Ocean current

Winds from the Gulf Stream Current and warmer ocean temperatures during the summer months may be the catalysts behind a strange “jellyfish” like creatures popping up on East coast beaches over the past several weeks. Known as the Portuguese Man O’ War, these large, colorful venomous animals are often confused for a jellyfish but are actually part of a group related to jellyfish called siphonophores. They can grow up to 1 foot long and 5 inches wide and their tentacles can stretch as long as…

more fishing truly is correlated with harming the environment. The oceans occupy three fourths of the world, and they are filled with, shockingly enough, fish. When the fish are taken away from the ocean in astronomical rates, the consequences may be disastrous. Sylvia Earle, a well known oceanographer stated, “We have learned that we are absolutely utterly dependent on the ocean. Doesn’t matter where on the planet we live, the ocean is our life support system, generates oxygen, absorbs much of…

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…

Ocean acidification does however, have behavioral effects on sharks that could amplify shark interaction with humans. A recent study published on September 17, 2014 by scientists Leon Green and Fredrick Jutfelt explored the direct effects of oceanic acidification…

Rogue waves and tsunamis are two strong forces that occur in the ocean. The way they form and their features are alike and different in many ways. Rogue waves and tsunamis both form in the ocean but form in different ways. Tsunamis can form in multiple ways. In source 2 it says, Tsunamis can form from earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides on the ocean floor. Large meteorites can cause tsunamis when they hit the water. When tsunamis hit shallow water its acts as a ramp pushing the water up…

close to their eyes. They have 2 fins; a set of fins called Pectoral Fins that helps them swim. The other one is a single fin on top of their head further away from the blowhole called the Dorsal Fin that helps them keep stable against the water currents. They have a small patch of skin on their stomach that is called the Blubber that keeps them warm. Their tail is known as the Tail Fluke and what interfaces the tail to the body is known as the Tail Stock. Their long nose is known as the…

information to make these decisions to safely evaluate weather and sea conditions for their specific size and type of vessel as well as their individual abilities as an operator. Things such as knowing the state of the tide and its effect, knowing the current forecasted weather and sea conditions and, knowing the how all those forces affect the local conditions. Tides (changes in water level) are caused mainly by the gravitational pull of the sun and the moon. There are roughly two high and low…

Every year since i was a baby My mother and I go to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for a vacation. I've always been a fish. I love swimming in the ocean, the pools, water parks, anywhere you can think of. My mother and i would go out really deep in the ocean and just float while the sun kissed our skin. The water was warm on my body like it was giving me a big hug. We would stay out there for hours and just talk. at the end of the day when the sun goes down over the water, we would go to the pool.…

wave that is in the process of falling down onto the rocks. There is water mist in the air from this and the ocean is also flowing in-between some of the rocks. Overall, this painting was done with thick brush strokes, however, in the background there is still the use of atmospheric perspective as there is less detail farther away. The rocks in this painting are brown and the sky and ocean are blue with some…

interested in what the World’s oceans can provide, and people are using new technology to investigate these possibilities. However, technology can have a negative affect on different biodiversity in the ocean. Focusing specifically on the Atlantic Ocean, biodiversity is experiencing the positive and negative affects of technology. This paper will explain these new types of technology and the positive and negative affects of those technologies on biodiversity in the Atlantic Ocean. The method…