Atlantic Ocean

By the time Hurricane Alex made landfall in the Azores, it had been downgraded to a tropical storm and thankfully did little damage. But the real significance of the storm was in its timing and location. The Atlantic hurricane season officially lasts from June 1 to November and the January-born hurricane is a weather anomaly not seen since 1955. Major hurricanes with names and potential for significant damage are normally only seen from July onwards. Alex began as a tropical depression, first…

the 24 July 1897, was an American aviator, author and women's rights activist. She was instrumental in the formation of the Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. Earhart was the second person and first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Even as a young girl Earhart defied conventional female behaviour. She would climb trees, hunt rats and she kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about successful women in predominantly male orientated fields. At the age of 10 Amelia…

“Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492.” That is the saying that a lot of people know because of Christopher Columbus going to explore America. If he hadn’t gone at that time, who knows how the world might have been different. One example I can think of is that Florida could have been French or of a completely different culture. Now, who is Christopher Columbus? He was an Italian explorer that went to America in 1492 in search for a new trade route. This essay will talk about his voyages to…

lionfish can grow up to around 17 inches long, with fan-like pectoral fins and many dorsal spines along their body, all of which are venomous (Raloff J. 2006). This peculiar fish is considered one of the most successful fish invader in the western Atlantic Ocean as it consumes a wide variety of prey. Several life history and behavioral traits make them an atypical marine invasive species because they facilitate their continued spread and population growth (Arias-González JE and al. 2011; Raloff…

who chose to sail after him. He was born in 1450 in Algarve Kingdom of Portugal he died 29 May 1500 at the age of 50 years he was part of the Portuguese royal household he sailed the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488 he reached the Indian ocean from the Atlantic he was the first European known to do that. He is mostly known for sailing around the southernmost tip of Africa ,Bartolomeu Dias was…

The probable causes of this phenomenon would obey profound alterations between the atmosphere and ocean, which would be generated in the region of the tropical Pacific, causing abnormalities in the general circulation of the atmosphere with varied effects reverberating globally. The occurrence of this phenomenon results in climate changes, mostly accompanied by abundant rainfall, alterations in marine and terrestrial ecosystems, issue straight influenced and negative impacts on the national…

Erica Bohuski History 1203 Dr. Meyer November 13, 2014 The Legend of Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, who later on mysteriously disappeared on her flight over the Pacific Ocean. In modern day society, she is known for her countless accomplishments and successes in the world of aeronautics. Amelia Earhart wanted to prove to the people of her time that any woman could become a pilot, despite their gender, and master…

Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean a passenger aboard a Fokker tri-motor aircraft that was piloted by Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon. In 1928, Amelia Earhart received a phone call that would change her life. She was invited to become the first woman passenger to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a plane. "The idea of just going as 'extra weight' did not appeal to me at all," she said, but she accepted the offer…

boats that Magellan and his crew were on were caravels. They were difficult to sail and extremely uncomfortable; nothing like the luxury of modern ships. The horrible weather of the Atlantic made matters even worse. They…

countries in comparison. America genuinely believed in miasmas, yet had no sufficient cleaning apparatus to remove the waste and filth from the streets that were left behind from the livestock roaming its grounds. Nevertheless, when the world’s largest oceans, religion or wealth had the ability to divert cholera from America, there was no other choice but to ride upon other misconceptions as reason for cholera in the United States. America then adopted the misconception that, cholera was…