Seawater

Coral reefs are vital to our marine ecosystems and essentially ours as well. They are the foundation of marine life and its diversity as well as a big part of human economics. Since coral reefs are so fragile it’s hard to maintain their beauty and life without ruining them. Lately, fisherman and multiple accounts of human activity have destroyed the coral reefs and the population of reefs all of the worlds is decreasing. While we have already lost 27% of coral reefs, why do we care if more die…

Individuals were measured based on carapace width (CW), then placed into covered plastic aquaria containing about 0.5L of seawater at a salinity of 20psu. Each crab was used only once in an experiment. Algae, Ulva spp. and fucus distichus, were used as prey in each set up, except the control group which was made up of on the algae. Two Littorina littorea or periwinkle snails…

The Fukushima Dai’ichi Nuclear Power was one of 54 nuclear power plants operating throughout Japan in March of 2011. The plant contained 6 separate reactors designed by General Electric and maintained by the Tokyo Electric Power Company. Fukushima Dai’ichi lies about 140 miles northeast of Tokyo, Japan directly on the Pacific Ocean. At 1446 hrs (local JST) on Friday March 11, 2011, a Magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck 43 miles east of Sendai, Japan, (or about 65 miles northeast of Fukushima…

I am a junior at Bowdoin College majoring in Earth and Oceanographic Science (EOS). In the 2018 spring semester I will be studying abroad with SEA Semester and completing a semester-long research project about carbon cycling in the sub-Antarctic Ocean. Although my major, earth and oceanographic science, has exposed me to plate tectonics, sedimentary systems, and biogeochemical cycling, I have focused my major mostly on ocean systems. Within oceanography I am most interested in marine nutrient…

sharing secrets. My world is a totally quiet place, I could feel and react only by eyes, hands, nose and mouth. For example, my alarm clock never has any sound mode but vibration; I can watch the marvelous dolphin shows, touch their smooth skins or the seawater splashed into my mouth, but I cannot hear their cheerful or painful voices. As to me, although it is a pity, that’s wonderful enough. The culture affects deaf people in many ways. For instant, in the United States and other places around…

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is in between the African Plate and South American Plate. It lies in between these two plates that are moving away from each other slowly. Although as a result of the separation of the two plates earthquakes occur and magma comes out making new crust. The magma comes out from a series of volcanoes that cool to make new crust. Crust closer to the rift is newer than the crust farther from the rift. The splitting of the African and South American Plate makes a divergent…

lineup of different-sized filters. Seawer could catch and store big junk, such as refrigerators and tin cans, as well as small plastic particles. To support human inhabitants living topside, the system would produce hydroelectric power and purify seawater for drinking and irrigation.” (“Cleaning the Ocean” 23) Keeping the ocean clean doesn’t necessarily mean going to the middle of the ocean with this big machine and sucking up all the trash. Baltimore’s Mr. Trash wheel, another source that’s…

coastal habitats safe from flooding and erosion, are not the ocean’s only habitat being affected by Climate Change. Increased temperature also impacts specie’s habitats as the world’s glaciers and ice caps continue to shrink. “Sea ice is frozen seawater that floats on the ocean surface. It forms in both…

scientists want to about the more and more interesting ocean. Now about present serious equipment challenges we just don't have advanced enough equipment to explore properly to find out what the deep-sea floor looks like what the current conditions and seawater…

Now that Endurance was gone, some of the fo'c'sle hands were grumbling that we were working without pay and were no longer bound to follow Shackleton's orders. In addition, Worsley was constantly fretting about the boats: Shackleton's had decided to leave one of them, the whole crew into the James Caird and the Dudley Docker once they reached low and heavy in the water, and maneuvering them would take all our skill. But to drag all three boats--Shackleton knew that was impossible. We had to…