ENG 202 Research topics
February 22, 2011
When i sat down to think about some ideas for this upcoming annotated bibliography and research paper i found i had a tough time thinking of something. After some pondering i came across 2 actually good interesting ideas that also happen to go along with my geography major. One which is broad and i will probably steer away from is a global warming topic. This topic is a little too huge but i had the idea of researching the aspect of adapting to to warming earth with rising waters that could lead to another ice age. Humans have adapted through ice ages before with less technology so whats stopping us now from a changing earth.
My other idea which i feel is my definite choice is talk and research a phenomenon in the pacific ocean called el nino and el nina or other wise the southern ocean oscillation. This is responsible for a huge range in ocean temps along SW united states, all of western South America, Australia and Indonesia. It affects fishing markets and floods agricultural fields and in the US can cause horrible droughts through out the whole country. I would like to research these exact affects and search what causes this phenomenon, who it affects and how much, where it happens, what predicting the el nino or el nina year can save and hopefully bring up other questions as well.
