Indian Ocean

It has a beautiful view of the ocean, even better it has a beautiful view of the one and only Atlantic Ocean. It is located on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. Cape Lookout delimits or determines limits and boundaries of Onslow Bay to the west from Raleigh Bay to the east. Cape Lookout is one of North Carolina’s tree…

life. Leatherback turtles or Dermochelys coriacea migrate across the entire basins and according to the 2010 IUNC red list are now critically endangered. The nesting populations for D.coriacea in the Pacific Ocean have steadily declined, while remaining stable in the Atlantic an western Indian Ocean. Identifying the reason for an increase or decrease in nesting populations for D.coriacea is difficult. There are different areas that D.coriacea may reside in that are not quite…

hugely significant volume of water that should be concerning for the population the world over should it begin to make its way into the oceans. Not only is the melting of the ice sheet concerning regarding raw sea-level, but the dumping of large amounts of the freshwater glaciers into the ocean could severely upset the thermohaline circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean, with devastating effects. The receding of glaciers and their feedback effects could also have implications on regulating heat…

a magnitude of 6.5 or greater, landslides into or under the water surface, volcanic activity and meteorite impacts. Two tsunamis occur per year throughout the world which inflict damage near the source. Approximately every 15 years a destructive, ocean-wide tsunami occurs. Tsunamis travel approximately 700kph in 4000m depth of sea water, when reaching shore the wave slows in speed but increased height by over 10 times. When…

INTRODUCTION The West Indian manatee’s scientific name is Trichechus manatus, which approximately translates to “sea cow”. They are a member of the order Sirenia which contain the dugong and the abruptly extinct Steller’s sea cow. Manatees are large and come in varying colors of gray and brown. They are marine mammals but unlike a dolphin or whale the manatee has a flat, paddle like tail. They have two front flippers which each has at least three nails on it, another quality distinguishing it…

The frilled shark is a mysterious creature which lives in some of the deepest waters of our oceans. Not many people know about them, well, because they don't come into human contact very often. Here are more facts about these marine animals that most people don't know. Number Eight: It Wasn't Seen Alive Until Recently For a good number of years now, the frilled shark has only been seen by humans as their dead bodies have washed onto the shore. In 2004, however, this all changed. It was seen…

here in the U.S. Mooney Falls in Supai, Arizona If tropical looking turquoise waterfalls are what you seek, look no further than Mooney Falls in Arizona. Nestled on the western edge of the Grand Canyon, is the village of Supai. Part of the Havasupai Indian Reservation, Mooney…

Potanichthys xingyiensis. The fossil is dated back to the Middle Triassic about 235-242 million years ago. Today flying fish evolved independently from Potanichthys xingyiensis about 66 million years ago. Exocoetidae is marine fish that found in all the oceans,…

1. Introduction The most recent research lines are based on understanding wild paralarvae behaviour and prey preferences, refining paralarval nutrition and rearing conditions for O. vulgaris welfare (Iglesias and Fuentes et al., 2014). In the culture of cephalopods, the paralarval life stage is a critical period, especially for octopuses. During this period, the paralarvae must initiate the consumption of a suitable diet to grow, requiring stable conditions for proper development (Iglesias &…

Coral Reef Bleaching Coral reef bleaching, which is the whitening of diverse invertebrate taxa. The cause of the whitening is “from the loss of symbiotic zooxanthellae and/or a reduction in photosynthetic pigment concentrations in zooxanthellae residing within the gastrodermal tissues of host animals.” (P.W.Glynn) The reason why coral reef bleaching is such a concern is because the “consequences of bleaching large numbers of reef-building scleractinian corals and hydrocorals.”(P.W.Glynn)…