{"id":4009,"date":"2016-03-18T22:30:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T04:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/?p=4009"},"modified":"2016-04-18T22:36:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T04:36:47","slug":"week-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/2016\/03\/18\/week-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During our first week of class we looked at the drivers for mass extinctions in the past and looked at current comparisons and differences.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the drivers of extinctions are highlighted in <a href=\"http:\/\/this class symposium presentation\">this class symposium website made by Ben Stillwell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the drivers for mass extinction are:<\/p>\n<p>Bolide\u00a0Impact<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4011\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/2016\/03\/18\/week-1-2\/asteroid_7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/files\/2016\/04\/asteroid_7.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"this class symposium presentation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/files\/2016\/04\/asteroid_7-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/files\/2016\/04\/asteroid_7-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4011 \" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/files\/2016\/04\/asteroid_7.jpg\" alt=\" this class symposium presentation\" width=\"725\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/files\/2016\/04\/asteroid_7.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/files\/2016\/04\/asteroid_7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/files\/2016\/04\/asteroid_7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/files\/2016\/04\/asteroid_7-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Extreme Volcanism<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centauri-dreams.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/volcano7n-7-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Climate Change<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/thumbnails\/image\/15-115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"706\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pandemic<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amc.edu\/patient\/services\/infectious_disease\/images\/infdis_bacteria2_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the human caused drivers of extinction are:<\/p>\n<p>Habitat Loss and Deforestation<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bagelparrot.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/deforestation_header.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Invasive Species<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lakeecosystems2014.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/invasive-species-alert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over-hunting (Ex: megafauna extinction)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wordlesstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Did-Humans-Cause-the-Extinction-of-the-World%E2%80%99s-Giant-Beasts-640x454.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"434\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During our first week of class we looked at the drivers for mass extinctions in the past and looked at current comparisons and differences. Some of the drivers of extinctions are highlighted in this class symposium website made by Ben Stillwell. Some of the drivers for mass extinction are: Bolide\u00a0Impact Extreme Volcanism Climate Change &nbsp; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/2016\/03\/18\/week-1-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Week 1&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":874,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1RtXj-12F","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4009"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4015,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4009\/revisions\/4015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}