Ocean

Hypothesis and Objection Because it may take a couple of years for the trash to collect in areas, and due to the constant water moving, I believe we need to observe this over two years. Not much is documented in regards to water samples in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. My hypothesis after checking water samples, oxygen level and phytoplankton levels, is: a decrease in oxygen, which creates dead zones and decreases in phytoplankton and nutrients, with an increase in bacteria and other toxins.…

. This is why Green (sustainable) transportation is such an important issue. With more environmentally safe fuels and resources being used, there would be less of a negative effect on our environments around the world and the ocean could’ve avoided having these pockets where sea life could no longer strive. Another contributor to the crisis in the water supply is the amount of acid rain that falls from the sky. Too much of acid water can inhibit plant growth and create soil damage that wouldn’t…

the word “Marine Biologist” mean the study of ocean life. Approximately 70% of the earth is covered by water, while the rest is land. A marine biologist has a significant profession by studying the life in the ocean and all of its secrets. The secrets in the ocean could hold value to curing diseases and develop more resources. With about 98% of water on earth being oceans, scientists are not even close to knowing all of the life that calls the ocean its habitat. Many scientists believe that…

people that do not understand what pollution is doing to these amazing marine animals. The pollution from oil spills, plastic, sewage, and ocean mining negatively impacts marine wildlife and their quality of life. Our oceans are the largest bodies of water on the Earth, and over the last few decades, humans have severely affected the marine life in the Earth’s oceans. One of those human activities that has impacts on marine wildlife are oil spills. Oil pollution has been notice and getting a…

of miles a day in the open ocean. Captive orcas swim in circles, or just float, in small round tanks all day, every day. Finally, the diets of both captive and wild orcas are extremely different. Wild orcas hunt, with help, for their prey. Orcas are the top dogs of the ocean, which leads people to believe that orcas should not be kept in captivity as John Hargrove said in Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish: “Nothing in the ocean hunts killer whales as…

They get their starts at headwaters, which may be springs, snowmelt or even lakes. This water then travels all the way to their mouths, usually another water channel or the ocean. The temperature is usually cooler at the source than it is at the mouth of the river. The water is also clearer at the mouth, has higher oxygen levels, and freshwater fish such as trout can be found here. Towards the middle part of the stream/river…

elements responsible for deep-water movements that drive the ocean’s great currents, also known as the global conveyer belt. THC, in conjunction with tidal forces and wind patterns, keep our oceans circulating in what appears to be a closed loop system. As the temperature of seawater passing through the North Atlantic Ocean drops, it freezes and leaves behind saline, increasing salt concentration and therefore density of the surrounding water. The heavier waters then sink, and less dense surface…

Over time, humans have been building fake islands on top of these ecosystems. But, yet our kind is destroying these ecosystems in order to build fake islands on top. The early steps in the process is dredging, where huge ships scoop up sand from the ocean floor and dump it on top. This has been shown to suffocate and kill every life form there. Fish die, coral turns white, and the plants perish due to the fact there is no sunlight. 70% of the world’s oxygen is produced by marine plants. How…

Biogeochemical cycles are the way in which nutrients move through the earths system. It is a pathway for chemical elements to move through biotic and abiotic factors. The ocean contributes largely to these cycles as it acts as a reservoir or sink for the accumulation of nutrients. Even water itself is recycled through precipitation, evaporation and condensation. This is a typical cycle that can be observed for the vital elements of life such as carbon and nitrogen. Microbes are essential to the…

located at the bottom of every ocean in the world? The Dumbo Octopus is located in the deep depths in oceans, and rarely gets any sunlight since it lives so deep. The Dumbo Octopus is rarely seen, and that’s why only very few people know about it. Dumbo Octopuses live in the deep depths in the New Zealand, Australia, Monterey Bay in California, in the waters of Oregon and the Philippines, as well as Papua, and New Guinea. The Dumbo Octopus lives in the depths of the ocean from 900-4,190…