leak oil into the ocean. There are a few more ways an oil spill can occur. Equipment breaking down may cause an oil spill. If the equipment breaks down‚ the tanker may get stuck on shallow land. When they start to drive the tanker again‚ they can put a hole in the tanker causing it to leak oil. When countries are at war‚ one country may decide to dump gallons of oil into the other country’s oceans. Terrorists may cause an noil spill because they will dump oil into a country’s ocean. Many terrorists
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about the “sea” in Stephen Crane’s "The Open Boat". The paper tries to explore the three symbolisms of the ocean - freedom‚ life and the end‚ to help readers better understand the sea’s role in the story. We live on Earth‚ more than 70% of the area covered by the ocean‚ and 97% of surface water reserves in the ocean. Therefore‚ the important role oceans play in our lives can be imagined. Ocean in the minds of the people not only a symbol of human unconquerable natural forces‚ but also a symbol of
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body when you get out‚ but those are such small prices to pay considering how much the ocean has to offer. On hot summer days the sun warms up the sand so much that it burns your feet by the time you reach the water. The infinite amount of towels and beach umbrellas that stretch out for miles makes it hard to find a perfect spot. The water always seems cold at first when you dip your toes in but as the ocean sucks you in farther it begins to feel natural. I can stay in the water for hours on end
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smooth white sand‚ slightly discolored by the cool‚ crystal clear water from the ocean‚ you see thin‚ snakelike trails in the sand left behind by the gentle erosion from the waves. Ahead of you in the distance is a wet‚ dark‚ wooden pier that appears to grow out of the shoreline and enters into the ocean. You stop to admire the view of the colorful‚ picturesque scene and notice that the pier seems to disappear into the ocean of sunlight. Your feet begin to feel cold and suffocated‚ and something wet and
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Biomes – is a large‚ distinct terrestrial region that has a similar climate‚ soil‚ plants‚ and animals regardless of where it occurs. It covers a large geographic area and encompasses interacting landscapes. Landscape – is a large land area covering many square kilometers composed of interacting ecosystem. 9 major biomes in the terrestrial biomes 1. Tundra – also called arctic tundra occurs in extreme northern latitudes wherever snow melts seasonally. 2. Taiga – Is the evergreen forest
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faces today. With sea food consumption at an all time high and the oceans resources being fished almost to extinction. We have to look towards the future of maintaining our oceans resources. "Only 10 percent of all large fish-both open ocean species including tuna‚ swordfish‚ marlin and the large ground fish such as cod‚ halibut‚ skates and flounder-are left in the sea"(National Geographic‚ pg. 1) To help maintain and preserve our oceans resources countries have been setting up no fishing zones. A new
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With oceans warming up‚ toxic algae blooms are popping up all around the globe. Toxic algae blooms are very harmful and happen when phytoplankton accumulate and create toxins like domoic acid‚ which is a neurotoxin that can be deadly (Geiling). What give the phytoplankton the conditions to grow are the increasing temperatures of the oceans. Emissions are coming from places like cement production (which is a leading cause) deforestation‚ and fossil fuels like coal‚ natural gas and oil‚ which increase
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before. Especially from second episode‚ David specially dived into the Deep Ocean where he called the abyss. Furthermore‚ David also shows us how these species can survive in harsh environment which he called “monster”. In every deep ocean‚ the pressure is very high about 100 times atmosphere that can squeeze a white whale lung to one percent of their volume. That is the very reason that human can’t dive to the deep ocean without technology. At this time David used his very latest submersible which
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Marine Biology is the study of ocean animals. Biology means is the study of life and marine means water. A marine biologist studies biology and chemistry. Marine biochemist studies biologically active compounds found in the ocean which are useful in medicine‚ or the genetics of marine species. The chemical properties of the ocean are important to understand because the marine environment supports the greatest abundance of life on earth. (http://marinebio.org/oceans/ocean-chemistry.asp) As an occupation
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In this chapter‚ about photosynthesis‚ we vaguely learned about organisms that lived deep down in the ocean and they get their energy from earth. They make their own food‚ which makes them autotrophs‚ though they do this without the help of light (light independent process). Being fascinated about this process I did some research and tried to find out more about how they were discovered and what kind of environment they lived in; so I found a ted talk on this topic. In this Ted talk‚ Mike deGruy
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