Indian Ocean

My future plans involve attending Western Washington University and becoming a marine biologist. While attending Western, I plan to pursue a degree in marine biology. Also, I want to take part in their Marine Science Scholars Program to earn credits and gain experience in the field of marine biology. During my sophomore or junior year, I plan to study abroad so I can expand my knowledge on the different marine ecosystems around the world. Participating in these different activities will…

Burning sensation in my chest arises, gasping for air, trying to grab the medicine tape to tape the broken air tank. The strong currents pushing me around, losing more and more air per second. Tape my tank close. I see blood and a large dark shadow swim past. It goes dark…... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ When I get to the Brazilian state, Bonito, I see multiple cabanas along the shoreline. I’m 22 years old and a…

The Animal Prince Many would say that heroes are only from fairytale fables, and humans of some form. In every story there's a little underdog who goes on an adventure, venturing across new lands, beating problems and creatures along the way to their goal to change the world. What if you knew there’s real life heroes. Actually beings that ventured and overcame troubles changing the world. This hero’s name is Winter, and her best friend Hope. Winter had a very rough start with her story,…

The manta ray is a flat fish that lives in salt water. The Ray is 7-9 metres wide and is around 1350 kg. The fish eats plants and smaller fish. Although manta rays do not attack humans, they would be atrocious pets due to their size, habitat and extreme living. After looking deeper into these reasons, it will be safe to say that the manta ray should be no pet. One reason that the manta ray would make a bad pet is because of it's size. Firstly, the ray would be hard to transport. Secondly, the…

Have you ever had a relationship with something in nature? Santiago from the book “Old man and the sea” had love and respect for the sea. Santiago has a unique relationship with the sea. He also has great respect for the fish he catches and kills to eat while he’s on the sea. Santiago’s relationship with the fish is very different from other fisherman. Santiago has a great relationship with the sea and giant marlin. He wants to kill the marlin but he also respects its life. At times Santiago…

Knowing how to care for beta fish involves a lot more than just changing the water once a week and feeding the fish twice a day. No, there is indeed a lot more to knowing how to care for our little marine friends than that. Of course, if you really wanted to, you could just get by on just the bare minimum needed to keep the fish alive, such as keeping it in a simple fish bowl and going through the motions to feed and clean up after your fish. But if you want to extend your beta fish's…

generally used for fish that jump like salmon or trout this type of ladder are used for larger dams they are susceptible to water elevations. Denil ladder have more pools in comparison to other fish ladders they also act similar to rapids with different rates of water flow allowing different types of fish to travel up and down streams this type of fish ladder are less sensitive to elevation and are more well-rounded for both big and small dams. Steep passes are similar to Denil in the way of…

Video 1 – costal erosion Boiol242 Week 3 Sandy beaches are a dynamic system that naturally experiences phases of erosion and accretion. Storm systems producing high energy waves that can rapidly erode sediments, particularly when infrequent or intense. During calmer periods, average swell waves deliver sediment back to the shoreline (beach accretion). Beach accretion is a much slower process than erosion whereby it’d take severl years for a beach to return to its pre – storm condition…

Diversity in ecosystems has to do with a combination of keystone species, symbiosis, and adaptations. First of all, in my keystone species presentation about grizzly bears I said, “grizzly bears control the population of moose, elk, and other hoofed animals which allow other plants to grow.” If grizzly bears did not exist the population of those animals would increase. And that would lead to there being less plants in those areas which means there would be less animals that live in the trees…

So first off radon is a radioactive gas that has no color, odor or taste. It comes from uranium deposits, phosphate mines, and coal combustion. Radon as a short half-life of four days which means it starts breaking down into radon decay. Radon is in all soils, it has higher concentrations in granite, shale, and phosphates. Which sadly means the soil can be contaminated, which could lead to being absorbed into the plants, and then enter the food chain, nothing is known about the effects of this.…