Marine

Each year, littering causes 1 million birds, 100,000 marine mammals, and 4,600 sea turtles to die. Guess who makes that happen? People! Guess who can stop that, EVERYONE! Innocent animals are dying because of litter in the ocean or any body of water. What are we going to do about it. So many sea animals are dying because of littering. Most of it is happening off the Pacific Coast. The animals are eating the litter and getting stuck in it. Leatherback turtles have been around for 100 million…

reason to have women in the military. They would hinder the effectiveness of the platoons either by slowing them down, requiring aid from others, or even getting pregnant before deployment in order to avoid deployment. The rates of rape within the Marines would increase as would beatings. Strength may be in numbers, but if those numbers can’t fall in line, who will be able to keep…

some of my time in my schedule to start feeding my curiosity and to, of course, get some homework done so I could complete the request. Let me start off by stating Ellen Prager’s title and role in the community. She is a highly respected marine biologists and author of a handful of books. She is also the lead scientist that is in charge of the world’s one and only undersea living station, the Aquarius Reef Base, used for scientists and their advancements in their studies. This…

“It is estimated that the worldwide population of sea otters once numbered between several hundred thousand to over one million before being nearly hunted to extinction by fur traders in the 1700s and 1800s” (Defenders of Wildlife). There are only approximately 106,000 sea otters left. Due to fur trade in the early 1900s, there was once under 2,000 sea otters worldwide. Sea otters can possibly be represented as a poster child for reintroduction yet they still remain on the endangered list. There…

have been visiting SeaWorld ever since I can remember, and every time I visit the park I come away with a greater appreciation for what every embassador does on a daily basis.” Ryan, a guest teen blogger on a journey to meet his goal of working with marine animals. From picking a name for the new cub to feeling between a sea star’s arms. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has amazing exhibits. A baby bird was thought to be dead when she was found featherless just outside the nest. She became the…

into the oceans, not including all the oil spills that have occured. All this pollution to the marine life has been not only ruining human lives, but marine mammals lives, eventually leading up to their deaths. Countries all over the world should better enforce their laws about littering on beaches, which is the number one cause of the oceans destruction. Ocean Pollution is the cause of the decline in marine animals in the ocean. Showing that in a report over 267 different…

many economic and environmental issues if the amount of bycatch is not reduced significantly. When non-target species of fish are accidentally caught they are referred to as bycatch. “Beyond the pressure on marine species, bycatch represents a monstrous waste of food, for both humans and marine predators” (Slow Food 2015). In the experiment…

Charles Clover addresses the serious issue of overfishing and the impacting is having around various oceans around the world. Clover argues that the current fishing practices and illegal fishing along with the use of high tech equipments, are reducing fish stocks significantly, for larger quantities of fish are being taken out of the ocean at a rate that is impossible for fish stocks to recover in number and survive. He analyzes the situation showing how the fish crisis is affecting today and…

major natural systems and common plants in major ecosystems. It will start with the coastal ecosystems. Coastal ecosystems are the areas, which meet the land and water together to create an environment. It includes the tropical coral reefs, inshore marine habitats, mangroves, salt marshes, and dunes & maritime forests; but one decided to choose the tropical coral reefs, because…

The ocean makes up 71% of the earth's surface, it being the home to over a billion of marine life. Ocean life is currently at a serious risk due to being exposed to oil spills, plastic pollution, and acidification. Every year hundreds of millions gallons of oil are spilled into the ocean. These oil spills not only cost millions of dollars to clean up but also affect all ocean life. These ocean oil spills can cause severe damage to the animals living there. The fish can end up with liver damage,…