“The sun is always going to be there but fossil fuels are not” - Jason [Find Last Name In Papers From MUN]. I am Dr. Michaela Hodges-Fulton and I am the director of the Environmental Protection Agency. I have a Bachelor of Science from Brown College, a Masters from Williams College, and a PhD from Yale University. Since I was a small child I have been drawn to the life in the ocean. The marine biome covers more than ¾ of the planet we call home. It provides more than ½ of the world’s oxygen and locks away our CO2. Without it more than 3.5 billion people would starve and the US would lose $574 billion of its gross domestic product. The first organisms on Earth came from the ocean, but our marine biome is dying. The average temperature of the world has increased 1-2 degrees over the last few decades. Coral reefs are being bleached and dying from ocean acidification. Algae blooms create dead zones and emit carbon dioxide. This proposal based on historical and current evidence will illuminate the effects of climate change
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In recent years algae blooms, coral bleaching, and glacier melting have devastated the marine biome. Global warming has triggered glacier melting. The melt has added millions of gallons of water into the ocean. If this continues to happen major cities such as New York City, Miami, and even Washington DC could be flooded. Algae blooms are started by excess nutrients in the water. These nutrients often come from runoff from farms and lawn fertilizer. Once algal blooms start they take over and steal all the available oxygen. Algae also blocks the sunlight from reaching other plants. These blooms create “dead zones” and emit more CO2 than they take in. This excess CO2 leads to ocean acidification. Ocean acidification can lead to coral bleaching. Bleaching of coral slowly kills it and turns it white in the process. These are three of the most important problems facing our marine
In recent years algae blooms, coral bleaching, and glacier melting have devastated the marine biome. Global warming has triggered glacier melting. The melt has added millions of gallons of water into the ocean. If this continues to happen major cities such as New York City, Miami, and even Washington DC could be flooded. Algae blooms are started by excess nutrients in the water. These nutrients often come from runoff from farms and lawn fertilizer. Once algal blooms start they take over and steal all the available oxygen. Algae also blocks the sunlight from reaching other plants. These blooms create “dead zones” and emit more CO2 than they take in. This excess CO2 leads to ocean acidification. Ocean acidification can lead to coral bleaching. Bleaching of coral slowly kills it and turns it white in the process. These are three of the most important problems facing our marine