Oceans

Ocean acidification plays a very important role in today’s society. This process affects every living creature and the environment in many different ways and failure to controls certain daily aspects of human behavior pattern will have serious consequences. What is ocean acidification? “Ocean acidification refers to a reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere”. While the pH of the ocean displays…

forms of ocean vegetation have long pervaded the proverbial tables and the human lives of history. From trading shells in Central and South American tribal peoples, to coastal fishing villages in the Mediterranean and parts of Asia and large coastal trading ports that travel ,carrying large seafood finds, to foreign countries; Ocean life has fed and provided goods to hundreds of cultures. Today, the seafood market is dominated by forms of commercial fishing, fish farms and illegal ocean farming…

whether or not it is necessary to clean up ocean pollution. Some believe that it is no harm to the animals. Others feel that pollution is a huge threat to the animals and can result in animal death. Even though individuals can respond by saying it is no big deal, ocean pollution should be controlled because pollution kills animals by strangling, stabbing, and poisoning. One reason people should pick up their trash is because trash ends up in the ocean and that leads to the strangling of animals…

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 atmosphere, the ocean is taking in one fourth of the CO2 in a natural process. As the CO2 is in the Ocean water (H2O) it begins to dissolve, but it creates Carbonic acid (H2CO3) as a result. And in the future the water will start to turn dull from the Carbonic acid. “Ocean acidification…

In this week’s reading from chapter 5 ocean sediments, I learned a lot about sediments and different types that I never knew existed. The ocean the floor and particles moving around the ocean are actually called sediments. The sediments accumulate at a rate of centimeters in a year. Sediments are caused by various things happening inside of the ocean such as volcanic eruptions, rocks eroding, chemical reactions in the water and evidence of space matter. These sediments are classified into four…

Ocean Pollution Around 1.4 million pounds of trash enters the ocean. Thats a lot of pollution. What is water pollution exactly? Water pollution is the release of substances, such as chemicals, energy, radioactivity or heat into a body of water. According to these articles, people are starting to neglect and not care about the ocean. Especially the younger generations. Marine pollution is affecting everything, including people, animals and marine life. Marine pollution has become an incredibly…

principal culprit of ocean acidification but have you ever thought that global warming actually has a much larger role in ocean acidification than we think? That is why we need to be educated on what ocean acidification is, what are the effects of ocean acidification, who are the ones being mostly affected, and how can we resolve this issue. According to NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), ocean acidification is defined as, “a reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended…

Ocean Acidification, a process where the pH of ocean decreases as Carbon Dioxide (CO2) concentration increases in the water from the atmosphere. Since industrial revolution, the concentration of CO2 has dramatically increased in our atmosphere due to the burnings of fossil fuels, deforestations, and many more actions that humans take to make our lives luxurious. About 30% of CO2 from the atmosphere is absorbed by the oceans, making marine life’s survival uncertain. It has huge impact in the…

We are two eighth grade students at Incline Middle School and we are writing to you about the trash epidemic in the ocean. There are many different types of debris in the ocean including cigarettes, bags, caps/lids, food containers, cups, plates, utensils and many other types of debris. This can be caused by poorly managed landfill sites, sewer overflows, manufacturing sites, illegal dumping on domestic and industrial trash, and street litter. The great pacific garbage patch is not the only…

There were many factors contributing to the causes of ocean travel and additionally many difficulties causing difficulties in ocean travel. One of the main characteristics of Source B is that it clearly states that the three main motivating factors of ocean travel are Gold, Glory and God along with superior technology and disease. This fueled ocean travel and the Spanish to conquer most of the South Americas. Also, the Spanish were looking to expand their empire to become more powerful as stated…