The Importance of Ocean Exploration. As soon as humanity existed‚ people were tempted to explore and discover everything around them. This invincible desire has led humanity on its way of discovering Earth. And it seems that our planet is totally explored‚ everything is revealed and there is no place where any man has not gone before (or any robot hasn’t recorded). The next step is outside Earth. After the first space flight humankind concentrated its attention on exploring the galaxy‚ searching
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The Neritic zone is also called coastal waters‚ the coastal ocean‚ and the sublittoral zone. It is the part of the ocean extending from the low tide mark to the edge of the continental shelf. It is considered a shallow depth‚ extending to about 200 meters. The Neritic zone has decently well oxygenated water‚ low water pressure‚ and fairly stable temperature and salinity levels. This is the location of most of the sea life in the ocean. Salinity is the level of salt in the water. The Neritic zone
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ATMOSPHERE – OCEAN INTERACTIONS :: LECTURE NOTES 1. Introduction to the Atmosphere and Ocean J. S. Wright jswright@tsinghua.edu.cn 1.1 O VERVIEW This chapter outlines the main features of the atmosphere–ocean system and motivates the deeper examination to follow. The character of coupled atmosphere–ocean interactions is briefly introduced. Simple energy balance models are derived and used to illustrate the fundamental mechanisms behind variations of temperature with altitude
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the water source problems is the big fishing fleets have wiped out the ocean of 90% of big fish. There was a 10 year study that showed that there are plenty of the fish in the sea. However‚ the biggest fish have been pulled from the ocean; leaving around 10% of big fish still in the ocean. This is a challenge that is bringing competition amongst fishermen like never before. A scientist by the name of Jackson states the ocean is not equipped to have continued hunting and gathering at the level we
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due to the growth in the world’s population and economies‚ the search for oil expands to areas where it is more difficult to extract‚ such as in deeper depths of the ocean. The ocean covers over 70 percent of the earth’s surface and oil industry studies show greater reserves of oil may lie beneath the ocean floor. The objective
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American scientist Philippe Cousteau said‚ “Our oceans are facing innumerable threats from overfishing and pollution to ocean acidification and invasive/extinction of species.” This quote rings to our lives today in California because having over 50 beaches locally‚ we have seen most if not all of them in some manner polluted and mistreated. Simply‚ we love to visit our local beaches for the cool breeze and the overall view. The sense of “vacation” that draws us after a hard day’s work. We as humans
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combined with a life bound to the sea. The ocean plays a significant role in the text offering disempowerment to some whilst empowering others. In The Interesting Narrative the slave trade was in full swing and a capitalist attitude heavily dominates the text‚ whilst in The Hungry Tide capitalism plays a smaller role and the humanitarian backdrop of the story is a more central theme. In this essay I will draw into focus the various ways in which the ocean is represented as empowering and disempowering
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the past several hundred years the conditions of our oceans have decreased drastically. Coral reefs are home to more species than all other marine environments‚ and many other species rely on the coral reefs for their own survival. Today coral reefs face multiple threats such as pollution‚ unsuitable fishing practices‚ global climate change‚ and other human activities. If humans don’t take action to conserve and improve the conditions of the oceans the coral reefs will suffer. There are many factors
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Script For more than 100 years‚ oils spills have been affecting most of our oceans‚ with a lot of oil pollution. This is a major problem and occurs around most of the world and sometimes in the same ocean a numerous amount of times. Oil spills‚ not only affect our oceans beauty but affect the marine life as well. But sometimes there is no way to prevent oil spills. A majority of oils spills are spilt into the oceans due to harsh water conditions or a hurricane. The U.S. Environmental Protection
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it is another current that allows Western Europe to be warmer in winter then any other country at the same latitude. The La Niña can be referred to as the extensive cooling of the Pacific Ocean‚ it is often accompanied by much warmer sea water then the surface temperatures (SSTs) in the western Pacific Ocean‚ and the north of Australia. The El Niño is currently the best known extreme of the Southern Oscillation‚ it is also classified as one of the most important influences on the climate in Australia
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