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Voyager Q & A Archives: 2007December/January 2007
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Are there any benefits of increased level of CO2?
 Answer— Submitted By National Ocean Sciences Bowl team members, San Ysidro High School, San Ysidro, Calif. 
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How is animal life being affected by the increasing levels of CO2
Answer— Submitted By National Ocean Sciences Bowl team members, San Ysidro High School, San Ysidro, Calif. 
November 2007
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If San Diego is at the edge of a tectonic plate, will we always keep moving/slipping?
Answer— Submitted By 6th grade students in the Geo educational program at Birch Aquarium at Scripps 
October 2007
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Why don't penguins get cold or freeze when they swim in water that is very cold?
Answer— Submitted By 1st grade students in the "Only One Ocean" class, Birch Summer Learning Adventures Camp, La Jolla, Calif. 
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Do all penguins live in very cold places?
Answer— Submitted By 1st grade students in the "Only One Ocean" class, Birch summer Learning Adventues Camp, La Jolla, Calif. 
September 2007
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How are Argo floats able to descend and ascend? Is there a motor?
Answer— Submitted By the sixth grade summer science class, Rancho Santa Fe School 
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To whom will Argo research be given? How will it be published and used?
Answer— Submitted By the sixth grade summer science class, Rancho Santa Fe School 
July/August 2007
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How do scientists "sample" or study a "pristine" habitat such as the Line Islands without contributing to the human impact that we are concerned with in the first place?
Answer— Submitted By eleventh grade biology students, High Tech High Media Arts, San Diego, Calif. 
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Is there anything we can do in San Diego to conserve coral reefs?
Answer— Submitted By eleventh grade biology students, High Tech High Media Arts, San Diego, Calif. 
June 2007
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Why is diversity so important to the world we live in?
Answer— Submitted By eleventh grade biology students, High Tech High Media Arts, San Diego, Calif. 
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What would happen to the coral reed ecosystem if the corals were destroyed? What would happen to the overall health of the ocean?
Answer— Submitted By eleventh grade biology students, High Tech High Media Arts, San Diego, Calif. 
May 2007
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Is the chemical composition of natural and human-made aerosols the same, and which one has a greater effect on the earth's atmosphere?
Answer— Submitted By Mrs. Gastil's science students, San Ysidro High School 
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How exactly do aerosols scatter in the air, and if their time is relatively short, then why do they have a major impact in the atmosphere and temperature of the earth?
Answer— Submitted By Mrs. Gastil's science students, San Ysidro High School 
April 2007
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I know that landslides can happen when storms rain on a cliff or hill, but how do landslides happen underwater?
Answer— Submitted By students in the sixth-grade geoscience program at Birch Aquarium at Scripps, La Jolla, Calif. 
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Do landslides happen every time there's an earthquake?q
Answer— Submitted By students in the sixth-grade geoscience program at Birch Aquarium at Scripps, La Jolla, Calif. 
March 2007
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What are some consequences of certain animals invading other animals' habitats?
Answer— MSubmitted by Mrs. Romero's fourth grade class, Walter J. Porter Elementary School, San Diego, Calif 
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What are the immediate and future consequences of polluting a fish's habitat?
Answer— Submitted by Mrs. Romero's fourth grade class, Walter J. Porter Elementary School, San Diego, Ca 
February 2007
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When we have an El Niño, it usually means more rain in Southern California. Are other areas affected the same way?
Answer— Submitted by the National Ocean Sciences Bowl team at the Preuss School, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Calif. 
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What causes the "high pressure" and "low pressure" the weatherman is always talking about?
Answer— Submitted by the National Ocean Sciences Bowl team at the Preuss School, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Calif 
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