Ocean acidification

eventually dump into our oceans. Conservationist could spend all day untangling wildlife or doing surgeries to removes the plastic from their stomach, but see no results. In order for there to be a change, society needs to become educated on how their actions can make a huge impact. Opposing viewpoints, a series of books and articles that debate current events, predict that “The weight of plastic waste in the ocean will exceed the weight of fish in the ocean by the year 2050” (Oceans). Fish are…

their eggs in estuaries providing provide an important transition zone from a freshwater habitat to life in saltwater. (National Ocean And Atmospheric 2012). These areas are critical for salmon as it allows juvenile salmon to feed have a refuge area from predators allowing for a higher percentage of juvenile salmon making it to adulthood. As global warming causes ocean levels to rise the water sometimes floods into these low-lying estuaries altering the ecosystem in a way that cannot be reversed…

eventually cascade, having a critical affect on all other species and a single human behavior such as irresponsible plastic use or oil drilling can have a vast impact on the overall ecosystem. Whale sharks positively benefit the health of the ocean by cleaning the ocean of plankton. Generally, whale sharks are primarily endangered due to humanity’s greed, misconception of ethics, and failure to apprehend that whale sharks are a crucial factor to Earth’s hydrosphere as filter feeders. Whale…

Types of Illegal Fishing The act of illegal is very well diversified in character but every act of fishing not carried out in the right way is illegal. Also, the illegality of the act can carried concerned with the species caught or the type of fishing gear used and they are as follows: • Fishing without valid permit: A fishing license is a documentation that grants a person the right to catch a specified number of fish of certain types in a given period of time without exceeding this agreed…

paint that are ruminants of old vessels/buildings) could lead to lethal consequences if ingested by organisms. On a global scale, climate change has the potential to accelerate coral bleaching related to rises in sea level temperatures and ocean acidification that is attributed to increased levels of carbon dioxide (Aeby et al. 2003; Kenyon and Brainard…

complications? All around the globe, greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental issues are taking place. While French Polynesia takes no action in these events of global harm, they are the first to feel the destructive impacts on our climate and ocean. As sea level begins to rise and the amount of fresh drinking water decreases, islands of the French Polynesia are being threatened by ecological issues that are only to be blamed on their neighboring nations. By promoting the drastic…

As the oceans absorb more energy, more heat is distributed back to the atmosphere and throughout the oceans, thus causing more melting of glaciers and polar ice causing more freshwater to mix with the saltwater thus causing the salinity to decrease thus decreasing the density of the saltwater which in turn will decrease the amount of CO2 that is being absorbed by the oceans. Prior to taking the class I view each phenomenon as a separate event…

Human influenced processes of destruction towards the Heart Reef The Heart Reef is suffering from severe coral bleaching as a result of increased water temperature, as well as the limestone reef structures loosing formation because of ocean acidification, and damage to the reef due to bad weather conditions like flooding and cyclones. These issues are mainly from Global Climate Change, which has so many terrible effects on reefs. Sedimentation/Siltation- Natural processes of destruction towards…

The world will melt its way into an apocalyptic world, oceans will flood places, people will die of the heat, starvation will take place. How will the human race prevent this from happening? In order to stop global warming scientists must find ideas, and look at what is causing this? Global Warming occurs when a vast quantity of C02 along with other pollutants gets into the atmosphere and absorbs light as well as solar radiation, which has bounced off the surface of the Earth for centuries in…

It is required to conserve a certain population-level of every specie in order to prevent biodiversity loss and for ecosystems to continue operating. Whales are starting to extinct and whaling is one of the important causes of this problem. The blue whale is the largest animal and a lot of them are found in the Antarctic. The specie reduced abundantly because of hunting in the 20th century. The Antarctic blue whale is classified as Critically Endangered on the International Union for…