Forum 2.7 - A Blessing or a Curse?

1/26/2022

Guiding Thought Question: Reading for Information - Read the Article "Will Moose Thrive or Die Because of Climate Change?" by Shannon Hall in the Scientific American. In the forum space provide a list of reasons why climate change has been helpful for moose populations, and a list of reasons why it has been harmful to moose populations.

Guiding Inquiry: How do the large boreal forests on the Arctic and Sub-arctic compare to the forests found elsewhere around the world?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will examine the specifics of how changes to the taiga are affecting the distributions of plants and animals by completing analytical reading activities and compiling information into their unit portfolio. (3.2.a, 3.3.a)

13 Comments

Sienna

3/2/2022 08:58:21 am

A positive effect of climate change for moose that warmer temps. and short winters have allowed the moose to get new territory.
However, as moose move farther north the ones that stay in the south are now dealing with new diseases from deer that are moving north to colder temps.

Bob

3/2/2022 08:58:48 am

Brain worm and winter ticks are killing young moose more and more every year because of the warming.
The climate change has helped them expand their range

Emily

3/2/2022 09:00:28 am

harmful:
disease, parasites
calf mortality increase
huge decrease in population
helpful:
new vast territory (tundra now habitatble)
food is moving with them

emma mcgrath

3/2/2022 09:00:37 am

rising temps have helped them expand their territory northward, food sources are increasing rapidly, but migration can cause more disease, moose will encroach on the existing inhabitants of the tundra, and deer are also moving north which kills off moose through the spread of disease

Ethan

3/2/2022 09:01:14 am

Positives:
-Rapid food growth
-New territory

Negatives:
-Moose in the south are facing fierce competition
-Facing new diseases and threats such as winter ticks and the white tailed deer.
-Facing parasites that cause them to have blood loss due to not feeding and constantly having to itch at the ticks

Peter

3/2/2022 09:01:36 am

Climate change has been helpful for Moose populations by expanding their potential range to the North, as their ideal habitat is pushed northwards by climate change. Climate change has been harmful to moose populations by shrinking their potential range in the South due to increased parasites and competitions from deer and other herbivores.

williamson

3/8/2022 12:26:29 pm

It seems to be beneficial for their species that they'd have a larger territory, however with the larger territory there come along new diseases.

Braeden Irwin

3/8/2022 12:33:35 pm

Good:
capability for a more northern range
more available food

Bad:
Brain worms and winter ticks are worsening
increased competition with other herbivores

Riley Martin

3/8/2022 12:34:11 pm

Positive:
-new food sources
-lots of new land to roam
-high chance of surviving global warming

Negative:
-had to leave due to dangerous diseases/parasites
-destroying new environments
-Deer are doing the same

emma

3/8/2022 12:34:51 pm

positive:
new stretches of territory.
higher temprature cause the shrubs that the moose eat to grow taller

negitive:
Brain worm and winter ticks, are both worsening as the climate warms.
Arctic species are having to deal with a lot of competition from the better-adapted boreal species moving in and sharing that habitat
moose have become an invasive species

Carieeeeeeeeeena

3/8/2022 12:36:34 pm

Good:
-decent chance of survival
-more available food

Bad:
-Parasites
-more competition
-calf mortality increase

Alyssa Dillon

3/8/2022 12:38:35 pm

Positives:
- as climates rise, moose migrate further and further, exploring new territory
- food for foraging increasing
Negatives:
- As climate rises, ticks and brain worm population rises (these bugs infest a lot of moose populations)
- deer populations are increasing and they also catch brain worms and parasites that are easily transferred to moose

Daniel Montes

3/8/2022 12:48:15 pm

+Food grows rapidly because it is warmer
+bigger habitat for them to live in
-they have more competition
-deer is bringing ticks and brain WoRm

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