rare Florida owl found on world's largest ship

      An endangered Florida owl was found on the world's largest cruise ship, The Royal Caribbean's plant-infused Oasis of the Seas. The ship was leaving Port Everglades, Florida to head to the Caribbean.

 The ship was docked in Fort Lauderdale so the Owl could be removed from the artificial golf course on the upper deck of the ship. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission was called to capture the owl. It took 30 minutes to capture the owl, because she flew from tree to tree and rafter to rafter on the ship.  She was eventually caught with a butterfly net and released in Markham Park. 

     This ship has a lot of greenery so it is usually not uncommon to see butterflies or birds on the ship but this was the first time that an owl got on the ship.

  http://usat.ly/a10nbN

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walruses forced to shore by melting ice.

http://bit.ly/bPZXpQ

Walruses, tens of thousands of them are coming to shore in northwest Alaska, which is unusual in the United States.  The sea ice that they normally rest apon has melted.   This has happened before, twice, in fact, in 2007 and 2009, when Arctic sea ice was at low levels.  These walruses are packed on the shore for at least a mile, maybe more.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/13/tech/main6862427.shtml

There is also a concern about the one-ton female walruses stampeding and crushing each other.There is a possibility that walruses should be put on the endangered species list, because scientists don't know how long the "camp out" will last or even if they will have enough food.

I think that this is, and is going to be a serious problem.  If walruses can't find a place to rest, they will eventually tire, and die.  Even though there are so many now, if this continues, and walruses have to find alternative places to rest, the walrus population will decrease.  Scientist need to find a way to preserve these ice caps so the animals that inhabit there don't have to worry about their homes being destroyed and having to search for alternative places to inhabit.

This problem is relating to environmental science because global warming has a big part in this.  The ice caps are melting, which causes the walruses to migrate to Alaska. 

About Me

I am starting this blog for environmental science class.  The reason I am taking this class because I am interested in learning about the environment and what effects the world around me. Some things about me is after high school i plan on going off to college (not sure where yet) and becoming a children's psychiatrist.  I am absolutely terrified of elevators.  I have gotten stuck in elevators so many times with people who freaked out, and ever since then I cannot get in an elevator.  I love to read and surf the internet and I cannot play sports at all.  I tried softball once and got a black eye. After that, I have up on sports.