what a nice way to end mother's week! i spent the day with mama wong! and it was loads of fun! including brunch at souplantation, exercise, slurpees, naps, shopping, and sushi! on saturday, i had dinner with my parentals and came back home to paint mama nguyen's toenails and fingernails!

i have my last bio exam tomorrow. sorta trying to study. it's not going well. but it does get my green blood pumping again. thus, i am listening to episode 148 of "more hip than hippie."

my ankle is hurting again: i guess dancing, more dancing, and walking doesn't help it. but all that activity definitely helped my body feel better!

i'm trying to figure out which song i will tackle next.

here's an excerpt from my textbook "human biology" by sylvia s. mader:

"Today, data collected around the world show a steady rise in the concentration of the various greenhouse gases [carbon dioxide, methane, etc]. These data are used to generate computer models that predict the Earth may warm to temperatures never before experienced by living things. The global climate has already warmed about 0.6[degrees]C [or 1.08 degrees F] since the industrial revolution. Computer models are unable to consider all possible variables, but the Earth's temperature may rise 1.5[degrees]C [or 2.7 degrees F] to 4.5[degrees]C [or 8.1 degrees F] by 2060 if greenhouse emissions continue at current rates."

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased from 280 parts per million (ppm) in 1850 to 350 ppm in 2006 due to the burning of fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, and coal). This means that every time we drive a car, ride in an airplane, use energy/electricity from a coal-burning power plant, we are pumping the gas into the atmosphere. And though carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring gas, the amounts that we have pumped into the atmosphere are not. And as the video I posted earlier stated, it's not the Earth we have to worry about (because it can take care of itself); it's the livelihood of all the species living on Earth including humans.

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