Plankton

Specifically Chlorophyll α, it’s build up though the pollution from deposits that are too rich in nutrients which promotes growth of plankton and green algae. Not only do these organisms in a sense steal the sunlight, but also blocks it out from the surface and increases the temperatures of the waters in the Great Barrier Region. This might sound absurd, however, it is backed up by the…

includes methods, such as afforestation, creating biochar (carbon-rich charcoal) from burnt crops and adding it to soil, capturing CO2 and depositing it into the deep ocean and rocks, ocean fertilization that increases the population of carbon-absorbing plankton, and capturing carbon right from the air. Some forms of solar radiation management include thinning high clouds to retain heat, increasing reflectivity in the atmosphere through aerosols, and spraying low clouds with sea salt to spread…

Observations The several ecological factors discussed in the introduction were contrasted with the study site. The first site was analysed during high tide. Several aerate rocks occupied the rocky shore of the particular site. No presence of barnacles was noted. There were several favourable abiotic and biotic factors within this microhabitat. These included tidal action, salinity, availability of nutrients and lack of diversity within the competition of space and lack of predators. Despite…

1. Introduction Climate change come with the risk of water deficit, floods, changing soil moisture status, pests and disease (Chinvanno, 2010). The fact that climate change is a real threat, some countries start taking steps to mitigate the effect of climate change. In the recent years, the world has been facing uncertain weather changes, flood, hurricane and many more due to the climate change. Yet, global population continue to grow. The increase in demand for food is inevitable. Global…

Shrimp In the U.S. Shrimp has been very prominent and has been an important part of our diet, but most of us do not acknowledge how important shrimp is or how it ends up in our supermarkets. In Louisiana, the gathering of shrimp goes back to the seventeenth century where bayou residents used seines up to 600 feet in diameter to harvest the seafood. As of today, America harvests roughly over half a million pounds of shrimp and also import an additional 200 million pounds a year. There are more…

Trenity Huff Mrs. Doerr E.L.A. 8th grade February 3, 2016 “Box Jellyfish” Box jellyfish are special in many different ways. They have unique talents and characteristics. Box jellyfish live in tropical waters. They also have very complex body systems. Box jellyfish are one of the few endangered species of jellyfish. Box jellyfish are rare and are very hard to see. Box jellyfish are really deadly to humans and animals. Box jellyfish have a lot of foods that they enjoy to eat. They barely have…

This disaster affected the marine food chain in numerous ways. For example, the ocean has natural radioactive isotopes such as Polonium-210, which is responsible for the radiation dose the marine organisms receive. Certain organisms such as types of plankton and tuna were greatly affected by the radiation exposure. Correspondingly as Fukushima Daiichi was a traditional nuclear power plant, meaning it’s uranium based, if it was a thorium reactor, would the explosion have taken place? Thorium…

Meursault from The Stranger and Truman from The Truman Show are characters from two different stories which display strong themes of existentialism. Existentialism is the mysterious idea that people determine the development of their own lives by their own choices and that life is absurd. The Stranger is about a peculiar man, Meursault, who strongly seems to believe these themes of existentialism. On the other hand, in The Truman Show, the main character, Truman, is trapped in an existentialist…

For this project, I looked at the light pollution condition around my parents’ house in Western Springs, Illinois. Western Springs is a small suburban community on the southwestern edge of Cook county, about fifteen miles west of Chicago. By being so far outside the city, light pollution is not very significant but is still somewhat present, especially when viewing the horizon. However, the skies directly upward are fairly clear, and you can see starts and planets with relative ease on a…

Vancouver completed a study on how removing one species affects the rest of the ecosystem. The researchers discovered that when a species of a high trophic level is endangered, such as cod or haddock, the amount of its prey, small invertebrates and plankton-feeding fish, increases (Science News Staff). This throws off the balance of the entire ecosystem. Ocean habitats can be destroyed when key contributors are taken out. The results are even more catastrophic when an animal at the top of the…