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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Spain had sent Gaspar de Portola to lead this expedition. Portola and his crew planned to colonize the area around Monterey and San Diego‚ but his plan resulted in failure due to the thick coastal fog. Although his plan was a failure‚ his exploration of the San Francisco Bay and the establishment of Franciscan missions affects today’s current events. Portola’s failure to discover Monterey Bay led to increased land exploration‚ encountering new unfamiliar territory‚ and an exchange of cultural ideas with
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Source: Wikipedia And do these clone banks ever change or grow old? The answer was a unanimous “yeah‚ kinda.” According to aquarists at both the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the New England Aquarium‚ over about six years clonal populations do get “tired.” They become more fragile‚ don’t produce healthy jellies‚ and stop responding to environmental signals. Many aquarists replace their polyp stocks with new baby polyps quite
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The world is currently undergoing changes unlike ever recorded before in human history. Record breaking temperatures are occurring more frequently‚ carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are at their highest rates since the Jurassic period‚ and a rapidly increasing population‚ fully reliant on our planets natural resources‚ are beginning to push the earth to its limit. On a local level‚ these environmental changes are having a significant impact on California’s environment. If this trend continues‚ California
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The ocean is one of Earth’s most valuable natural resources. It provides food in the form of fish and shellfish—about 200 billion pounds are caught each year. It’s used for transportation—both travel and shipping. It provides a treasured source of recreation for humans. It is mined for minerals (salt‚ sand‚ gravel‚ and some manganese‚ copper‚ nickel‚ iron‚ and cobalt can be found in the deep sea) and drilled for crude oil. The ocean plays a critical role in removing carbon from the atmosphere and
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related to the ocean. Read chapters 14 and 15 in the text book and look online for ideas. Other places to search are the NOAA Ocean Explorer website; the NASA Oceanography webpage; the USGS Pacific Coast and Marine Science Center; and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Some ideas include: Mining Ocean Resources (choose a specific resource or geographic region): oil‚ manganese‚ diamonds‚ or deep ocean mining‚ in a specific geographic location. Tidal and Wave Energy (choose a specific method and/or geographic
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operation of public aquariums and oceanariums. The Group owns and operates two Underwater World facilities in China‚ in the cities of Chongqing and Qinghuangdao. The Manila Ocean Park (MOP) is currently under construction behind the historical Quirino Grandstand at the Rizal Park. On February 29‚ 2008‚ Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (with Philippine Tourism Authority general manager Robert Dean Barbers) graced the soft opening of Manila Ocean Park. Envisioned to be the "largest aquarium facility in the Philippines
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Imagine you are gliding through the still blue ocean‚ surrounded by your family and friends. Suddenly‚ a loud booming sound breaks through the peaceful underworld. Before you know it‚ you have been herded into a bay and sealed off from the free world. You watch and wait as others are picked and plucked from the water; they are the “lucky” ones. Next thing you know‚ a metal rod has pierced your spine‚ instantly paralysing you but not yet killing you. You are then tied to a boat by your feet and dragged
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Looking at a map Pacific Grove‚ California appears as nothing more than a speck‚ located on the Monterey Peninsula and nestled between Monterey and Pebble Beach. One could miss this tiny town with the blink of an eye. It is here one day I found Perkins Park a place giving me solace‚ and granting me the freedom to reflect on how life use to be. Steeped in rich history dating back as far as 1875‚ Pacific Groove in itself is quite a sight to behold‚ with narrow streets‚ most running west to east and
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foreigner‚ I think that Singapore‚ an island country which made up of 63 islands is a clean and quiet place to visit. Although Singapore is a small country but there’s a lot of fun and interesting places such as Universal Studio Singapore‚ Garden by the Bay‚ Night Safari‚ Singapore Flyer and so on that we can pay a visit to. Well‚ I’ll talk about the 150-year old Singapore Botanic Gardens which is well known as a star visitor attraction for the sophisticated traveler as well as the local resident. The
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