1. The Earth is really a water planet; what percentage of Earth’s surface is covered by water? a.71% 2. Who is considered to be the "father of physical oceanography" because of publication of information from ship’s logs in the book "The Physical Geography of the Seas"? b.Matthew Maury 3. Scientists know that the outer core of the Earth is liquid because S waves have not survived travel through the Earth’s interior. True 4. The Pacific Ring of Fire refers to the: a. circle of violent
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Environmental Threats Global Problems Sea Level Rising At present‚ sea levels around the world are rising. Current sea level rise potentially impacts human populations and the natural environment. Global average sea level rose at an average rate of around 1.7 ± 0.3 mm per year over 1950 to 2009 and at a satellite-measured average rate of about 3.3 ± 0.4 mm per year from 1993 to 2009‚[01] an increase on earlier estimates.[02] Climate change Destructive sudden heavy rains‚ intense tropical
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Bleaching Away the Beauty of Coral Reefs Pretend you are about to go scuba diving in the ocean. You jump in the water and begin to sink down. As you start surveying the coral reefs around you‚ something catches your eye. The coral has turned white‚ and no longer moves with life. This whiteness seems to have spread over a large area of the reef. You no longer see the colorful branches swaying in the current‚ or the schools of tropical fish swimming through the leaves. This death-ridden reef
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The Ocean Ranger The Ocean Ranger was an offshore exploration oil drilling platform that sank in Canadian waters 315 kilometres southeast from St. John’s Newfoundland‚ on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland on February 15‚ 1982‚ with 84 crewmembers onboard. The Ocean Ranger was the largest semi-submersible‚ offshore exploration‚ oil drilling platform of the day. Built in 1976 by Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries‚ it operated off the coasts of Alaska‚ New Jersey‚ Ireland‚ and in November 1980 moved
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INTRODUCTION Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of Earth’s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century and its projected continuation. Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) between the start and the end of the 20th century. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that most of the observed temperature increase since the middle of the 20th century was very likely caused by increasing concentrations
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[pic] Marine biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water. Given that in biology many phyla‚ families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land‚ marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather than on taxonomy. Marine biology differs from marine ecology as marine ecology is focused on how organisms interact with each other and the environment‚ and biology is the study of the organisms
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How Humans Impact Marine Ecosystems Earth consists of many complex organisms that share and benefit from all of what the world has to offer. Conservation and protection of marine life is becoming more significant as humans better understand the importance of the oceans and how people have an affect on them. Just as people treasure and protect areas of land it is just important to treasure and keep the oceans safe. Marine life is becoming increasingly damaged because of threats from human activity
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The image of Hong Kong is well known as “shopper’s paradise” and “Pearl of the Orient”. Further‚ according to the International Market Research Study‚ it shows that the lack of new appeals in Hong Kong is a significant reason for it not being considered as a vacation destination. Therefore‚ it is necessary to expand the appeals of Hong Kong. Why not use our existing natural resources as tourist attractions? To maintain the competitiveness‚ Hong Kong should build up its own unique and special character
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r 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
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Literary analysis “The open boat” Determination was what the sailors from “The open boat had‚” with their drive into finding land and there hope into finding shore would they not give their lives into the cold heartless ocean. Days after days of seeing the ocean at its worst and days with no food could they only have hope and determination to finding land and being safe? As weak as they were they relied on each other to get through it. With the captain being emotionally distraught about losing
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