Water is filled with invasive species Water is filled with invasive species that come from all around the world. Invasive species can be anywhere at any time. Invasive species are any type of specie that is found where it is not native to. Invasive species can threaten the new habitats they join. Invasive species can even be from different continents. Once an invasive species settle somewhere it is pretty hard to get rid of them. Invasive species in the great lakes consist of Asian carp‚ Zebra
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Have you ever been to Sea World to see the amazing Shamu shows? What about going to the ocean in hopes to see an enormous sea creature lurking through the water? Do fish astonish you by the way their bodies are created? How do they even live under water? This questions is going through your head and you’re wondering what the answer is. Marine Biologists study things like that along with how fish eat‚ and swim in their habitat. They discover new things in the ocean everyday! But how did they know
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University of Vermont. The coral reefs in the Key West are especially targeted by these effects‚ since they provide habitats for many species and without healthy reefs‚ the entire ecosystem collapses. However‚ tourism in itself does not tend to cause harm for the environment. There are alternative options without damaging the economy and allow the ecology to grow‚
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In the article‚ “Sunken Steel Cages Could Save Coral Reefs”‚ Gaia Vince discusses that sunken steel cages may help restore endangered coral reefs. First‚ Vince explains how the steel cages are showing results for the endangered reefs. Carbon dioxide is above the level that it needs to be‚ and that is part of why coral reefs are going extinct. The metal cages do not fix that problem‚ but they appear to show results. The steel cages are connected to a long electrical cable that triggers a chemical
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invertebrates‚ but is damaging to many corals and juvenile reef species. This practice is becoming much more common in the Philippines‚ which was the first country to use the cyanide technique‚ where much of the reefs are destroyed from harvesting corals and cyanide fishing. Over three thousand tropical fishermen in the Philippines expose miles of coral reefs to cyanide‚ killing the coral polyps and bleaching the reef. Until strict regulations are put in place to protect the reefs and their inhabitants‚ cyanide
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climate change affecting tourism. Small islands which include the Caribbean‚ Pacific‚ Mediterranean islands‚ just to name some‚ are beautiful‚ tropical islands which attract tourist attention but due to climate change beautiful sceneries like the coral reefs and forest are being destroyed. The temperature which is rising rapidly and rainfall‚ causes climatic hazards such as storms‚ floods droughts etc. leading all to a decrease in tourism‚ arising difficulties for countries that mainly depends on the
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on the western coast. 1. FEATURES OF THE GULF OF THAILAND Some of the physical and chemical features of the Gulf of Thailand include coral reefs‚ mineral resources and water quality. Coral reefs are havens‚ or safe places for many species and organisms. They are sensitive to pollution and are under threat from certain fishing practices. The main factors to coral destruction are the setting up of industrial parks and city expansion activities in the
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United States need a strategic victory that could turn the tide of the war. Soon two battles would come over the horizon and would distinguish themselves as the battles that marked the turn of the tide in the war. These two battles are The Battle of Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway. With out victories in these battles the Pacific might have been losing‚ and the course and outcome of the war changed forever. In the beginning in the war in the Pacific that Japanese Navy had many gains in the Far
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world are the coral gardens of hikkaduwa.In the under water world nothing is as beautiful as this magical park. The Hikkaduwa coral reef is a typical shallow fringing reef with an average depth of around 5 metres.The coral reef reduces the coastal erosion and forms a natural breakwater The Foliaceous Montipora species dominate the coral reef. other corals are contained in the inshore areas of the reef in massive colonies. The Staghorn‚ elkhorn‚ cabbage‚ brain‚ table and star corals are all present
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beautiful as the top. Unfortunately if something isn’t done soon this beauty of nature will be destroyed. In Meera Dolasia’s article “Ingenious Coralbots May Help Restore Coral Reefs” she develops the use of technology to save the coral reefs as a strong central idea. To begin‚ the use of technology to help lower the risk of these coral reefs being destroyed is a
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