Scientists Say Arctic Ice Continues to Shrink

We will tell about ice loss in the Artic Sea..We also will tell about a campaign to improve treatment of snakebites. Scientists say they recently found that older thicker sea ice was increasingly replaced with new ice.The study found an average ice cover of about fifteen milion square kilometers in March. The amount of ice cover and its thickness are two measures of the helth of the Arctic Sea.Arctic sea ice is important because it throws sunlight back into space,keeping the sea cold.The ice also cools the air.Warmer Arctic and thinner sea ice changes the balance between the normally cold Arctic and warmer areas.The melting has already threatended native animals like the polar bear.It also affect Earth’s climate. More than four million people around the world are bitten by snakes each year.To help improve the situation,experts have formed a project called ….Poisonous snakebites are common in rural areas of many developing countries with warm climates. Many victims are agricultural workers and children .Shortages of antivenom medicines,the treatment for snakebite ,are common there.And doctor says antivenom treatment is too costly for many poor people who need it most.The drugs are developed from the venom of poisonous snakes. ….The project also wants communities to learn about snakebites and first aid.It wants more research and reporting systems.And it aims to help national health officials choose antivenoms for their countries’special needs. Some antivenom that cures the bite of one kind of snake may not be effective for another kind of snake.And that for cobra bite may not work for someone bitten by … Experts look forward to improvements in worldwide treatment for snakebite.But they say the best ways to reduce death and injury from snakebites are education and prevention. Up to two hundred thousand lions lived in Africa twenty years ago.Today ,fewer than….The murran normally gain fame and honor if they kill a lion.But some of them now defend the animals and work to keep them alive.Sometimes they intervene and break up lionhunters.The murran also learn to read and write so they can keep records of their work.Others keep records using pictures. The lion Guardians have been facing an especially difficult situation in recent times.Herders are suspected of killing lions with a pesticide product,Furadan.In reaction to protests,the manufacturer of Furadan stopped all sales of it in Kenya.Other enemies are hunters who kill lions for their body parts,The parts are then used in traditional medicines and souvenirs. And,diseases sometimes kill large numbers of lions.Researchers also blame long periods os dry weather and heavy rain. some scientists say climate change makes this worse.