Oceanography

As a resident of the city of Ithaca, New York for the past 19 years, I have had many great experiences in this “collegetown”. Ithaca is unique in that we are surrounded by greenery everywhere and are in the backyard of Cayuga Lake, the longest of the five Finger Lakes. We are becoming more farm-friendly for produce and we are always conscientious about sustainable development. This fall, Cornell University released a report outlining its plan to become carbon neutral by 2035, a huge step in…

and school. I felt like knowing these answer would allow me to get a better understand if I definitely wanted to attend ECU. I wanted to know more about her professors so one of my questions were who is your favorite. She said that it was her Oceanography professor mainly because he gave the hardest test ever. Which I thought was strange. She said that even though the test is hard he made the classes so fun. Her most boring professor was Business Capstone Leadership class. Christie also said…

I write to you today as an American citizen who is concerned with the future of this nation and the world. I am not a Democrat, a tree-hugger, or a person belonging to any other group or stereotype you may expect me to belong to. I am a Republican and a steadfast Republican at that. I belong to the party of “shut up and drill.” With that being said, the action by both parties to save planet Earth is not nearly great enough. Millennials, my generation, are being handed issues that are hundreds of…

explorations, internal combustion engines, and deforestation have equally polluted both land and water. “‘We have created the environment in which our children and grandchildren are going to live”’, says Tim Barnett of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Achenback and Heidi 2). Greenhouse gases driven temperature rise would result in an increase in evaporation of methane, another greenhouse gas, which is dissolved in lakes, and otherwise emitted at a slower rate (“Human and Natural”). The…

of the most complicated subjects that I already have, even though i love both of them i think that would be the most challenging thing out of this job. Perks that I think are pretty cool is that, with this degree I can get other jobs, such as, oceanography, biotechnology, weather prediction and many other jobs. This job is in demand everywhere especially if you're a women but especially here in Texas. Texas is one of the states with the highest employment rate of aerospace engineering. Our…

Introduction For my self guided field trip i originally chose Belmar beach in New Jersey, but with my chaotic school schedule and work schedule i had to travel locally. Instead I chose to take a day trip to Ocean City, Maryland. I lived in Ocean City, Maryland the summer prior so I had knowledge of the fun little beach town. (www.oceancity.com) My schedule consists of academic work Sunday through Thursday and working Thursday night through Saturday. Usually i work Saturdays but out of luck i…

Fishing. People enjoy it a lot as a hobby or career whether it’s for a bonding experience between family or friends or a way to survive. But could it be too much? We have of plenty of fish, right? Wrong. Small fishing in ponds, lakes, and sea sides by one or two people won’t make much of a difference, but with the main fishing companies hauling thousands to millions of marine life out of the oceans daily, it will be. This is overfishing; depleting stocks of fish in a body of water by too much…

Carbon is one of the very important elements on planet earth. It contains four valence electrons, which can build essential properties of life, like DNA for example. It has organic properties for the basis of all living organisms. It is necessary for carbon to move through out the planet, through non-living and living things in order to have a balance of energy. Biogeochemical cycling moves carbon throughout the planet into living things and back again. Biogeochemical cycling is a pathway where…

While we may not wear togas or worship the gods on top of Mount Olympus, much of our lives have been shaped by Greek philosophers and their discoveries. From our government, to the science and technology that makes up every tool we use, to our favorite medias and the very words we speak, the Greeks have had an impact on our world today. When our founding fathers of America wanted to separate from Great Britain, they had a job to do, create a new government. They needed to create a system that…

GM foods as a solution According to the United Nations about 21 000 people die each day due to hunger or hunger related problems. With genetically modified foods we will be able to increase the yield of crops in hunger stricken countries, improve their resistance to diseases and insects and increase their nutritional value. Advantages disadvantages of GM foods Some advantages of genetically modified foods include: a higher yield of crops per hectare, this means that we put a lesser strain on…