Ocean

Setting in Life of Pi: The Relationship Between Pi and the Ocean The setting of a story plays a major role in the development of the plot throughout the novel. In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, the main character, Pi, is left without his family and only accompanied by an untrained Bengal tiger, Richard Parker. Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, Pi is compelled to train the tiger for his own survival and faces several physical and spiritual challenges. The existence of these challenges is because of…

bronzing my skin with the blue skies radiating the same color as the ocean. The waves were calm and peaceful; the crystal clear floors reveal every sand dollar and broken up seashell on the sand below. It looked as if it were a vivid beautiful painting. We weren’t the only ones at the reef embracing its beauty. All of us had the same intentions that day. We geared up with our equipment to begin our adventure exploring the oceans reef. I put on my polarized jet black mask over my head, and jet…

activity are not only affecting the environment but also that oceans all around the world. This of course partially has to do with the overall warming of the planet caused by climate change. But, over time most of this carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is being absorbed by the ocean, where it then reacts with the seawater and forms an acid that is corrosive to coral reefs, shellfish, as well as a plethora of other sea life. This is known as ‘ocean acidification’. Coral reefs are most vulnerable…

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,…

“accumulates in landfills” or gets dumped into the ocean and other natural environments (Parker, L., 2017). There are multiple reasons why plastic ends up in the ocean. Some examples include, people do not properly recycle plastic, small plastic particles go down sink drains, and it is cheaper for companies to dump all of their plastic in the ocean rather than properly disposing it. This leads to now having over 5 trillion pieces of plastic floating in the ocean, which weighs around 260,000 tons…

Pollution is the most common factor that has caused our oceans to take a drastic turn for the worse. One of the highest overlooked types of pollution within the waters come from noise and transportation. In fact, sound waves travel farther and faster in the sea than in air and “many marine mammals like whales and dolphins, in addition to fish and other sea creatures, rely on communication by sound to find food, mate, and navigate” (Denchak). Human-caused sound waves disturb the marine animals’…

From surfing, swimming, fishing, scuba diving, and going on boat rides on the beach most of us don’t really know what’s going on in our oceans. In reality besides the waste that goes in there’s actually acidification in our waters. Acidification is when the ocean uptakes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, this also means the pH levels are lowering. The ocean acidification is negatively taking over our environment and there are barely any benefits that come with it. This essay will provide…

I can still hear the soothing sound of the waves crashing down as I woke up from my nap with sweat glueing my sun beaten face to the blanket upon a bed of sand. Digging holes with my dad or riding the surf my long days by the ocean exhausted my younger self. For as long as I can remember at the same time in July every year my family set to the road for a 6 hour journey to the coast. A tradition that has been a part of my family for years. When we finally arrived at the breathtaking shore, we…

turtles are vulnerable to ocean pollution at all stages of their life from being eggs to swimming in the ocean. Toxic metals may concentrate in the liver and the kidney of sea turtles. Pollutants can cause immediate harm to sea turtles through direct contact or over time it builds up in their tissue and can lead to immunosuppression resulting into disease or death. Oil from offshore spill wash up on beaches and can interfere with baby turtles making their way into the ocean but oil can…

almost every aspect of human’s day to day life. Our oceans provide mouth-watering foods; they give supplies for making hair products, and also aide meteorologist in predicting our weather from day-to-day. The magnificent oceans are home to more organisms and aquatic life than is fathomable. What if we did not have our oceans to keep us healthy? The vivacious lives that make our oceans so beautifully helpful are at great danger of depletion. ”Ocean acidification is a global environmental issue…