The earth’s oceans provide an enormous range of resources and affect the quality of life as we know it. The oceans cover approximately 70 percent of the surface of the earth and have a cyclical effect on weather‚ e.g. temperature‚ precipitation and air quality. Regardless of your views on global warming‚ the fact remains that humans have an impact on the marine ecosystems through waste from chemicals and debris polluting this vast renewable resource. Based upon current scientific evidence‚ emissions
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detrimental to the ecosystem. Direct effects and indirect effects as a result of climate change and perturbations of ocean biogeochemistry have been the major reasons for species extinction. There is evidence that regional ecosystems such as estuaries‚ coral reefs‚ and coastal and oceanic fish communities are undergoing rapid losses whether in individuals‚ whole species or entire functional groups. As a result there was several ways that we can do to protect the marine life from extinction. First and
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There is growing evidence that the increased amount of the fishing activity in the entire world is having a very serious effect on the health of the oceans as a whole. When commercially valuable species are overexploited‚ other species and habitat that share the same ecosystem are affected. According to many marine scientists and marine ecologists‚ unsustainable (overfishing) fishing is the greatest threat to the ocean ecosystems. For example‚ recent scientific studies suggest that overfishing of
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Monterey Bay is one of the most well known ecosystems in the United States here’s a little about it. Monterey bay is home to 525 species of fish‚ 180 types of seabirds and shorebirds‚ and Monterey bay has a abundant amount of invertebrates and algae. Monterey bay also has a beautiful environment. Including the sandy dunes‚ rocky cliffs‚ rolling hills‚ steep mountains‚ and kelp forests. The total length of Monterey bay is over 5360 miles across. In that 5360 miles is the nation’s largest kelp forest
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“To drill or not to drill‚ that is the question” I think that this is a very difficult question to have to answer. I can see where both sides are coming from because in one sense drilling off the coast and in the Gulf of Mexico would help save our country money because we would not have to buy our oil from other countries. I also think it is somewhat of a good idea because if we were to drill here instead of buying our oil from other countries it would help provide more jobs for Americans which
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supplementary texts the balance of justice is uneven. One of my supplementary texts ‘Men of Honour’ is a film about a black sailor‚ Carl Brashear‚ trying to become a US Navy Diver but his training officer‚ Billy Sunday‚ makes it hard for him because of his colour. In the end of Men of Honour justice does prevail as Carl becomes a navy diver. My other supplementary text the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech is about a man‚ Martin Luther King‚ telling the world about the injustices against black people in America and
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Golding uses the conch in the novel to symbolise democracy and civilisation. Golding wrote the novel as a parody to R.M Ballantyne’s novel “Coral Island” in which a number of boys are placed on an island‚ their behaviour is civilised and Ballantyne suggests though out his novel that the Pirates and savages are the only people on the island that had the potential for evil. Golding contradicts this as he wrote Lord of the Flies after WW2 and the ‘Cold War’ he was horrified at mans capacity for evil
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Interestingly enough‚ for decades it was believed that these turtles could only nest in coral reefs and as the reefs began to die out it was assumed that the chance of survival for the Hawksbill would as well. However‚ whether it was due to their adaptability or ‚ the turtles can indeed thrive in the estuary that makes up the Jiquilisco Bay
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Often when thinking of a what a Marine Biologist career consists of we think of the trainers at aquariums‚ and watching trained whales‚ dolphins or porpoises leaping through the air from crystal blue pool. There is so much more to being a Marine Biologist. Marine biology is a very important job because the ocean covers 71% of the earth and humans need to learn about the environment and how we can stop pollution (Jule Haydon). The majority of the earth consists of oceans‚ which means the majority
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come along and pick it up for them‚ but the truth is if you do not‚ why would they? Once the trash is in the ocean it is hard to get out‚ pollution has destroyed animals’ homes it makes the water filthy so some animals get sick and it also wrecks coral reefs and plants that marine life needs to survive. Trash is destroying animals’ homes and sometimes it even ends up killing
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