Under the Sea University of Under the Sea Overpowering the lands is water. About 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is submerged in water. The Oceans are so massive‚ scientist have only had the opportunity to explore a significantly small portion of it. However‚ the small portion recorded has discovered over 2 million species of marine animals. That is not including the fractions of the animals that live in the unexplored ocean’s floors and surfaces (Science Daily‚ 2011). Besides
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The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all. It is an immense lake‚ a body of fresh water‚ although that particular description of its contents might now be more a figure of speech than practical fact. In the last 30 years‚ more than 60 percent of the lake has disappeared. The sequence of images above‚ acquired by Landsat satellites‚ shows the dramatic changes to the Aral Sea between 1973 and 2000. Beginning in the 1960s‚ farmers and state offices in Uzbekistan‚ Kazakhstan‚ and Central Asian states
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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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Mayer/1 Unusual Animal Report SEA CUCUMBER The ubiquitous holothurian‚ or the sea cucumber‚ is an echinoderm‚ a species like sea urchins and starfish. The sea cucumber has about 1‚500 species worldwide. Some species are less than an inch‚ and some are longer than six feet. The sea cucumber usually lives from five to ten years. The sea cucumber’s body is like a cucumber‚ but some look spiky and have lots of different colors and patterns on their skin. Sea cucumbers live on the ocean
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Riders to the Sea by the Irish playwright J.M Synge is a one act drama‚ which in essence is a tragedy‚ yet an unusual one. Unlike in traditional tragedies‚ the hero(ine) of the play does not put up (or even stand) a fighting chance‚ but undergoes a character transformation‚ which is more tragic than the demise of a hero. Maurya‚ the main character‚ is an old woman. Yet‚ most importantly‚ she is a mother; a mother of six sons who had all perished in the sea. She had had a difficult time bringing them
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The Sea and The Fury Piracy seems more suited to Johnny Depp and Robert Louis Stevenson books‚ not devastating violent acts that have had an ever-growing fear in the 21st century. Southeast Asia‚ or the `Arc of Instability’ (a more appropriate name for this essay)‚ has become a hot spot for modern day pirates within the last decade. Maritime Terrorism has also become more widespread due to several Southeast Asian terrorist groups who have the intention and capability of waging terror on
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seafloor: shelf‚ slope‚ canyons‚ rise‚ and abyss. Continental shelf‚ the most shallow and accessible region‚ they cover 1/6 of Earth’s surface. Continental slope from the edge of the continental shelf to the deep ocean. Continental rise is a huge long shallow slope where debris coming off the continent is deposited‚ and is a gradual slope. Submarine canyons are deep v-shaped valleys that furrow continental shelves and slopes. The abyssal plain is beyond the continental rise and is the flattest region on
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This passage is an extract from Joseph O’ Connor’s Star of the sea which was penned in the year 2002. The passage makes use of a third person narrative view point as a result of which the readers are provided with a vivid image of passengers aboard a stormy sea ship. The passage talks about a ship afloat a stormy sea and how the passengers on the deck are caught unaware due to this storm. The author uses a descriptive style of writing with short crisp sentences that heighten the pace of the story
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Convections Currents The main idea that I would like you to get from this set of notes is that convection currents are a swirling motion of a fluid that needs a heat source and a cold source to work. The rest of the notes will deal with supporting this idea and giving some examples of convections currents here on earth. Once the earth collects enough material it will start to get so heavy that it compresses inward toward the center of gravity a lot. This smashing of
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Sea anemones are members of the Phylum Cnidarian. The cnidarians include the anemones‚ jellyfish‚ coral‚ Portuguese man-of-war and hydroids. Their characteristics include a soft body with two tissue layers arranged around a central gut cavity. A ring of tentacles surrounds a central mouth‚ and the tentacles endure stinging cells which contain nematocysts used to capture food and for defense. ("Marine Life Profile: Sea Anemones”) The two basic body forms among the cnidarians are the polyp‚ which looks
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