American University Climate Change and Dead Zones Article Reflection

Overview

I'm working on a environmental science question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Read just the abstract and introduction of this article: https://www.altierilab.org/uploads/6/9/0/2/69026451/altieri_gedan_2015_globalchangebiology.pdf

Then, for your assignment, do the following:

In a couple of sentences, summarize what you understood.
Make a list of at least 5 words you don’t know the exact meaning of.
Make an educated guess about what each of these words means based on context, word roots, etc.
Look up what the words mean.
Write a 1-2 sentence reflection about whether you think the use of technical scientific words has helped or hindered the author in getting their point across.