Marine aquarium

Plastic marine debris has become increasingly problematic. Angela Sun, a journalist from California, made a movie called, “Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” The movie is about plastic marine debris and how it affects wildlife. Sun heard from a friend about this giant island in the Pacific Ocean called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Most people believe that the garbage patch is a very large, solid patch of garbage sitting in the Pacific Ocean. They do not know that the patch…

the full effect on how both underwater life and the impact of trash at a global level. Taking trash out of the environment will affect both the marine life and us. The unhealthy ecosystem for both us and life living in the ocean. This project is designed carefully and not use nets. They use screens allowing sea life to pass through, in turn saving much marine life thus creating a much healthier…

Due to its importance in size, the Yellow River is still a key resource for the Chinese civilization’s development. Nowadays industrial, agricultural and residential areas increasingly contribute to water contamination. However, there are measures that can be taken to reduce the amount of these pollutants. Current interventions addressing pollution control measures depend on the area of location of the river. In this approach, as part of the environment management, chemical and physical tests…

During my service learning project this semester, I had the privilege of serving our community by participating in the 36th Annual Children’s Fair hosted at SUNY Broome Community College. After being an active student educator and experiencing the roles of our community, there has been a lack of diversity offered to families and children. The Children’s Fair was able to offer families and children a various amount of diverse activities and learning opportunities offered throughout our community.…

humans (Barker & Roberts 2004; Hughes et al. 2010). Approximately 20% of coral has been lost worldwide (Wilkinson 2006) with an 80% loss in the Caribbean basin (Jackson et al. 2014). Due to this decline steps must be taken to conserve and restore the marine ecosystems. The most prominent causes of decline are global warming (Hoegh-Guldberg 1999), water pollution (Jackson et al. 2014) and overfishing (Hixon & Carr 1997). The Mesoamerican reef is the second largest in the world, stretching…

Take up your arms men and follow me. Our freedom is at stake, we have declared our independence and now must fight for our very lives. Treason against the crown is a hanging offense. Either we die on the gallows or die for our rights. And so our journey begins, the year is 1776. America’s forefathers have come together to discuss and act upon the injustice England has imposed upon the colonies. Blood has already been shed at Lexington, Bunker Hill, Fort Ticonderoga and Boston. George Washington…

become this big problem”(Erin Spencer). She even uses a picture of a sea turtle caught in some trash to emphasize just how any animal in the ocean could get caught in our trash. She even goes to bring up Kelly Slater, who has “spent countless hours in marine environments all over the world to see just how some oceans remain beautiful and some get trashed and ruined”(Spencer). She goes further into how Kelly Slater has gotten himself further involved in the movement of saving our oceans with him…

figure 1(11)), an oleophilic and hydrophobic sponge that collects oil and rejects water housing up to ninety times its own weight than to be squeezed out and reused like a dish sponge(3). Could this be the answer to addressing oil spills and benefit marine environments? Relevant Chemistry: The sponge is a simple foam of polyurethane with silane molecules that attract the oil into the sponge rejecting water and releases oil when squeezed(14). This process is possible due to the silane being…

epitomizes why the Marine Corps is the most premiere fighting organization in the world. The Marine Corps started out with limited resources, a small amount of manpower, and a concise mission statement. According to the book First to Fight, “The initial mission of the Marine Corps was to provide security for the ships in which Marines were embarked” (Krulak 2013). In addition, the early Marines boarded other ships, landed ashore to fight, and fired on enemy ships. The Marine Corps’ existence…

powerful talks.” TED launched in 1984, and since then, they have allowed thousands of speakers to share their ideas globally, in over a hundred different languages (“Our Organization”). Earle, one of the thousands of speakers on TED, is an American marine biologist, explorer, author, and lecturer. She has accompanied more than fifty expeditions and spent over seven-thousand hours underwater (Earle). Earle’s eye-opening talk on the deep blue sea explains the importance of the ocean, how new…