Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 15:05
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Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra

Hi Mr.Wood, This is Trent from period 4. i hope you have had a safe and fun journey to Alaska. I was wondering how many experamints you have done yet, and if you have done some, were they the answers you where ecpecting? I hope you are haveing a great time in Alaska. Cant wait to see you!

                    - Trent
Wed, 04/27/2011 - 17:44

John Wood

Thank you for writing me. I am having a great time! Did you see my pictures from dog sledding? That's good fun! We have not collected all of the data yet, but over the next few weeks we will be getting a lot of data. I'll let you know.Cheers,
Mr. Wood

Thu, 04/28/2011 - 12:53

Anonymous

Hey Mr. Wood,this is Trent agian and thank you for replying. Yes I did see the dog sled. The look very heathly. I have another qestion for you if you dont mind. The data you have found, is it helping you get closer to move on to the next stage of your experamint. Hope your back soon and your evperamints are very fasinating to you and the other periods.
-Trent ( =

Fri, 04/29/2011 - 08:41

John Wood

Thanks for the note. We are still collecting data from the winter and setting up the new experiments, so it may be a few more days before we can look at what is happening and decide where to go next. That's a very good question.Cheers,
Mr. Wood

Thu, 05/05/2011 - 17:02

Anonymous

Hey there Mr. Wood, This is Trent agian from your fourth period class, I was reading your last journal and I was wondering if the amount of carbone their is now, then how much carbone will their be in the the world in five years, and how will it effect the world as well?
Your best student, Trent
P.S. Happy chinco de Mio!!! ; )

Thu, 05/05/2011 - 17:48

John Wood

Great question! Remember what we have talked about in class. The earth has everything it is going to have. From the beginning the world was made up of a certain amount of elements. Today we have the same amount of everything, it has just changed where it is and how some of it is being used. There isn't more carbon in the world, it's just that we are using more carbon by burning fuels. So we take it from the ground and put it in the air. Plants, animals, and decomposers also move carbon from the air to the ground and back. The problem is not having more carbon, but changing where that carbon is. Does that make sense?Mr. Wood