Pacific Ocean

000 marine mammals, and 4,600 sea turtles to die. Guess who makes that happen? People! Guess who can stop that, EVERYONE! Innocent animals are dying because of litter in the ocean or any body of water. What are we going to do about it. So many sea animals are dying because of littering. Most of it is happening off the Pacific Coast. The animals are eating the litter and getting stuck in it. Leatherback turtles have been around for 100 million years, and they're endangered. The hammerhead…

or pterois miles have invaded the Atlantic coast line. Their original habitat is in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. They are poisonous and have spines were their venom is kept.They live in warm habitats like the tropics and are found in reefs and dark underwater crevices. First, lionfish had lived in the Indo-Pacific but, due to a hurricane and water and aquarium trades they found themselves in the Atlantic Ocean. They are also causing havoc in their new habitat. They find reefs and live their but,…

happened to eat the contaminated fish. The fish already has high toxic level from lead usually from ingesting plastic that was composed of by lead the person who eats the fish absorbs the lead that the fish ate. Plants that are near the ocean or are in the ocean start to get contained with these toxins because if the toxin spreads through the water and affects a lot more than just a specific spot. Plants that many sea animals eat will be contaminated with lead and other various chemicals and…

Shocking The Ocean. Over two thirds of the Earth’s surface is covered by water; less than a third is taken up by land. However, the surface of the ocean is polluted. The book Oceans a Visual Guide defined pollution as “The introduction of substance, material or unwanted heat energy from human activities that adversely affect an ecosystem” (Hutchinson and Hawkins 210). Sylvia Earle, an American marine biologist, explore, and author has a Master of Science and Doctorate of Philosophy, mentioned…

Increased ocean acidification isn’t the only thing affecting the ocean, but it is very problematic because it erodes aragonite which is a mineral of calcium carbonate. In other words it kills corals and causes the hard exoskeleton to erode. Action needs to be taken to ensure the survival of corals and the creatures that rely on coral reefs to survive. Coral reefs are sources of food for millions of people, but also are sources of medicines. As coral reefs disappear so do the organisms that are…

distances Countercurrent Exchange - blood vessel that helps them to stay in a certain temperature in the water gives them advantage to hunt for food. 3 types: Atlantic bluefin tuna Pacific bluefin tuna Southern bluefin tunaAtlantic bluefin: found in Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Pacific bluefin: found in the Pacific Ocean Food: They eat anything that is small such as zooplankton when they are young. The bigger they are, they eat things such as smaller fish, eels, mackerel.Bluefin Tuna move to…

The ocean is huge, it cover 71% of the Earth’s surface, there is a lot of marine life that live in the ocean. This essay will be talking about the ocean and the many thing about it (for example the life, the water and where the water comes from) and what makes it so interesting. There are a lot of marine life in the ocean. The ocean holds about 20,000 species of fish. Over 1 million species of plants and animals live in the ocean. The Pacific ocean has twice as many reefs as the Atlantic ocean…

the main causes for them to ban plastic bags. The ocean water has raised a big health concern in California because people are swimming in water that has trash floating around them. Banning plastic bags is one of the most important things that have happened to the California environment because it will reduce the amount of plastic that is going into the Pacific Ocean. The water in California has a very big impact in what has caused the great pacific garbage patch. This has a major impact on…

Why are the oceans in trouble? They can no longer absorb the damage inflicted by the 7 billion people on Earth. Over many decades, the human race has overfished key species to near extinction, and polluted them with carbon dioxide emissions, toxic chemicals, garbage, and discarded plastics. A groundbreaking new study, recently published in Science, warned that our oceans are being irreparably damaged by human activity and could be on "the precipice of a major extinction event." Coral reefs,…

ice being less apparent in colder countries. The effects of climate change are prominent on the outside, however, what many people fail to realize is that it affects the ocean too, temperatures are rising and not only that but the ocean chemistry is changing as well due to increased amounts of carbon dioxide dissolving into the ocean. This leads to several complications in the coral reef ecosystems. The coral reef ecosystem is a variety of different species that interact with each other and the…