Seabird

The “wild swan’s song / sometimes served as music” from line 19 of “The Seafarer” is a metaphor for the scop, or storyteller, in Anglo-Saxon communities. This line indicates the importance of community because it shows the speaker trying to recreate the social aspects of community in his sea-bound exile. The use of the swan as a scop undermines the speaker’s community in exile in nature and leads the speaker to conclude that the only community left for him is in heaven. The “swan’s song” is…

"There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic trash in the world’s oceans, and each year, 8 million tons of plastic are added to the count. That’s equivalent to one municipal garbage truck pulling up to the beach and dumping its contents every minute" (Groden). Pollution in the ocean has become a serious problem. Plastic disperses quickly throughout the ocean, causing harm to the coastlines and the open water. As time progresses cleaning up the plastic litter in the ocean will become more difficult…

2.2: Oceans Earth is mostly covered with endless bodies of water but while scientists study the wildlife in our water, scholars provided useful information including the amount of our trash being dumped into our oceans. According to their article Who Is Responsible for Marine Debris?, Neal and Leous estimated 80% of trash found in our waters “originates on land” (Neal and Leous 258). Neal and Leous have also mentioned the amount of cruise ships and commercial vessels that not only carry from 2…

The collapse of societies and the events that lead to the fall of a society have always been of great interest in scientific study. The story of environmental distress causing collapse on the island of Rapa Nui has become very relevant to modern society in the past few decades. The fall of the Polynesian society on Rapa Nui is popularly attributed to the inhabitants destroying their environment (Middleton, 2012, p. 270). This account of events is used as a model in the public eye in an attempt…

Should Orcas Be Set Free? Many people can probably say they have been to a Shamu show at SeaWorld. They probably sat and watched how the magnificent Killer Whales do everything their trainer 's say. It’s amazing how well they listen and are able to learn all the different motions. In the 1960’s, Orcas began being hunted and sold to amusement parks for millions of dollars. They are pack animals, and travel together within their pod. Orcas are taken from their families, are underfed, and spend…

She was the 19th woman to become a Pilate, she was the first woman and second person in total to fly across the Atlantic and Pacific in 1928. Her name was Amelia Mary Earhart and the big question is what happened in those final moments on her mission to fly around the world in 1937, or even where was she on those final moments? Good afternoon, today I will be assessing the different theories relating to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan, on her mission (to fly across…

animals which are entangled by plastic bags may have difficulties for moving, feeding and growing up (Macklin 2016). Birds may suffer from the impacts such as failure in reproductive or even death (Azzarello and Van Vleet 1987). Other animals like seabirds who mistaken plastic bags as food may be injured by choking or ingestion (Azzarello and Van Vleet…

Meghan Hahn Mr. Polk Honors English 10 16 December 2014 Working to Reduce Marine Pollution “You wouldn 't think you could kill an ocean, would you? But we 'll do it one day. That 's how negligent we are” Ian Rankin once wrote in his book Blood Hunt. All the time people neglect the ocean without even thinking about it and this must change for the good of people as well as plants, animals, and the environment. Marine pollution is a global problem and people contribute very much to the matter.…

Bright and warm, the setting sun lit up the romance between the couple. Hand in hand, they walk the edge of the beach, barefoot. Her white sheer knee length dress waved in the wind, tinting orange and red from the sunset. They smell the salty aroma from the clear blue waves that slowly push onto the beach. “Ohh! Look!” He said as he ran a few feet in front of his longtime girlfriend. “What?” She called as she ran towards him. “A seashell.” He smiled as he gingerly placed in her hand. She looked…

had been badly eroded and the once flourishing jungles were devoid of vegetation. 36% of all mangrove trees, the habitat of multiple species and the breeding grounds of fish, were demolished. The forests which were home to tigers, goat, deer, and seabirds were left barren. The pictures on the left from When Technology Fails show a before and after view of an area sprayed with Agent Orange. In the top photo, there is no space other than the river that is uninhabited by trees but in the bottom…