Physical oceanography

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Coral Canyons Coral canyons are an important part of the ocean ecosystem and need to be protected. First, there are many issues that are posed to the canyons. Some of the issues are oil drilling, commercial fishing, and deep sea mining. The fishing destroys corals because of the nets that hit them. Also drilling and mining harm not only the coral but also some of the organisms that live there. Secondly, there are a lot of organisms that live in the coral canyons. In one of the articles I read…

Sea stars, along the Pacific coasts of California (Lopatto, 2014), are inevitably vulnerable to what scientists refer to as the “sea star wasting sickness.” Major ailments like this can hinder an ecosystem’s biological composure, considering the fact that sea stars are keystone species. Should the sea star succumb to such a major disturbance in their population, other species will be negatively impacted as well. Scientists are becoming very analytical as to what exactly is causing the…

"Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and they were cheerful and undefeated." Santiago, the man described in the quotations prior, is a decrepit man abiding off the coast of Cuba, a bewitching island with a variety of animal life. One can say he was born into the life of a fisherman. Since he was young, he admired the ocean and the life it holds within. Throughout his numerous years living as a fisherman, he developed an extraordinary relationship…

Abundance of Fossilized Megalodon Teeth Washing Ashore in North Carolina The shores of North Carolina are known for having Megaladon teeth, but they are currently experiencing a bumper crop. Beachcombers in North Carolina are finding much more than just seashells recently because there has been an influx of fossilized Megaladon teeth washing up on the beaches and it has paleontologists excited. Megaladon Ruled the Ancient Sea Just for few moments, imagine a city bus, now imagine that bus with…

Littering is a very important law for many good reasons. One example of why littering is a terrible thing is because it doesn’t look good for your community. People who go and look for houses in your community might not want to move into your community because they do not want to be looked at by other people as living in a gross community. If visitors of the community visit that place once, they probably might not want to go back. Trash pick up also cost a lot of money too. Picking up trash is…

most intriguing jobs I know of. Many marine biologists travel across the world, documenting and comparing works of aquatic life here and there. One day you’re in the Gulf of Mexico, the next you’re on your way to China to meet a professor of oceanography to help solve an issue. But seeing new species and habitats can really engage you in the game, exploring with submarines and supercomputers is a surefire way to experience the ocean first-hand. I admire the biodiversity of the ocean because…

Ships are the global transportation of people and cargo by sea, but it can also be extremely harmful to the planet. The reason why ships can be extremely harmful to the planet is shipbreaking. Shipbreaking is when rundown ships around 25-30 years old are broken down to metals for reuse. I encourage to reinforce stronger environmental and labour laws on shipbreaking because it can lead to chemicals and oil leaking out to sea. Workers who are also involved in shipbreaking have zero to little…

“There are many physical, chemical, and biological factors that combine to create dead zones, but nutrient pollution is the primary cause of those dead zones created by humans” (National Ocean Service). Nutrient pollution is when too many nutrients enter the water. Chemicals…

Ocean Pollution: A Manmade Crisis In modern society, people do not give a second thought to what is going on in the environment or the changes occurring around them. Many people live with the notion of “out of sight, out of mind” but how much longer can that kind of thinking go on before it is too late? Ocean pollution has been a problem since the Roman times. Which means it has been going on for roughly 2,000 years. 2,000 years of polluting the seas, endangering the marine life, and even…