Oceanography

Underwater Reverie in the Deep Sea As an underwater cave’s ominous mysteries are explored, the fish start to play. The stalagmites’ aged decay brings whimsy in a way that’s impossible to find elsewhere. A lone scuba divers shines a light forward, while normally he would be uncomfortable, he is in awe. Deep in the ocean lies a strange earth that’s full of mystery and has the potential for exploration, deep into my mind lies curiosity and philosophy. The water-earth qualities accurately depict…

Imagine you’re on a boat in the middle of Aruba, taking samples of the ocean to conduct your own research. After a hard day of work, you get to spend the rest of your day relaxing in Aruba. This is the life of a marine biologist, you get to research in exotic places. I have chosen a career as a marine biologist because I excel in science and enjoy spending time with the ocean, nature, and animals. A career as a marine biologist is fun and interesting, has many responsibilities, requires a high…

Paul Allen is also into exploration. One of his vessels discovered the Us Navy warship the USS Indianapolis. He found the vessel somewhere in the Philippine Sea. The exact location is currently classified. This achievement is incredible considering the ship had been sunk in 1945 and no one had been able to locate it. Allen also discovered another second world war vessel but this time it had sailed a flag of the Rising Sun. He discovered the Japanese warship, Musashi. The vessel was found in the…

There are four reasons for the rise in sea levels in America. The first reason is in Antarctica, Greenland where mountain glaciers are present; there are 1,700 trillion pounds of ice that melts into the sea each year. The ice that melts from the glaciers goes from the land to the sea causing sea levels to rise everywhere. The second reason is that the ocean is also getting warmer every year; with the ocean getting warmer the ocean expands making the sea level higher (this process is known as…

Out of sight out of mind is a perfect way to describe why people pollute this mentality is exemplified even more when it comes to the ocean as we can only see a tiny percent of it.Even though fighting pollution won’t be good for the economy , people should stop or reduce pollution as much as possible because it will destroy the fishing market and the ocean as a whole. One of the most noticeable forms of ocean pollution are oil spills.An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon…

Today I am exploring the Ocean, here is the information that I have gathered so far. The Ocean covers over 70% of the Earth’s surface, it holds about 320 million cubic miles of water, which is over 97% of Earth’s water supply. The Temperature of the ocean varies from top to bottom. The upper layer which is about 200ft down is warmer that the lower part , the thermocline, because the top gets warmed by the sun. The temperature of the water can affect the productivity of organisms living in it.…

The marine world is highly dependent on the activity of microbes in many different ways. Microbes in the ocean come in the form of autotrophs and heterotrophs and come in any of the three domains of Eukaryota, Archaea, and Bacteria. Members of these domains can range from all niches as producers at the bottom of the food change, critical gut microbes and decomposers. Arguably, somewhere these and more duties are most important is around the hydrothermal vents found at the bottom of the ocean.…

Chapter Nine: Unwholesome Waters The Deepwater Horizon spilled over four million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. These oil companies learned they are far from being prepared for accidents such as this. Even though, this killed copious amounts of marine life, boats and other water vessels powered by fossil fuels kill more marine life each year with the chemical they leave in the water. Why not stop using oil? Money would be the deciding factor. Organic pollution ingested by the bottom…

Position paper on an Environmental Issue Marine pollution through oil Transportation of oil by sea makes up a large part of the international distribution of oil, but in case of a spill, the effects on the marine ecosystem are devastating. While the demand for oil and the consumption is continually rising, the safety measurements currently in place are not enough to avoid major damage to marine ecosystems. One of the most devastating spills, the spilling of the Exxon Valdez in Prince William…

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…