Assignment task: For this lab, you are going to watch a short documentary about a relatively new discovery made off the Alabama coast which has implications for understanding how our climate has changed over time. Click on the following link:
YouTube Video: The Underwater Forest
Now, write a 1 page summary (single-spaced, 12 point font, Calibri) of the documentary. Be sure to answer the following questions within your summary:
- What was the discovery and why is it significant and surprising?
- What kinds of data were collected and what did they tell us?
- How different is that discovery compared to coastal forests of today?
- Given the age of the discovery, what does that tell us about how the climate has changed in Alabama and the globe?
- When did that climate change occur?
- Did humans have any influence over the sea level rises that buried that forest?