Plankton

Shark finning has been a worldwide issue. Approximately 73 million sharks are killed each year solely for their fins. But this number does not include the number of sharks that are killed for reasons other than finning (Raloff). China and Hong Kong are the largest importers for shark fins due to China’s cultural tradition for Shark Fin Soup (“How Many Sharks Are Killed Each Year For Their Fins?”). Shark Fin Soup was introduced into Chinese cuisine during the Sung Dynasty (AD 960–1279) but did…

everywhere. It races through the bloodstream, drifts in the air, swims through the water, and rises up roots of plants. Furthermore, it is vital for life to exist on earth, from the grass lions, bears, and humans trample on every day, to the fish and plankton in the ocean. Without potassium, the ninetieth element on the periodic table with chemical symbol “K,” life would be immensely different today, notwithstanding any in the first place. Potassium functions a significant role in lives, more…

Ocean Pollution Plastic is a very useful and universal product that is soft and flexible and used in everyday living. Plastic is used in almost everything like shower curtains, kid’s toys, water bottles, pvc pipes for houses and buildings and even teething toys for babies. It might seem that the ocean is huge and there’s plenty fish in the sea. The changes in the ocean aren’t caused by pollution. Their just changes of the planets natural orbit…

Petroleum is a nonrenewable resource, meaning that it cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equivalent to its consumption. It takes millions of years for crude oil to form through the burial and decay of small aquatic organisms (e.g. plankton, diatoms). The formation of petroleum primarily consists of three steps. The first step consists of the burial of the aforementioned…

INTRODUCTION Animals take in food to obtain sufficient nutrition, which have an effect on metabolism and can influence animals’ wellbeing. The body functions at its optimum when had consistently sufficient nutrient intake (Wilson 2014). For instance, the metabolic rate can be influenced by dietary fatty acid, and increased by some polyunsaturated fatty acids (Hulbert and Else 1999). Low protein intake and nutrient limitation will lead to animals growing slowly (Riedel, Berelson, Nealson &…

When thinking back to my past, my favorite memory is my trip to Puerto Rico. I got to travel with some of my close friends and really cool adults. We were in Puerto Rico for seven days, and every single day I got to discover the culture and learn something new about the island and the people living on it. We were able to explore the nature there, try Puerto Rican foods, speak in Spanish, and tour historical sites. We left at four in the morning to board our plane. When we arrived on the island,…

Overfishing: the practice of commercial and non-commercial fishing which depletes a fishery by catching so many adult fish that there aren’t enough remaining to breed and replenish the population. Currently, fishing operations around the world are two to three times larger than what our oceans can sustain. Our combined global fishing capacity, or the amount of fish that can be taken by a single unit whether that be a fisherman or a trawler, is enough to be evenly expanded over at least 4 planets…

Humans Need To Change the Way They Think About Coral Reefs What can be done by humans to take better of the world’s coral reefs? Many people don’t realize that coral reefs are a necessity to support marine life. Currently it is estimated that 10% of the world’s coral reefs have been wiped out and in the Philippines 70% of the coral reefs have been destroyed because of human intervention (Coral Reef Destruction and Conservation). This will be one of humanity’s biggest problems in the near…

Ocean Acidification, a process where the pH of ocean decreases as Carbon Dioxide (CO2) concentration increases in the water from the atmosphere. Since industrial revolution, the concentration of CO2 has dramatically increased in our atmosphere due to the burnings of fossil fuels, deforestations, and many more actions that humans take to make our lives luxurious. About 30% of CO2 from the atmosphere is absorbed by the oceans, making marine life’s survival uncertain. It has huge impact in the…

Climate change is an inevitable factor of our world 's development and ignoring this issue will only worsen the situation. Nature has demonstrated its reaction of this change with drastic consequences. There are rapid shifts in weather patterns that reach the point of extremity, proving itself harmful to the people of the world. This harm will become even greater when there is no political action to help prevent the effects of climate change. With some of the leaders in the American government…