BIOLOGY 105 Lecture Notes - Moodle, Carbon Sink, Invasive Species
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Announcement: essay 3 is due in 2 weeks. All exam 2 grades should be up on moodle by the end of this week. Local weather extremes: ex) atlanta heat-island effect, ex) manaus heat-island effect, both cities have been growing very rapidly, very hot, lack of trees in an area can make it very dry / hot. Loss of carbon sink : trees grab carbon from the air, remove trees remove the sink, means you get more carbon in the air than you would otherwise. Violation of rights of other species: lemurs only found in madagascar, used to be 118 species of lemur.
