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The Year in Science and Technology: Animals in danger
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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/711/animals_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='The Year in Science and Technology: Animals in danger' data-article-id='1099'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10146'>Drones are also being used to help animals in trouble of becoming extinct, or disappearing forever. </span> <span data-start-time='10146' data-end-time='25021'>In Africa, drones have been designed to help find poacherspeople who illegally kill rhinoceros and elephant for their horns and tusks.</span> <span data-start-time='25021' data-end-time='37000'>It has been a year of insects and animals in trouble of disappearing-- from rhinos to bees and tigers.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='37000' data-end-time='46208'>At the North Pole, Arctic polar bears are threatened because climate change is melting ice there. </span> <span data-start-time='46208' data-end-time='51875'>It means they are losing their territory at the top of the world.</span> <span data-start-time='51875' data-end-time='64625'>Meanwhile, at the bottom of the Earth, scientists found fish and other sea creatures under the ice on the Ross Ice Sheet, off Antarctica. </span> <span data-start-time='64625' data-end-time='73250'>They were surprised to see organisms swimming and crawling in icy waters under the ice sheet. </span> <span data-start-time='73250' data-end-time='78438'>It is the farthest south that fish have ever been seen.</span> <span data-start-time='78438' data-end-time='84417'>Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for some warmer waters. </span> <span data-start-time='84417' data-end-time='90813'>Scientists studied coral reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. </span> <span data-start-time='90813' data-end-time='93917'>They also studied reefs in Hawaii. </span> <span data-start-time='93917' data-end-time='102521'>And they found that sunscreen from people swimming around the reefs is killing the beautiful coral. </span> <span data-start-time='102521' data-end-time='110875'>Other things harming the coral include pollution, warmer seas and overfishing.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/711/the_ideas_beliefs_or_activities_regarded_as_normal.m4a'><span>the ideas, beliefs or activities regarded as normal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/711/harmful_gases.m4a'><span>harmful gases</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=4874 data-hint-location='93917' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/711/what_is_killing_the_coral.m4a'>What is killing the coral?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='sunscreen'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/711/fish.m4a'><span>fish</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/711/cold_water.m4a'><span>cold water</span></div><div class='choice' 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Drones are also being used to help animals in trouble of becoming extinct, or disappearing forever. In Africa, drones have been designed to help find poacherspeople who illegally kill rhinoceros and elephant for their horns and tusks.It has been a year of insects and animals in trouble of disappearing-- from rhinos to bees and tigers.
At the North Pole, Arctic polar bears are threatened because climate change is melting ice there. It means they are losing their territory at the top of the world.Meanwhile, at the bottom of the Earth, scientists found fish and other sea creatures under the ice on the Ross Ice Sheet, off Antarctica. They were surprised to see organisms swimming and crawling in icy waters under the ice sheet. It is the farthest south that fish have ever been seen.Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for some warmer waters. Scientists studied coral reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. They also studied reefs in Hawaii. And they found that sunscreen from people swimming around the reefs is killing the beautiful coral. Other things harming the coral include pollution, warmer seas and overfishing.
What does organism mean?
official document
an individual living thing
the ideas, beliefs or activities regarded as normal
