Article #3 (Draft)

Story #1 : Science Story

You may want to re-think the benefits of quarantine as study shows COVID-19 is causing the biggest carbon dioxide drop in history.

While COVID-19 has threatened millions of lives across the world, there has been some good that’s come for the pandemic. The world has seen some of the lowest carbon emissions ever in the first half of 2020. These emissions were lower than the other record lows during the 2008 economic crisis, the oil crisis of 1979 and even during World War 2.

Since the start of 2020, a team of international researchers have reported a 8.8% overall total drop in carbon emissions around the world when compared to 2019 numbers.

Researchers are pointing their fingers to COVID-19, as people across the world are using less global energy consumption. I asked classmate Camden Parks if he thought COVID had any relation to Co2 emissions. He said, ” “

With businesses closed around the world, carbon emissions were down 16.9% at one point when compared to last years number. With so many shops and stores closed, less energy was being used and everyone was at home.

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research says, “While the CO₂ drop is unprecedented, decreases of human activities cannot be the answer. Instead we need structural and transformational changes in our energy production and consumption systems.”

In July of 2020, after many bans were lifted and businesses opened back up, most carbon levels were starting to rise and began to get back to normal numbers. This short lived declined on carbon emissions showed a slight glimpse of something good that has come out of COVID-19.

Story #2 : The election

Who Will Win?

Oct. 23, 2020 – The presidential candidate for the democratic party, Joe Biden, looks to be leading trump in poles leading up to the election. Some even say he is far more ahead in the electoral college running and will bury trump in the ground.

No one can predict the future, and nobody knows who will be the next president of the United States until Nov. 3rd. Election Day seems to be a big one this year as the two candidates represent two very different sides of the spectrum. Biden, being a democrat believing in more liberal and socialist views than his candidate Trump. While Trump being the more conservative right wing candidate.

These two candidates have already made history as the most storied election in the United States as it seems like a lot is on the line. President Trump is defending the White House and is trying to punch his ticket for four more years. On the other hand, Biden would be going into his 9th year in the White House, but his first as President.

In 2008, Barack Obama was elected President, and his running mate, Joe Biden was elected Vice President. With experience in office, Joe is hoping the people hear and understand his values he preaches before voting starts. When asking classmate Betsy Rideout who she thought was going to win the election she said, ” “.

Both candidates have been on the campaign trail hard and will continue to until Election Day. The focus has been on the states in the upper midwest like Michigan and Wisconsin. Those battleground states will be the determining factor in who wins the election.

The election will begin on November 3rd.

https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-10-23/who-will-win-tracking-biden-and-trumps-chances-of-taking-the-presidency

Story #3 : Wisconsin Football Shut down due to COVID. Again.

Wisconsin Football and COVID have not been good for each other.

The 10th ranked Badgers have cancelled this Saturdays game for the second straight week due to COVID-19. The Wisconsin staff reported and increase in cases as 15 players and 12 staff members caught the virus on Tuesday.

The team is now hiding zoom meeting instead of practice for the people isolated in quarantine. A similar report has been reported from other sports programs at Wisconsin. This outbreak is more than likely from the student population on campus. As students have not been very smart about masks and social distancing.

With Wisconsin canceling last weeks game against Nebraska, and this weeks game vs Purdue, what does their season look like? Well at this rate, the badgers could play only 6 more games before the Big Ten Championship series is decided. If the badgers miss one more game, they will not be eligible to play in the championship series. The Badgers are the only ranked team in their side of the conference meaning an easy route to the championship game.

When asking avid football fan Camden parks about the trouble with COVID and college football he said, ” “

The badgers won their first game of the season but have not played a game since. The next scheduled game for the Badgers is Nov. 14th against no. 24 ranked Michigan, which should be a good test for the Badgers.

The program is down right now but hopes are high that the surge is almost over and the team can get back on the field.