Social Research 10/6/13 All over the world‚ from the Bering Sea to the Sea of Japan‚ from the Mediterranean to the Gulf of Mexico‚ from China to the Chesapeake‚ any place oceans are in trouble‚ jellyfish are taking over. Jellyfish do well in warmer waters. Our carbon dioxide emissions are both warming the water and causing it to become corrosive. Warmer water -- even a fraction of a degree -- holds less oxygen than cooler water and shifts the balance of who survives and
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Geography H/W – The Disappearing Aral Sea This essay intends to first introduce the disappearing Aral Sea‚ which due to the extensive agricultural activities devised by the Soviet government in the region‚ the former fourth-largest lake of the world is now the world’s eighth largest lake. This has resulted in perhaps the world’s most prominent man-made ecological disaster‚ giving its location and background knowledge with a map‚ and then describe its future in terms of how it is going to be utilized
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main cash crop decided to plant cotton in the desert areas of middle Asia. To water these areas‚ the communist engineers decided to use most of the main rivers that fed the Aral sea as the water source. When the cotton plant did not take to the hard ground. In affect taking more and more water from the source of the Aral sea. What environmental and human costs have resulted? The environment has eroded away and become nearly inhabitable by human. Buildings have fallen to the ground from the salt
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layer of sediment settles on the ocean floor What are terrigenous and pelagic sediments? Pelagic sediment consists of organic and inorganic matter and is not restricted to the abyssal plain‚ but occurs throughout the oceans. The entire surface of the sea floor is volcanic in origin. What do oceanic ridge systems represent? The ridges are connected in a single system snaking across the undersea landscape from one ocean to another. What is found at the crest of the oceanic ridges? A cliff rimmed valley
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Sea Story The short story Sea Story is written by A.S. Byatt in 2013. It is a story about the young Harold‚ who has a very significant relation to the nature especially to the sea. He falls in love with the beautiful woman Laura‚ but he does not reveal his love to her. Laura is leaving to study abroad and Harold is having a hard time without her‚ so he writes her a love letter in a bottle message‚ but the bottle does not get to the intended destination without being broken by the sea. In this
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Years ago the Aral Sea was the fourth largest lake in the world. Over the years it was dramatically decreased to 80 % of its size since 1960. Now it is harshly affecting the people who live in this area. Children are being born with birth deformities and the number of people with throat cancer has grown. There is a great loss of fish species’ in the sea because of the toxins in the water from fertilizers used on farms. Also with ports now hundreds of kilometers away from the sea the fishing industry
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Sea Animals Sea animals are very helpful to people. They are also unique in their own ways. The world would be completely different without sea animals. My experience of sea animals was when I went to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. In the aquarium‚ I saw many fish that can do cool tricks and live in interesting habitats. One thing I learned about stingray fish is that the eat shrimp and other small fishes. Also‚ the aquarium contained many other animals such as monkeys‚ snakes‚
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sergeants start to bark orders at us once agin."Dump out your duffle bags on the floor and put everything in order‚ Now!" We all methodically and very percisly begin to set out all of our personal belongings. Going through our bags takes us well into the night. Now that everything is shoved back into our bags‚ we stand back up in the rows we were first in. There is no movement or sound from any of us except the faint hum of everyones stilled breathing. What could possibly be next? As the drill sergeants
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Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction - 1 - 2. History - 1 - 3. Effects of the Dying Sea - 3 - 4. Remediation - 5 - 5. Conclusion - 6 - References - 7 - List of Figures Figure 1. Location of Aral Sea. (Google Maps‚ 2013) - 1 - Figure 2. Comparison of the Aral Sea Before 1960 and present day. - 4 - Figure 3. Old Fishing Vessels (Francios‚ 2010) - 4 - 1.0 Introduction The Aral Sea is located in central Asia and is situated between the south of Kazakhstan‚ more specifically Aktobe
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Mediterranean Sea (35 degrees north‚ 18 degrees east) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe‚ on the south by Africa‚ and on the east by Asia. It covers an approximate area of 2.5 million km² (965‚000 mi²)‚ but its connection to the Atlantic (the Strait of Gibraltar) is only 14 km (9 mi) wide. In oceanography‚ it is sometimes called the Eurafrican Mediterranean Sea of the European Mediterranean Sea‚ to distinguish it from Mediterranean seas elsewhere
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