Oceanography

"There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic trash in the world’s oceans, and each year, 8 million tons of plastic are added to the count. That’s equivalent to one municipal garbage truck pulling up to the beach and dumping its contents every minute" (Groden). Pollution in the ocean has become a serious problem. Plastic disperses quickly throughout the ocean, causing harm to the coastlines and the open water. As time progresses cleaning up the plastic litter in the ocean will become more difficult…

Zoning is an essential facet used to maintain Moreton Bay. It is a primary tool which segregates any prohibited activity as well as managing the marine parks ecosystem. There are a variety of benefits that result from zoning, it protects biodiversity which will ensure a range of fish in the eco-system (Marsh, 2015), it helps to make sure the continued existence of unique species and habitats that have been around over the years (Marsh, 2015).. For endangered species that live in the area, it…

Defeo, McLachlan et al examine what makes sandy shoreline habitats unique among other types of shorelines. Their article looks at threats to beaches, from weather patterns, to extreme storms, as well as man made structures and failed attempts at beach rehabilitation. The article makes a point that long-term information about the on-going changes in beach habitats is often hard to come by, and what information can be found is very short-term, geologically speaking. They suggest that in order to…

The reading material and lecture discuss several theories about ways that agnostids live. The writer presents several theories including free-swimming predators, seafloor dwellers and parasites. However, the professor put forward three reasons that directly contradict the theories and effectively prove that they are not persuadsive and somewhat inaccurate. First of all, the writer suggests that agnostids can swim freely in the ocean. By contrast, in accordance with the professor, this veiw is…

My Intertidal Hero, Hemiscyllium ocellatum - The Epaullet Shark. This extraordinary creature, unlike any other inhabits the shallow tidal reefs or North-Western Australia and New Guinea. {1} It is in my eyes a creature like no other, able to withstand cyclic periods of extreme hypoxia{2} and has developed the ability to walk on land from one tide pool to the next.{3} I believe that this particular Teleost shows adaptive evolution right before our eyes. The oceans tide rises and falls twice…

“Drowning the Oceans in Plastic” Summary The article, “Drowning the Oceans in Plastic,” by Mark Gold and Cara Horowitz is about how marine pollution is a global and international problem that costs billions of dollars each year to clean. To mend the problem, the people of this world should not litter. To begin, plastic garbage is extremely costly. In the article, it states, “… 20 million tons of plastic pollution enters the ocean each year… litter is also costly.” (1) This shows how a lot of…

In-between work and my busy personal schedule tending to my exotic animal farm in my hometown Austin, Texas. I found the time to take a road trip up to Myrtle beach, South Carolina to do some scuba diving and capture pictures of barracudas, manta and sting rays, as well as the bounty of coral reefs for my school project. With my Advanced Open Water Diving license not only am i able to dive by myself but i can enter protected zones in the deep sea diving zones of Myrtle beach. There is over 10…

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,…

Research Paper Pollution is a problem, and the everyday third grader could grasp that concept. However, what the effects of specific pollutants are, seems to be less clear. Each individual pollutant has a different effect on a different aspect of the ocean and the organisms that live in it. One important type of pollutant is an Endocrine disruptor, or to be more specific: Diethyl Phthalate. Said compounds and their results on the live marine organisms need to be studied so that the level at…

Do you know that there are almost two million marine species are estimated to exist in the ocean? Ocean, or marine, is the hometown of some of people. But we are still discovering and learning this familiar and unfamiliar biomes. The location, temperature, characteristic and dwellers are quite differ with other biomes on the earth. Ocean is the biggest part on the earth. There 71% of area on the earth have been covered by the ocean. The ocean entailed the 97% of liquid on the earth. “The oceans…