Discussion Questions: Warmer Water Kills Salmon Eggs
- What do you think Billy Frank means when he talks about restoring “balance” in the world? What happens when the world is not in balance?
- Why are the salmon eggs not surviving in the spawning grounds? What are the impacts?
- Are you surprised to find out that a change of just 3°F can mean life or death for the salmon eggs? What other organisms do you think would be endangered by a 3°F rise in environmental temperature, and why?
- How would you test the hypothesis that climate change is the reason for problems with salmon reproduction? What would you have to know beforehand, and what data would you have to collect?
