Ocean rowing

In week 7, Jennifer Olson gave a presentation talk on the stranding network in San Juan County Washington. Olson talked about the importance of the stranding network and in what ways their team is doing adding to the vast amount of information known on these animals.The Marine Mammal Stranding Network is important due to contributioning knowledge and help it provides. Not only this, but the stranding network uses this data to present/ inform management decisions. This knowledge is valuable due…

their own different identities and none are exactly the same and I wish to have a baby shark sometime in my lifetime. Better yet, I would want a great white shark and when it gets big enough that it won't fit in a fish tank I will take it to the ocean and it can have free reign of which aquatic animals it wants to eat and which ones it doesn’t want to eat. Great white sharks are very unique. Great white sharks can swim as deep as 3,000 feet. As a result, of them swimming that deep is then,…

In reviewing others posts I didn’t see anyone do a post on the suggested example of thermal vents so I thought I would take a look into it. The full term describing this amazing underwater creation is “hydrothermal vents.” Basically these vents are hot springs produced from underwater volcanoes, kind of like geysers that form on land. These vents form where two plates pull apart and lava covers the sea floor forming an entirely new floor than what was previously there. These vents were first…

the original population of 160,000. This cut off the penguins main food supply and changed the landscape of the colonies habitat. The huge 1,210 square mile iceberg collided with the main land, which caused a land lock that isolated them from the ocean (Imam, 2016). This made them walk over 40 miles in search for food and to reproduce, most of them died during the long journey due to starvation and low mating rates (Imam, 2016). Researchers have been following this…

The impact of rising waters continues to increase, along with the way to protect cities and building from the damage they cause. I found that there are three main arguments that the article “Costal cities need to rethink how they deal with rising waters” included. The first one is the science behind how much damage they cause and how much they need to prepare for. The second argument is the effects of what we do and how we build. The final reason is The history and location of those effect by…

The ocean can be an adventure if one wants it to be. “Through the Tunnel”, makes one feel like never giving up with what they want to accomplish in their life. In “Through the Tunnel”, Doris Lessing uses imagery and characterization to convey to never give up on the things that one wants to do in life, because if one gives up, then they will never know what might have happened. For Jerry, a day at the beach turns into an adventure that gives him confidence in himself. Imagery lets one…

technology has taken overfishing to extremes. We now can use tracking devices to detect where schools of fish are and are able to catch large quantities at one time. Our demand for fish is highly exceeding the supply that we have. The fish in our oceans feed about one billion people daily for their main source of protein. Not only are we using these fish that are being caught as food, we are also using them as bait to catch other fish, using them to feed other livestock, or wasting them as a…

Manta Rays live in the ocean. Mainly in tropical, subtropical, and temperate waters worldwide. They prefer waters near the equator because they are warmer. They live around coral reefs, but also go out to the open sea. Mantas have adapted to life in the water. Their flat shaped body is great for life in motion. It also makes it hard for predators to latch on to them. Their large pectoral fins are very strong, and one flip of them will accelerate them away from danger. The creature’s rough skin…

Theme Analysis of Salt to the Sea Ruta Sepetys’ book Salt to the Sea takes place during World War II and it’s about a group of people that meet up and try to survive with each other. The group is made up of a blind girl named Ingrid, an old man called the Shoe Poet, a pregnant woman named Emilia, a sociopath named Alfred, a “murderer” named Joana, a little boy named Klaus, and a man that stole famous art from the Amber Room named Florian. They have to get to a boat called The Wilhelm Gustloff to…

mainland. I guess it's a childhood thing. It's a... there's a clinical name for it isn't there?” To which Brody sharply responds, “Drowning.” This fear has a great impact on Brody, as he has to fight his entire battle on a boat in the middle of the ocean. Mayor Vaughn, rather than thinking about what is best for the people, only cares about how much profit Amity earns. After the first few attacks, Vaughn states, “I'm only trying to say that Amity is a summer town. We need summer dollars. Now, if…