Literally. Floating in the midst of the Pacific Ocean is a double-vortex of garbage that stretches from the west coast of the United States to the Islands of Japan. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is composed six thousand three hundred and twenty-one miles of trash. The majority of this artificial waste continent is discarded fishing nets‚ plastic water bottles and caps‚ and plastic bags. Obviously‚ garbage in the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean may not seem like a serious problem for many people
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The scientific realm of ocean trash and its impact has been left horrifyingly untouched and is only now being taken up. Consequentially‚ we have been oblivious to the negative affects of this issue to the point where (1) the largest landfill on Earth is situated in the Pacific Ocean‚ known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Although we lack a proper understanding‚ it is still an enormous threat to our planet and to us as humans‚ a fact that we seem content to be ignorant of. Already‚ there are (2)
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wonderful is it to stand on pearly sands watching the pure blue sky‚ so lonely without a cloud or a plane or even a bird fluttering across it and as you admire it‚ the sun’s ray’s beams down at you. But at the same time you hear the wave’s chants on the ocean. A visit to the beach is one of life’s greatest pleasures. I always‚ always look forward to summer‚ it is my favorite season and it’s the perfect time to have serious fun. What I love most about summer is its weather. It‘s always hot‚ which allows
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States in the legal system is that criminals should be punished and the reasons for their crimes are rarely addressed. The Ocean Tides program is an innovative system rather than punishing juveniles it is an approach that hopes to rehabilitate adjudicated boys in Rhode Island within a year. Typically the more severe a crime is‚ the longer the criminal is sent away for. At the Ocean Tides program‚ 1 year is retrospectively the time that is used to help criminals readjust so once they complete the program
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Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion SPH3U I. Introductory Covering over 70% of the earth ’s surface‚ water is one of the most amazing energy sources. From olden times‚ people had previously utilized the force of the waters in order to crush grain or help them to do their work more efficiently. Since then as a power source‚ water draws a lot of attention due to the efficient manner in which it gets to produce electricity. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is a method introduced in
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Blue ocean strategy is a business concept that focuses on doing business along the line where there is no competitor or little or no competition; rather it seeks to create new opportunities for business instead competing for space in the already saturated horizon. It does this by either creating entirely new product in a market or reinventing already existing product in such a unique way that will meet the needs the of the market in a way that has not existed before. It adds value to the market while
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The most common effects of dumping plastics into the ocean are entanglement and ingestion. There are six main types of ocean pollution happening: oil‚ sewage‚ air pollution‚ agricultural runoff‚ sunscreen (lesser known)‚ and the most common type being dumping. Ocean dumping consists of dumping garbage‚ sewage‚ waste chemicals‚ and construction debris into the ocean. Entanglement is a large factor in the deaths of marine animals and is also the most common. Entanglement “kills through drowning‚ strangulation
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Whales are the largest marine mammal in the world‚ living in all of the major oceans from the Arctic and Antarctic oceans to the tropical waters around the world. Human whaling is to hunt and kill whales for the use of their meat‚ oil and blubber. It is estimated that three million whales were killed in the twentieth century alone. According to the survey‚ there are only 10‚000 - 20‚000 whales surviving in the oceans today. Rapidly decreasing number of whales has affected the ocean’s ecosystem.
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Commercial Fishing and Our Oceans “We all have a romantic vision of the ocean being a vast‚ limitless territory open to all. The truth is nearly 70 per cent of all fish stocks are considered fully exploited‚ over-exploited or severely depleted. The ocean ’s ability to replenish fish has been outstripped by the industry ’s ability to catch fish.”- Annabel Graham‚ Chinese activist and author. There was once a time where the oceans were pure and fish were plentiful. However‚ that was quite some time
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Both the Chinese and the Portuguese sought involvement in the Indian Ocean trade but each group used methods that juxtaposed each other. The Chinese had a lot of goods that those involved in the Indian Ocean trade routes desired. On the other hand‚ the Portuguese did not really have any goods to trade; no one needed iron pots or the wool clothing that they produced. This led the Europeans to take a different approach; since they could not trade in the way others could‚ they had to use coerce their
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