solved Marine Policy Project Part 2 Blue Ice Antarctica (from B.

Marine Policy Project Part 2
Blue Ice Antarctica (from B. Longworth (WHOI) with permission)
Marine Policy Project Part 2: Research Document (40 points)
Maximum 2-3 pages, single spaced, 1″ margins
Research and produce a concisely written research paper on the chosen issue. The research paper should include primary scientific sources that are properly cited using scientific citing formats (APA), for both the text and bibliography.
See:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/a…
Pay attention to the citation of references in the text:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/
It is expected the references citations in the text will include (author, year) or if there is no specific author (organization, year.) No embedded links!

This paper does not have to be written as an argument but could be. The research paper should have all the supporting information and documentation for the “appeal” you will be writing in Part 4.
A few comments regarding primary scientific sources/references:
Primary sources of scientific information are books, papers, and articles that have been through the rigorous process of review by experts in the field. A “peer reviewed” scientific article has been vetted by experts to make sure the data collection and analysis follow the principles of the scientific method.
Examples of journals with articles that have been through this process are as follows: Nature, Science, Scientific American, and National Geographic (also conference transactions and books); websites include NOAA, NASA, EPA, USGS as well as universities, and state, national or international research organizations. The New York Times and LA Times are often used as primary sources because it is well established that the articles have been through a rigorous editing and fact-checking process. National Inquirer and Wikipedia are not primary scientific source.
Wikipedia: Although it is a great place to look for links to primary sources, Wikipedia should never be cited as a primary source because although some of the information is vetted via peer-review, some have not, and it is hard to tell the difference between the two. Scroll down to the bottom of the Wikipedia article to look for preliminary reference that might be useful.
In an article that cites another article, to use the idea or statement cited, find and read the original article to assure the original author’s comments are not present out of context.
Blogs are particularly dangerous. Although blog authors often start off supporting their comments concerning vetted information, sometimes blogs can take bazaar twists.
For example, I recently had a blog link from a very well-educated friend which started off referring to Jared Diamond’s book “Collapse” and then veered off on a tyrant that I am pretty sure would have never been the intent of Diamond. However, the manner in which this blog entry was written suggests that the author was presenting Diamond’s ideas. Veryscary!