Pacific Ocean

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 Ocean…

Ocean Pollution is a serious issue in today's global politics. The balance of Earth's ecosystem is put in jeopardy when the ocean is polluted. Ocean Pollution includes everything from the extreme to the small scale: oil spills, acid dumping and plastic pollution-- human activities and basic carelessness. Problems evolving from ocean pollution directly harm marine life and the Earth's many valuable resources. Ocean Pollution is a long-term problem that has expanded over the past few decades. In…

The ocean circulation can be defined like the global movement of water, which occurs in the ocean basins. These movement of water are the ocean currents, which plays an important role in the climate since store and distribute heat, microorganisms like nutrients and freshwater all over the world. Therefore, any change that modifies the ocean circulation will alter drastically the global climate. In this section it will be broadly explained the factors, which determine the ocean circulation and a…

to many plants and animals within its many oceans and three different levels. Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Southern, and Indian are the five main oceans on this planet. Each ocean is separated into three levels, known as euphotic, disphotic, and aphotic. The euphotic zone is also known as the sunlight zone, this is the top layer of the ocean and it receives almost all of the sun's rays. The next section is called the disphotic zone. This layer of the ocean is a little too deep for much sunlight to…

educated on. Second reason is they are really well at bringing about more menhaden. In a year 300,000 plus eggs can be produced by the adult female. One more reason is restoring menhaden could possibly be a powerful stride in saving the ocean. Menhadens control the ocean systems. For the Gulf of Mexico and Western Atlantic they are the treat. Also if the menhaden population goes down then it results in hypoxic…

This creature lives in the coastal waters of South Pacific, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. The size of the spotted jellyfish is 4 inches and their bell is 6 inches. The bell of the jellyfish is the round shaped figure above their tentacles. They invertebrates because they don’t have a back bone. Spotted jellyfish…

Introduction Marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa are known as Corals. These diverse organisms give quite a show in the shallow clear parts of the ocean. Corals live closely together in groups expressing their bright colors that stand out so nicely. Many people consider coral reefs to be very diverse and productive than anything on land. Their skeleton is made out of calcium carbonate protecting them from future encounters with predators. Many more coral polyps then can attach themselves…

Great Barracuda has a bilateral symmetry (seaworld.org). Habitat Description The Great Barracuda lives mainly in tropical and subtropical marine waters. They are found inshore and can be located near the surface, midwater and near the bottom of the ocean. The young barracuda fish lives in the inshore seagrass beds and adult barracuda fish…

In 2004 the Indian Ocean coastline at Sumatra, Indonesia was struck by a devastatingly high magnitude earthquake. The earthquake, which was said to have released the energy of roughly 23,000 Hiroshima style bombs, triggered a tsunami that followed shortly after (Nation Geographic 1). The Tsunami that followed caused mass destruction and is actually considered one of the deadliest natural disasters to ever be recorded (Taylor 1). This Tsunami, known as the 2004 Indonesian Tsunami, struck on…

As mentioned previously, ocean acidification has internal effects on different developmental stages in the growth and reproduction of marine animals. From the first spark of life of fertilization to the growth of these species can be affected. The 2005 Kyoto University in Japan research determined that carbon dioxide concentration of 200ppm being pumped into the seawater reduces growth rates for many sea species (Hardt & Safina 71). Other experiments show the struggle of phytoplankton balancing…