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    Climate Change Scenarios

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    Article 1: According to Karl Hanes in his “Effects on Salinity in Florida’s Estuaries”, Florida’s most important estuary, economically wise, will be impacted on greatly as a result of climate change. This climate change is causing the sea-levels to rise and a change in the river flow to occur. Due to this, an increase in salinity levels will result in the harming of the biodiversity and their habitats that are present within the estuary. As a result of high salinity levels many of the estuaries…

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    studies are the fact that Marine Biologist study the environment of the the Marine life and study the life of the animals in the ocean. Environmental Science studies the interaction of the physical, chemical, and biological aspects of the environment, this includes organisms. Marine biologist study the physical aspect of marine life and use those studies to publish and write about them. Environmental Science is the founder of all environmental careers since Marine life, Forest life, Desert life,…

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    These days, a mounting number of fish is caught in almost countries in the world. This phenomenon has become a matter of considerable public awareness. In my perspective, this problem can be attributed to two probable causes. In this essay, I will examine this issue and give some possible solutions. One plausible explanation for overfishing is profit-oriented of large fishing companies. Because of their lucrative target, the prominent mass fishing recent years caused biological imbalance. In…

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    Today in the world one of the biggest pollution issues come from the ocean. Scientists have been studying for years on how to stop the pollution that one has created. If we look bad to the beginning of when America was founded we can see a different between the ways that the land was being treated. The Indians treated the land with respect but it seems the more one looks into the future the people are treating it worst and worst. The ocean is a place one loves to travel to each year. One hates…

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    Cause Of Ocean Pollution

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    There must be a major push for us to do something about the plastic that pollutes our oceans. As of 2014, there was 311 million tons of plastic in the oceans. With so much plastic, the ratio of fish and plastic was just 5 to1. We cannot allow the amount of plastic in our oceans to rise. Still, though, there is expected to be as much as 1,124 million tons of plastic in our oceans by 2050, making the ratio nearly 1 to 1. That sort of mistreatment to the planet is unacceptable. The wildlife, health…

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    Mombasa Case Study

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    MOMBASA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Mombasa is an island in the southern part of Kenya. It is one of the 47 counties of Kenya being a historic island, with sandy beaches in additional of salty Indian Ocean waters; Mombasa is a favorite destination of many Tourists from all over the globe(S Nagai, & G Innocent 2015). However, in current days, Mombasa has been known to have much garbage. This is a resort of a high number of poor disposal of nonbiodegradable plastic waste and poor garbage management…

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    • Habitat loss Sea turtles are dependent on beaches for nesting. Uncontrolled coastal development, vehicle traffic on beaches, and other human activities have directly destroyed or disturbed sea turtle nesting beaches around the world. Turtle feeding grounds such as coral reefs and sea grass beds are damaged and destroyed by activities onshore, including sedimentation from clearing of land and nutrient run-off from agriculture. • Climate change All stages of a sea turtle’s life are affected…

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    Low Back Injury In Rowing

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    Abstract Rowing is a very famous sport in western countries, but today it also shows a growth in other parts of the world as well. The sport is developed with background environment which present with rivers and lakes that also makes athletes to enjoy the natural beauty of the environment. This fantastic sport is very competitive and requires cardiovascular fitness, proper techniques and anaerobic power to move a boat in a rowing race. Unfortunately, this fantastic sport give rise to…

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    Marine Pollution Essay

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    Marine pollution “Plastic never goes away, and its increasingly finding its way into our oceans and onto our beaches”(“Ocean Plastics Pollution”). Marine pollution is a hazard to humans and wildlife when consumed. Marine pollution is detrimental to our planet and its many diverse ecosystems filled with delicate wildlife. The pollution of our oceans occurs daily and is often overlooked or forgotten about when it is a major environmental issue. Marine pollution causes many species of marine life…

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    RECENT TRENDS ON PURIFICATION OF SEA WATER INTRODUCTION SEAWATER: -Sea water or salt water is water from sea or ocean. Sea or ocean water accounts for the most percentage of water on the earth. Almost anything can be found in sea water. This includes dissolved salts from earth’s crust and material released by micro organisms. It is the most impure form of natural water. Rivers join sea and throw in the impurities carried by them. Moreover continuous evaporation of water from the surface of sea…

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