Plankton

and the deep ocean to create carbon flow4. Both terrestrial and atmospheric carbon cycles can be connected into the oceanic carbon cycle. The oceanic carbon cycle is similar to the terrestrial carbon cycle. Aquatic plants and different types of plankton absorb energy through photosynthesis from the sun and the remaining recycled carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide also dissolves into the surface of the ocean and the decaying aquatic organism, which take a short amount of time to…

Many people imagine a sea filled with beautiful color and an abundance of fish when picturing coral reefs, what they do not take into account is destroyed, bleached coral reefs with dying species of fish due to this destruction. This is why we need organizations who will put forth the effort necessary to rebuild and preserve these coral reefs. Many of these organizations lack in their abilities to help the coral reefs as result of the ineffective membership requirements that many of these…

Anthropogenic causes have been the largest contributor to an array of environmental disasters that we are currently experiencing and will experience in the coming decades. The extraction, transportation and burning of fossil fuels is one major contributor to environmental disasters. Another imminent threat we are facing as a species is the extinction of all wildlife on earth. This is due largely because of habitat destruction and climate change. Lastly the global meat industry also accounts for…

Stage 1: What caused the Chicxulub Impactor to enter the Earth’s atmosphere and hit Earth (2) About 65 million years ago an asteroid that is roughly 10 kilometres across, hit Earth on the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It caused a huge explosion and left a crater that is about 185 kilometres across. This asteroid impact is commonly known to be the reason for the extinction of three quarters of the dinosaurs. (4) The asteroid soared through the sky at more than 40 times the speed of…

Media article 1 (Coal seam gas exploration and extraction): Explain history of your topic – Coal seam gas (CSG) exploration and extraction is an aggressive form of mining. The coal seam gas mining industry began in 1976 in the Bowen Basin, Queensland. Commercial production began in Queensland in 1996. The first standalone commercial production of CSG in Australia commenced in December 1996 at the Dawson Valley project. Coal seam gas is used in the same way as any other form of gas for cooking…

An ethic is the intrinsic choice of the consciousness, between (universal) right and wrong. Of which it naturally chooses the universal right while in its pure or less infected state. The definition of ethics is – ‘moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity.’ The principles that start from within and take the human to the pinnacle of ethical behaviour. In Jain philosophy like everything else (like substance, karma etc.) ethics have also been described…

Complex issues such as health problems, environmental issues, or environmental health problems, such as air and water pollution, hazard wastes sites, lead poisoning and species instability are all liked together and are fixed in communities in which they occur. These kinds of complex problems that occur in communities are said to be “wicked problems” where different stakeholders cannot find scientific solutions in order to fix these complex issues. These problems are seen throughout the world,…

Lake, California. While conducting studies in this area after the insecticide was administered, they found that there was a major decline in the health of multiple bird species in that area. They also found high concentrations of this chemical in plankton and fish in this Lake (Husic and Kahler 2014). After this instance, the toxicity of DDT was becoming better known across the United States. This then brought about the negative impacts that DDT had on agriculture. More and more they saw affects…

The Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Southern Ocean Marine Organisms and the Ecosystem The Southern Ocean has changed slightly over the last thirty years (Constable, A.J, Melbourne-Thomas J, Corney S.P, et al. 2014). Modern society burn fossil fuels which cause a steady increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide combines with seawater producing carbonic acid and causes seawater to become more acidic, a process known as ocean acidification (Cooley S, Mathis J, Yates K.…

known as epinephelus fuscoguttatus*). Interesting Facts About The Tiger Grouper: * The tiger grouper is a fish that lives in the ocean in groups of it’s own kind. * The grouper is a predatory fish that preys on various types of small fish, animal plankton, squid, and other small animals. * *Cekidot* is the tiger grouper’s Indonesian name. In my home in Aceh the tiger grouper is also called a coral grouper. In the Acehnese language it has the name *keurape rimung*. Tiger groupers are sold on…