesizing. With the main focus in aiding with the global warming issue. The CO2 will be distributed into the soil which will take it out of the atmosphere. The CO2 that is distributed into the soil would only be taken out of cycle for a while, but it would return gradually and would start another cycle.
these new plants are a natural way to aid the global warming issue and will probably work better than machines or artificial means. Being able to use plants could help more than just the atmosphere it could help the wild life.



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