Oceanography

The cutest most microscopic critter in the deep ocean just might be the dumbo octopus. It has large, rounded fins on its body that resemble the ears of “Dumbo, Walt Disney’s animated elephant.” And like the adorable little elephant, the dumbo octopus uses those big “ears” to get around. It’s biome is the aquatic Marine. Dumbo octopus can be found typically in every ocean in the world. Although, the dumbo octopus is a deep sea animal that lives on the floor of the ocean at extreme depths. The…

Picture this: seas filled with black sludge, air infused with deadly toxins, and drinking water so contaminated from chemicals so poisonous that you could die from ingesting it. Sounds like a setting for some dystopian novel, right? Wrong. This is the reality of our planet at this very moment. That black sludge in our oceans is oil that’s been spilled while it was trying to be extracted. Those deadly toxins in the air that we breathe come from fumes from power plants.That lethal water has been…

Eugenie Clark entered the male dominated world of marine biology. In the early 1940s, she participated in her first underwater dive. Shortly after, she carried out several more and the Navy presented her the invitation to study in the Southern Seas. While in this region, she viewed over three hundred unique species of fish, which were basically nonexistent during this time. Only after a few years, Clark journeyed hundreds of feet beneath the ocean’s surface to examine sleeping sharks that were…

Krystina Joiner per. 4 Ecology Essay Dolphins are big and they affect their ecosystem in a big way. They are so smart, not only for putting on shows at Sea World, but also how they communicate with each other in their natural habitat. Dolphins also have an important niche in the underwater world. They are predators of the food chain. A dolphin shares its ecosystem with many other organisms. Dolphins are very important to the ocean, without them the ecosystem would be unbalanced.…

With the increasing number of deadly hurricanes and tropical storms during this year’s hurricane season, it becomes more urgent than ever to understand what all of this means for not only our well-being but also what we should expect in the future as sea levels rise. This issue is especially important to those that live in areas where they are surrounded by water. Often times when one place is hit by a tropical storm other places feel the effects of it depending on how bad it is. For example, as…

The article demonstrates the extreme damage that the remaining plastic particles pollute the ocean and result in the deaths of marine lives, for instance, fish, sea turtles, sea birds and marine mammals. It straightly emphasizes the plastic problem at the beginning with statistics which show the significance of this issue. Thousands of tones of plastics flow into the ocean, which not only pollute the water, but also endanger the ecological system. Furthermore, the article discusses specific…

The effects of pollution on the ocean Global plastic pollution and consumption has had far-reaching, immeasurable and harmful impacts on marine environments. Plastic is one of the most prominent materials used in manufacture. This man-made, non-biodegradable material is often produced in mass amounts to meet global supply and demand. In effect global plastic pollution has had far-reaching, immeasurable and harmful impacts on the environment. This has led to strategies being undertaken to…

According to Edith Widder, “Our biggest challenges for the ocean and for the planet are problems of perception. People need to understand that species extinctions, habitat destruction, ocean acidification, and pollution are all chipping away at the resilience of the thin layer of life that sustains us on Spaceship Earth.” I will be discussing what ocean acidification is, how do the CO2 get into oceans, and what are biological impacts. Ocean Acidification is a reduction in ocean pH due to the…

You probably know the fact, the Earth is covered with 75% of water. But have you heard that we are harming that 75% of Earth with our cars, homes and industrialization? Society is releasing Carbon Dioxide in the air which takes away one of the most valuable resources that we have. And its not just the ocean water that is turning acidic. Our coral reefs are dying, and soon some of the sea creatures will come down with the rest of the Ocean. As industrialization release Carbon Dioxide into the…

When you are going to explore the world, that is when you realize that you are only a small human in this ginormous world like the atoms in a blueberry, that is when you realize that the world is a vast mystery waiting to be explored, that is when you realize that nothing is impossible on this unknown world. The world is like the universe, waiting to be explored. A lot Of the Ocean is Unexplored Scientists believe that only 5% percent of the ocean is unexplored, leaving 95% of the ocean a vast…