Fisheries

One of the largest current issues in the United States is the Keystone XL Pipeline. The Keystone XL pipeline is a system designed to carry up to 830,000 barrels of tar-sand oil a day from the oil sands in western Canada to the United States. Half of the system is already built, including a pipeline that runs from Alberta through North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. The major debate is if they should continue building a 1,179-mile addition to the pipeline. This pipeline should not be built…

In Carol McKibben's Beyond Cannery Row, which analyzes the processes of migration and settlement of Sicilian, they came to Monterey because of the opportunities happening in the fishery industry. “Sicilian fishing community in Monterey valued hard work, sobriety, thrift, and family, which conformed to traditional American middle-class values (McKibben, Beyond Cannery Row, 101).” In their assimilation into Monterey’s society, Sicilian…

It is common knowledge that as the population increases at such an astronomical, record breaking speed, more resources are impacted. One of these resources is water, the basic building block of life. Water is essential for agriculture, drinking water, and wildlife. And due to the recent droughts California has faced, a debate has arisen over the question that baffles many; Whose water is it? The article published in The Fresno Bee (Fresno’s Mainstream Media), addresses this issue with a pun…

Almost 4.5 billion years ago, the Earth, newly formed, had possibly the hottest climate in the planet’s extensive past. Temperatures were scorching, enough to liquefy rocks. As radioactive elements located in Earth’s core decay, they generate heat and pressure shoving molten rock toward Earth’s surface. Along with bringing molten rock to the surface, volcanoes also released heat and emitted carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, initiating the greenhouse effect which leads on to global warming.…

Go Green is a new catchphrase and phenomenon which aspires to raise environmental consciousness. Environmental awareness is a broad term including global warming, pollution, clean accessible water, organic foods, animal protection, and reforestation. Today’s environmental movement encompasses many ideas and concerns, but the modern environmental movement originated in the 1960s with one particular issue: pesticides. Rachel Carson, a biologist, raised American consciousness about pesticides with…

When looking at all of the environmental disasters of the United States, the BP Oil Spill and Dust Bowl are by far two of the most devastating disasters to the surrounding environment and ecosystem. Although both natural disasters have different characteristics and environmental effects, each disaster greatly impacted the surrounding ecosystems from before and after the disasters. Although the Gulf of Mexico before the BP oil spill was still known for its suffering under the effects of coastal…

Introduction Salmon are a very important fish species that contribute to the economy and play a very critical part in the food chain as they are the primary source of food for many animals and a food source for humans. Their annual migration is a miracle of nature that provides an insight into the yearly population and the abundance of their species (OLWQS 2014). However, the salmon population has decreased in the past few decades due to the effects of global warming causing changes within the…

Global warming and climate change: Threats and impacts Global warming and climate change are “the talk of the town” in this century, with its unhealthy effects already being brought to lime light by its annihilate power of damaging the society by floods in one part of the country and droughts on another. Before embarking impacts of global warming and climate change, we should know what green house effect mean. GREEN HOUSE EFFECT Green House effect is the phenomenon in which the earth's…

with the material from the vessel. While SWAT is widening the perimeter around the warehouse, they discover a second device on a railcar. SWAT contacts Biloxi Police Department EOD to come defuse the device. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) Special Response Team (SRT) arrives on the scene to assist SWAT with its search. MDWFP SRT specializes in tracking people through natural environments. The SRT’s drone and the Air forces live feed make catching the runner…

The most critical effect of overfishing, however, is resulting in species imbalance in the ecosystem. It is a common sense that there is such connection called food chain, which is a series of events where one creature eats another and then is eaten by another creature, exists in an ecosystem, and each of every living organisms has a place on this chain. If, all of a sudden, one specific type of species decreases immensely in amount, this phenomenon will undoubtedly affect other living creatures…