Barriers to exit

By applying this value to my life, I took a leap of faith and went to two tours: Great Barrier Reef tour and Fraser Island tour. It was quite hard for me to take such step and go alone on tours with people I have never met but later on, it came out to be a hell of a great experience. I met people from America, London, Germany, China, and Taiwan…

Little Barrier Island (2817ha) is a reserve located approximately 75km away from Great Mercury Island while it is not as close to Great Mercury Island as Red Mercury Island is Little Barrier Island is still in the same ecological district (McEwen, 1987) and could possibly represent a greater abundance in the diversity of species. The terrestrial bird…

drugs that can treat CNS disease but none of them can penetrate the blood brain barrier. “The blood brain barrier denies 100% of large molecule drugs to pass and 98% of small molecule drugs”. (Chen, C. C., Wu, S., & Konofagou, E. E. ,2014) A team at Sunnybrook health center in Toronto was able to conduct a successful trail which proved that the Focused Ultrasound with the help of microbubble can loosen the blood brain barrier and allow the drug to pass to the affected area in of the…

From the title “Coral reefs: the beauteous home to marine life “, we can know that how beautiful coral reefs form to our marine life. The coral itself contain many colourful colour that make people amaze and want to discovery more about those coral reefs. Coral reefs are home to 25% of all marine life on the planet. It can be found generally in clear, tropical oceans. In this study case our group choose Perhentian Island to do this research. This research is focus on tourism sea activities that…

itself is enormous, nearly 1,500 miles long off the coast of Australia. The irony here is that he did not even mean to make one of the world’s most famous discoveries: the largest structure in the world made of living organisms. “Today, the Great Barrier Reef is recognized as a site of such environmental importance that it is protected as a World Heritage Site” (Science Net Links). Unfortunately, this…

1) We impact the reef daily, even though you may not realize. As one of the largest reefs in the world, the Great Barrier Reef has been effect dramatically. There are three main factors that affect the reef. Pollution is the largest occurring factor. Pollution that we cause from the land is entering the reef causing the water to become unsanitary and dirty. To grow and thrive coral reef it is essential that the water situation is clear and salty water that has low levels of phosphorus and…

The Hawksbill Turtle The hawksbill turtle are found in the atlantic, pacific, indian oceans, or any tropical waters. They are normally found near reefs rich with sponges. The Hawksbill turtle feeds on sponges and they are also omnivorous and will also eat mollusks, marine algae, crustaceans, sea urchins, fish, and jellyfish. Without them, sponges have the ability to overgrow corals and suffocate the reefs. Hawksbill are important inhabitants of coral reefs. It’s estimated that one turtle one…

Did you know that the Great Barrier Reef is about the size of 70,000,000 football fields and can be seen from space? Located off the northeastern coast of Queensland, Australia, the Great Barrier Reef attracts more than 2,000,000 tourists each year. The reef hosts just over 2,000 species of marine life, meaning multiple species of sea turtles, coral, sharks, fish, dolphins, and rays call this place home. The Great Barrier Reef is also named one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and was founded…

The Great Barrier Reef stretches more than 1,600 miles 2,575 kilometres. More than 1,500 fish species live on the reef and The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of roughly 3,000 individual reefs and 900 islands thirty species of whales, dolphins and porpoises have been recorded in the Great Barrier Reef including the Pacific humpback dolphin and the humpback whales. The reef and is home to 500,000 sea birds and a major turtle nesting. 2010 Great Barrier Reef…

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven wonders of the natural world (“About the Great Barrier Reef”). The Reef is located off the coast of Queensland, Australia, and the reef is visible from space. On June 11, 1770, James Cook’s crew became acquainted with the Great Barrier Reef when they struck the Endeavour Reef. They had to spend six weeks repairing the ship on shore at Cooktown. Cook’s crew, which were scientists and illustrators, “were able to carry out very little direct scientific…