Select a current environmental science news story from a news source. Read the article and consider the facts and impacts.

News Article Commentaries – Guidance

Select a current environmental science news story from a news source. Read the article and

consider the facts and impacts.

Objective:

To provide a critical review of an environmental issue by summarizing the article and

assessing its validity

Format:

One-page Commentary – Must be typed using 1” page margins, single spaced, and 12-point font.

The commentaries (Hard Copy) are due at the beginning of class on the following dates, but may

be submitted any time before the due date in my Mailbox: (5

Floor, Engineering Building). Due

Dates:

Article 1 – January 31,2019, Article 2 – March 14, 2019

Commentaries should have two sections and included the required elements as follows:

Section One:

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Summarize the article

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Clearly identify what is the environmental issue involved

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Include the Who, What, Where, When, and Why

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Include the date the article was published and the author (a hard copy of the article be

submitted with the assignment)

Section Two:

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Discuss the environmental impact on the community and/or society

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What are the possible outcomes and/or solutions?

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What are the data or scientific facts that supports the article, was it peered reviewed?

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What is the Author’s background? Does he show a bias?

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How does the article effect your opinion?

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Would you recommend this article to others and why?

The two News Articles will make up 10% of the final grade

Article Review Grading Rubric summarized below:

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Solution Preview

The environment is the environment that fauna and flora dwell in. Recently, many articles have been published to reveal the issues in the environment. These issues have had both the negative and the positive impacts on human and society in general. I will review an article about Coral Bleaching published on January 31, 2019, and its implications on the environment.
Coral reefs were once so vibrant and full of life, however, today, they are all bleached and unable to bear other ridges due to coral bleaching. Coral bleaching doesn’t only portray aesthetic loss but also the loss of life. It starves marine life thus causing ecosystem failures. It has also caused global warming which affects the climate (Van Oppen et al. 2018).

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