Coral reefs

My career interest is a Marine Biologist. A Marine Biologist is a person that studies the life of many organisms that are in any types of body of water and learn how they affect their environment. With this I can research the organisms that live the ocean, and probably find a new species of animals or plants. The salary of a Marine Biologist is not high, but it is not low. The actual salary an average of $51,289 per year. The lifestyle of Marine Biologists is that they usually go out to Oceans…

Therefore, without coral reefs there will be no life cycle in the ocean (Environment 911, 2011). According to Marine Animals, more than 100,000 sea animals die every year due to ocean pollution, one cause is ingesting plastic. As a result of this, the animal will feel full because the nondigestible plastic will remain in the animal’s stomach taking up space for the animal’s real food source, this can cause malnutrition, dehydration, and starvation (Save Our Shores). In addition, if the…

The average depth of the ocean is about twelve thousand feet (12,000). The deepest part of the ocean is called the Challenger Deep and is located beneath the western pacific ocean, which runs several hundred kilometers. The ocean is home to more than a million different types of species, with half of them on the verge of being extinct. Being home to various types of creatures, there must also be a vast amount of space for them to inhabit. Ocean travel by boat dates back millions of years, but…

According to the recent studies, Shrimp aquaculture is considered to be one of the most environmentally destructive forms of modern agriculture affecting mangroves directly [83]. Aquaculture destroys the mangroves to create shrimp ponds, reduce the ground water levels, and cause pollution to the surface water from the pond effluents [100]. Lack of long-term conservation and management of natural resources are the greatest shortcoming of shrimp aquaculture [40]. Researchers have noticed that the…

What is a Marine Biologist? According to Merriam Webster “marine” means of or relating to the sea or the plants and animals that live in the sea. A biologist is a scientist that studies things that are biotic, therefore, making the word “Marine Biologist” mean the study of ocean life. Approximately 70% of the earth is covered by water, while the rest is land. A marine biologist has a significant profession by studying the life in the ocean and all of its secrets. The secrets in the ocean could…

may not sound like much, but corals are bleaching already. Coral bleaching is the starvation, shrinkage, and even death of corals that support thousands of species. Whilst oceans give us most of our oxygen, we are not repaying it properly. We dump millions of tons of toxic waste (most non biodegradable) into the ocean annually. That’s equivalent to dumping one garbage truck of plastic into the ocean every minute. Global warming makes problems worse, destroying coral reefs that support lots of…

Nickesha Findley-Thompson Professor: Alejandro Leopardi IERW002 Date: 10-30-17 Our Life is the Ocean’s There is an enormous amount of people on earth and the number gets larger by the second. Let’s imagine the amount of waste that is accumulated by us on average, then think about where it ends up. In our oceans that’s where. The ocean has become a dumping zone for our personal waste. Most of us think of the ocean as an irrelevant element in our existence but our future is solely dependent on the…

In an advancing twenty first century, technology is playing a part in every sector of people’s lives. There are always positive and negative affects to everything, and new technologies are a prime example of this. People have always been interested in what the World’s oceans can provide, and people are using new technology to investigate these possibilities. However, technology can have a negative affect on different biodiversity in the ocean. Focusing specifically on the Atlantic Ocean,…

Introduction The Crown of Thorns starfish, or Acanthaster Planci, is one of the largest threats to the Great Barrier Reef. The starfish, also known as COTS, can have up to 21 arms, each with hundreds of toxic spines. They move by expanding and contracting these feet, and feed on hard coral. Abiotic features are non-living or physical factors and can have a large effect on the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem and the Crown of Thorns starfish. These include water temperature and nutrients in water.…

The documentary that I decided to watch for this assignment was the film, “Disneynature: Oceans.” I chose to watch this film simply because of the love and curiosity I have for sea creatures. While watching this documentary, I had many mixed emotions about all the events that took place. “Disneynature: Oceans” is a movie-length documentary about life within the ocean. This ocean documentary has informative, yet intriguing information about different animals that live within the deep ocean waters…