Annotated Sources

http://www.conservatree.com/paperlisteningstudy/LSForests.pdf

The reason why I really like this article is because it states various different arguments and topics in every chapter. For instance are old growth forests being cut down for paper use, what content standards are necessary for paper to be labeled as made from sustainable fibers, etc.? They also all provide citations and quotes from other sources but it’s a really long article. They provide information from credible sources like American Forest and Paper Association and they provide links to other websites.

"Conservatree." Conservatree - Recycled and Environmental Paper Information. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. .

This website is really helpful with the little facts we can use in our video. The site isn’t from Google scholar but it is really helpful with our senior project because it provides the facts about printer paper production and how much trees it takes. (17 trees= 1 ton of paper). I really like this website because it also provides a link to myths in recycling paper and they exploit the truth in those myths and they provide the real facts. http://www.conservatree.org/paper/PaperTypes/RecyMyths.shtml

http://www.valemount.org/water/WaterDocs/PouringDown.pdf

Here it provides lots of numbers and certain facts about global water bottle consumption. It provides good information but it was published in 2006 so the past 3 years I still need to find research on that, but it’s still a good article but it’s really brief and short. They also talk about money spent on bottled water and other various topics.

When water flow in rivers lowers due to:

- Warmer climate and

- Less precipitation

- Human water usage

Lower water levels cause:

-Less water to use for human consumption

-losses of fish in rivers

-Estimated by the year 2100 anywhere from 1-75% of fish habitat will become extinct.

Many people are developing different approaches to conserve the water and habitat in the freshwater rivers.

-Setting Regional Environmental Flow Standard

Effects of climate change and water shortage on freshwater biodiversity (2007): 1-1. Effects of climate change and water shortage on freshwater biodiversity. Marguerite A. Xenopoulos, 4 June 2007. Web. 8 Nov. 2009. <http://nabs.confex.com/nabs/2007/techprogram/P1113.HTM>.

Colorado River supplies:

-27 million users in 7 states and 2 countries

-27 million people in the southwest United States and Mexico.

-Irrigates over 3 million acres of farmland

Water shortages continue to decrease due to rapid increase of populations in these regions. Due to this as well as climate change it will reduce water flow by 10-30%.

Due to climate change:

-Reduce runoff by 10-30%

If climate change reduces by 10% then scheduled water deliveries will be reduced by about 58% by year 2050.

If reduced by 20% the then scheduled deliveries will be reduced by about 88%

Sustainable water deliveries from the Colorado River in a changing climate 106.18 (2009): 1-2. PNAS. Tim P. Barnett1 and David W. Pierce, 6 Mar. 2009. Web. 8 Nov. 2009. <http://www.pnas.org/content/106/18/7334.full.pdf+html>.

Temperature in America:

-Studies predict that U.S. annual temperature expected to rise 2-3 degrees C over the next 100 years.

-Greater increases in northern regions, about 5 degrees C.

-Northern Alaska expected to by 10 degrees C.

Precipitation:

-Expected to increase 5-10% over the 20^th century, predicted to increase overall.

-15% increase in winter precipitation for northwest regions

-General increase for central and eastern regions.

Many predictions for precipitation increase, however there are net decreases from water availability die to offset increases in evaporation.

-20% decrease for summer precipitation. Especially in southwest regions.

Effects of climate change on water resources (2008): 12-14. Choices. Richard M. Adams and Dannele E. Peck. Web. 8 Nov. 2009. <http://www.choicesmagazine.org/2008-1/theme/04.pdf>.