Wind softly caressed my cheeks‚ sending strands of my hair dancing across the back of my neck‚ the roaring crash of the waves against the rocky shore attempted to distract me‚ and the salty scent of the sea crept through my nose. My concentration‚ however‚ never broke. It was as if all the elements of the nature surrounding me realized I wasn’t easily distracted. Everything stopped at once. In only a moment there was no longer any wind‚ no salty air‚ and no obnoxious sound. It all paused for a single
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circular pattern? Gyres flow clockwise in Northern Hemisphere oceans 2. What type of a circular pattern do the gyres move within in the Southern Hemisphere? counterclockwise in Southern Hemisphere oceans because of the Coriolis Effect. 3. Which current could carry a vessel around the world without the assistance of any other current? The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC -- also the "West Wind Drift")‚ flows in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica‚ and nothing gets in its way. It’s the strongest
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The Ocean matters. The coral reef is a home to more than 3‚000 species of fish‚ 700 species of hard coral and around 100 other species. Scientists say that there could be 1-8 million undercovered species. If not protected all these species have nowhere to go and the undiscovered species will likely not be discovered. We cannot let these species die a whole ecosystem will be lost. Ocean Conservancy was created in 1972‚ they offer 2‚300‚000 jobs to people. Over the 25 years the organization was
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Ocean Pollution It is believed that 4.6 billion years ago our Earth was formed. And over 200 million years ago the great body of water on this planet‚ what we call the ocean‚ was able to be formed (History of the Ocean). For 200 million years our ocean has flourished with the life of all matters of creatures from some of the first ever cells to take life‚ to pre-historic dinosaurs‚ to the fish‚ plants‚ and mammals we see today. However‚ today we face a new point in the history of our ocean. Today
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Ocean Dumping: Key Issues Liz Gomez Ocean Dumping: Key Issues Marine debris is the official designation and referents to human created wastes that pollutes and are dumped deliberately or accidentally in lakes‚ waterways‚ seas and oceans. While certain debris naturally float on bodies of water (i.e. logs and trees that got cut via natural events)‚ certain communities‚ peoples and industries the world over deliberately dump debris and garbage in bodies of water without much thought into the
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Discussion Section-1 November 17‚ 2011 The other CO₂ Problem Todays oceans are not the same as they once were prior to the industrial revolution. The ocean serves as a reservoir for the worlds green house gasses. The increase in anthropogenic CO₂ has also resulted in an increase in the uptake by the ocean of CO₂. As a result of this uptake‚ the ocean is becoming progressively more and more acidic. This acidification of the ocean is expected to have great impacts on marine ecosystems. Coral reefs
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people don’t realize that the oceans are becoming more damaged? People don’t realize that the ocean is suffering from‚ pollution‚ overfishing‚ plastic‚ garbage‚ etc. Not a lot of people notice this is happening to the oceans. This is why we need to stand up and stop some of these things from damaging the earth’s oceans. The ocean is a place people enjoy traveling to every year‚ but most people don’t realize that the ocean and it’s wild-life is struggling. The ocean can no longer take the damage
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The ocean has captivated mankind since the beginning of time. The Challenger Expedition‚ the first modern oceanography expedition‚ only began in 1872(“History of Oceanography”). Why was it that we ignored ocean research for so long? We have only “dipped our toes in the water” (Cousteau 194) and many people are afraid of taking a dive. However‚ ocean exploration is most certainly worth the risks‚ as the benefits of ocean research far outweigh the risks. Just two benefits of ocean research include
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decrease) in salinity around the equator? Could it not be argued that higher temperature causes more evaporation from the ocean surface‚ which‚ in turn‚ results in higher salinity content? Figure 9.4 shows how the surface temperature of the ocean and the surface salinity change with latitudinal position. Salinity the measure of the concentration of dissolved salts in the ocean water. Salinity influences where plants and animals can thrive‚ and also affects aspects of water quality and treatment
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your phone or laptop and you see a picture of the ocean. Most of these pictures show clear and pretty water with maybe a sunset behind it. Not all parts of the sea appear this way‚ however they should be. Pollution is everywhere in the water and it’s harming almost everything in it- from coral reefs to whales. But polluting the water just might be even more complex than you may think. So‚ to get you started‚ we will hit some of the basics of ocean pollution. You most likely know that plastic is a
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