Seabird

This resulted in 3 million gallons of oil that leaked 5 miles out into the Pacific Ocean. Lasting approximately a week, the oil blowout killed about 3,700 seabirds including marine animals such as dolphins, elephant seals, sea lions and many more. The Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969 is ranked the largest oil spill that ever occurred in the waters of California. Therefore, there have been many lasting impacts…

To comply with the demand for more fossil fuels in recent decades, oil companies have been urged to search for other alternatives to petroleum production in addition to the regular on-land drilling method. Offshore drilling, the process of extracting oil and gas resources on the continental shelves of oceans, has skyrocketed in the oil and natural gas industries. Massive production facilities sit atop undersea towers, some descending deeper than the height of the world's most ambitious…

The Galapagos Islands are located 727 miles straight west of the country of Ecuador. They were discovered accidentally by Tomas de Berlanga, the first Bishop of Panama. He drifted off course and ended up there while travelling from Panama to Peru. He was not overly impressed with what he found due to the lack of fresh water and their inability to sustain their stay. There was not much interest in the Islands for many years, until, however, Charles Darwin found the “Mystery of Mysteries,” the…

A fishing trip turns into a terrifying test of survival after Salvador Alvarenga becomes one man against the sea. Salvador Alvarenga loved the simple lines of the fiberglass craft. No cabin or roof. Just a 25-foot-long narrow, canoe-shaped boat designed to carve up the waves like a huge surfboard, agile and fast, with the engine mounted on the back. Alvarenga was a 37-year-old Salvadoran fisherman living and working in Mexico. A heavy drinker quick to pick up the tab, he had no family tying…

Damage to the Oceans: Marine Pollution The oceans and its wildlife are suffering from irreversible harms. The spreading of harmful materials such as oil, plastic, industrial and agricultural waste into the ocean can damage marine life and even effect people. Pollution comes from many sources such as manufacturing, litter, and even sewage. If we do not make changes quickly then we will suffer from permanent damages to Earth’s largest bodies of water and wildlife. Domestic sewage often finds its…

But Sprigg fails to acknowledge Dr. Bailey experiment that contained 244 pairs of twins. Sprigg’s merit could be question because withholding information to support his argument is fraudulent. Although Dr. Bailey did conduct an experiment with 27 pairs of twins, he later conducted an experiment with 244 pairs of twin. By increasing the group size it also increased the accuracy. Hypothetically it can be assumed that if we were to test every pair of twins that contain the Xq28 gene, the percentage…

Dalé A man stands abreast to the greyish shoreline upon a rocky island. He lets out a deep moan that smells of whisky from behind his unkempt pepper-salt beard and lifts his spyglass to a baggy eye. Seabirds call in the distance, swooping over one another in play. The air smells of salt and diesel, and is rife with moisture which forms a heavy fog. In the distance, the man sees a spiralling beacon of light. Behind him, the island's lone oak tree groans slightly in the wind and crackles with…

They are heterotrophs and depend on autotrophies. Krill are shrimp-like marine invertebrate animals. These are smaller zooplankton but it is important for larger marine mammals as food for baleen whales, whale sharks, seals, and a few seabird species. Krill phylum is Arthropod. Krill form key trophic link between primary producer and higher level in marine food web worldwide. The size range of krill is about two inches (five centimeters) in length. Microorganism like diatoms etc when…

In this Unit 9 Assignment, I will be preparing a policy brief on offshore energy planning and management. This brief will discuss three options such as the complexity of overlapping statutes through regulatory agencies, oil spill prevention and response, and the efforts to reduce environmental impacts through research and conclusions about the predicted effects of these policy options. A final recommendation of which policy option would be best utilized to ensure success. According to the…

Plastic Bottles Are Just Big Trouble “50 billion plastic bottles are used each year in America, that’s enough to wrap around the world 190 times,” (Leithman). Even though plastic bottles are popular now, when they were first created in 1947, they were very expensive and not many people bought them. However, in 1960, high-density polyethylene was made and introduced to the public. As the demand for plastic bottles escalated, consumers produced more plastic bottles for cheap, while selling the…