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2015). There are also medicines being developed from plants and animals that live in coral reefs that may cure viruses, infections, and even cancer (Corals, 2015). An anthropocentrist would even see value in the protection that the reefs give to shorelines because it means that they are also protecting properties close to the shore. Floods can cause serious damage to homes and businesses and could even result in loss of human lives if severe enough. Replenishing beaches that have suffered…

and other major bodies of water. Erosion can have both an ecological and economic effect on the Earth and us as its citizens. For example, in the early 2000s when Hurricane Isabel occurred, it “resulted in irregular erosion of the Chesapeake Bay shoreline in Maryland” (Hennessee and Halka). This irregular erosion was defined as being, “… (1) Erosion was uneven in occurrence and amount, (2) the storm surge afforded two opportunities for erosion, once as water inundated low-lying coast lands and…

Spring break A hot and bright day is accompanied by a “U” shape shoreline on the beach. With a light breeze, tourists could perceive the salty air of the sea, the lack of the debris, and the small crowd around makes it seem that it is a private beautiful beach. The sand is golden brown covered with some fresh foot prints from the vacationing tourists, the sky is light blue with no birds or clouds, and it was a very sunny day. There was one group of tourists sitting on the sand, enjoying what it…

Holleman, M. (2004). The Lingering Lessons of the Exxon Valdez Spill. Seattle Times. [online] Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20100613042140/http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0322-04.htm [Accessed 13 Mar. 2018]. 5. (Shoreline habitat) Maki, A.W., 1991. The Exxon Valdez oil spill: initial environmental impact assessment. Part 2. Environmental Science & Technology, 25(1), pp.25-26. 6. Neff, J.M. and Stubblefield, W.A., 1995. Chemical and toxicological evaluation of water…

Beach Nourishment (or also known as beach replenishment) is the process of dumping or pumping sand from another place onto an eroding shoreline or a shoreline in the process of erosion to create, or expand the length and width of the existing beach. However, Beach nourishment does not stop erosion, it just repairs the destruction caused by the tidal waves for awhile. The waves will erode the nourished sand as an alternative instead of damaging houses, roads, recreational spots, or parking lots.…

oil fouled 35 p% of the US Gulf Coast’s 2,625 kilometers of shoreline before the spill was done. The murky waters of the Mississippi River Delta hide a vast variety of life, hence the abundnt local commercial and sport fishng. But they also hide the longterm impacts of Deepwater Horizon’s oil spill from the public. The oil that reached shore has been absorbed into the sponge-like wetlands or drifted to the sediment bottom, hurting a shoreline that serves as a nursery for sea life, coastal…

To find the threshold in marsh resilience to oil spills Brian R. Silliman and his team studied the erosion rates along Gulf of Mexico coastline following the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the summer of 2010. Before data collection began the relationship between the marsh erosion rates and the degree of plant stem oiling was predicted to be positively correlated. The greatest salt marsh erosion sites and the threshold for marsh resilience were forecasted to occur at the highest (90-100%) stem…

conversation. Schwartz’s writing style makes it difficult to untangle the metaphor at first. She cuts many sentences into fragmented pieces for the reader to pick through. Much like the metaphorical shoreline, the poem is strewn with half-sentences and contrasting imagery (the pristine pond versus the stinking shoreline; the idea of the swan versus the impression of a duck, etc), and the reader must rummage through them, looking for the answer to uncovering Schwartz’s true meaning behind the…

Watching “Bigfoot Videos”, during my lunch hours, rekindled curiosity concerning the Bigfoot. Researching the subject, I found several accounts that claimed the Bigfoot would sometimes make what is known as a “whoop call.” Visiting Bigfoot research websites that contained alleged recordings of the “whoop call”, I said to myself, “next time I go out in the woods, I might try to imitate this call to see what might occur.” I did not think I would ever receive a response, but what the heck, it never…

From this data, it is noticeable that there is no major variation or patterns seen in pH levels on either transect as it travels towards the shoreline, with the average marsh pH sitting at neutral 7. A possible reasoning for this result could be explained by the fact that Lulu Island Marsh is part of an estuary where fresh water from the Fraser River meets salt water from the Pacific Ocean. When…