Palau have been an important source of food and livelihood to its people. It has also been the main driving force of revenue contributing to our economic growth. Nonetheless‚ something is being done today that results in 1) disturbance of coastal marine ecosystems‚ 2) the destruction and disturbance of our local wildlife and livelihood of the people‚ 3) economic development in terms of our tourism industry‚ 4) reduced water quality‚ and finally‚ the extinction of certain ecosystems. That something
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Plastic pollution is something that is drastically changing our ecosystems. With more trash thrown into bodies of water every day‚ it’s said that “plastics in the ocean will outweigh fish pound for pound in 2050” (“How”). Microplastics are changing the way plastic pollution may travel‚ and not in a good way. Microplastics are pieces of plastic less than 1mm in size and because of that‚ they can’t be removed from the ocean. In recent studies‚ researchers discovered that Zooplankton are able to digest
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the ocean are industrial waste‚ oil‚ and harm chemicals. With the current trend in pollution‚ marine life could easily cease to exist and certain marine organisms could end up becoming extinct. Barry Commoner‚ a biologist and Harvard graduate‚ once said “Environmental pollution is an
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Since the beginning of the Marine Corps‚ NCOs have played a pivotal and vital role‚ not only in the evolution but in the success of the Marine Corps and its missions. From being the embodiment of the Corps‚ and to upholding all of its vast history and traditions‚ whether that be its core values of honor‚ courage‚ and commitment or its saying‚ “Semper Fidelis.” On every battlefield our country has ever been on since the founding of the Corps on November 10‚ 1775‚ Marines have been there to face and
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The Dedication The book Why Gender Matters is a very interesting book that helps people understand how people think the way they do. The author‚ Leonard Sax‚ is extremely dedicated to the work he does and who he does it for. Leonard Sax dedicates this book to the memory of David Reimer. Bruce Reimer was born one of a set of identical twins. At the age of seven months‚ his mother noticed that he and his brother were having trouble urinating‚ so she took them in to be circumcised. Bruce was first
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the impact of plastic bags on the environment. Plastic bags kill tens of thousands of animals every year. In the marine environment plastic bag litter is lethal‚ killing tens of thousands of birds‚ whales‚ seals and turtles every year as they often mistake plastic bags for food such as jellyfish (planetark‚ 2015). Various experts estimate that up to a million birds and 100‚000 marine mammals are killed each year from plastic debris including bags (One Green Planet‚ 2015). It is estimated that between
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Amateur hobbyists are creating home-brew molecular-biology labs‚ but can they ferment a revolution? $195–$1‚000 $250–$2‚000 MICROCENTRIFUGE $60–$850 IMPROVISATION IS KEY To do molecular biology on the cheap‚ biohackers have developed some creative workarounds: • for a $10 microscope‚ pop the lens o a webcam and stick it back on backwards. • for an $80 centrifuge‚ order the DremelFuge rotor and attach to a Dremel rotary tool. • for a free 37 ºC incubator‚ incubate tubes of E. coli in
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One of her first contributions was in becoming a female biologist in a male dominated field. Post World War II is when Clark became a marine biologist. As much as Eugenie was a biologist‚ she was also an author. Her first book “Lady With A Spear”‚ which she wrote and published‚ was an international best seller National Geographic). Eugenie not only wrote books‚ but she wrote scientific
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the U.S. Marine Corps Noncommissioned Officer 1958-Present Noncommissioned Officers are the backbone of the Marine Corps. Each leader is vastly different from the other. Some Marines enjoy being a corporal only because of the increase in rank and pay. A few become the tactless leaders junior Marines try to avoid. Fortunately‚ many others mature into Marines who strive to become the leader that other Marines wish to emulate. They know what it means to be a good leader. Those Marines have the
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Plastic Paradise The great Pacific garbage patch. Not many people have heard of such a thing but this "thing" is real. The pacific garbage patch is said to be an island the size of Texas purely of garbage‚ but the majority of it being plastic. Plastic Paradise effectively shows the dangers of plastic and how it can harm the planet and the wild life it supports. Watching this film shows what we are slowly doing to this planet. It gives examples and states that ever since plastic was invented
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