Global Warming and Stuff Like That Annotated Bibliography

A Fierce Green Fire. Dir. Mark Kitchell. American Masters, 22 Apr. 2014. PBS.org. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
This documentary film chronicles and recaps the main stages of the fight over earth. In the beginning it speaks about older and more niche issues. Some examples of these include herbicide damaging ecosystems where bird eggs were eventually damaged. This was later proven to include some faulty science but nonetheless it created a movement in the US. It began activism. This small example later grew and many groups emerged. These groups did things like protect whales and seals. Some became large global groups and others specialized in smaller areas. Greenpeace, for example, moved on to bigger things than whales while the Sea Shepards continue to fight whaling ships with more aggressive tactics. The film concludes with the global picture of pollution and climate change. It talks about various global summits to stop this change and how in each one the US has come up short in terms of compromise. Overall, it is a look at the history and present times for activism in the field of conservation.

Fountain, Henry. "Study Finds Less Green in the Congo Rain Forest." The New York Times [New York, NY]. The New York Times, 23 Apr. 2014. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
This article describes a new study coming out on the lack of water in the Congo. Apparently trees are thinning and their ability to photosynthesize is actually decreasing. This has led to much less green in the area. Satellite imaging has been used to see the extent of the drought and the lack of water in the Basin. Scientists also have found that this drought has gotten worse in the past decade. They say that less green has been a common trend and it is expected to go on.

Main, Douglas. "Global warming threatens baby seals." Fox News. Fox, 25 July 2013. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
Global warming has led to increased temperatures in arctic waters just above the east coast of the US. This area is home to many seals. Unfortunately, these seals are in danger. With waters warming, scientists predict that schools of fish may be going further south than they normally do. As younger, more inexperienced, seals go after these schools for food, they often venture further from home than usual. This extra distance, combined with the varying ice, has led to baby seals (usually young males out to hunt) becoming disoriented. In the past years we have found thousands of these seals washing up on the east coast of the US either in poor condition or dead. Scientists warn that these changing temperatures in the north may be a very significant problem for seals everywhere.