Changes in the Ocean currents may help the endangered salmon in Washington and Oregon by boosting the growth of plankton the salmon eat. Alaska salmon stocks may decline due to the decrease in their food supply. The author wants the reader to have their guards up when viewing the information because it is too early to make a firm prediction of what will happen. The writing style of this article is more scientific than the newspaper but not too scientific so that you can still understand the information without having a degree in the subject. The author keeps separate fact and opinion and lets the reader know when the information is his or someone else's opinion.
Hurricanes can be devastating to life, property, and the environment.
Because of this, it is important to predict how these storms will change in a warmer climate. There are two opposing forces on this issue. There are those who believe that in a climate warmed by greenhouse gasses, hurricanes will occur with increased intensity. Those who oppose this theory claim that this simply is not the case. According to a group of scientists at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, increased temperatures, due to high levels of carbon dioxide, will have a tremendous impact on hurricane activity.