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    Fresh Water

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    standing bodies of water. Most of these are in form of seas and oceans‚ although though some lakes including very large ones considered to be sea also contain salt water. Fresh water is found in standing bodies of water called lakes‚ as well as running water as in rivers and streams. Fresh water is available in many other forms such as in rain‚ and ice caps in the poles and in very cold places. However no fresh water is found in seas and oceans. Fresh water is used for drinking as well as many industrial

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    Cancun‚ Mexico: where the ocean is so salty‚ the water burns your eyes‚ the humidity does not allow you to wear denim shorts‚ and the jungle extends far beyond where your eyes can reach to. The Riviera Mayan Jungle stores my memories‚ waiting for me to return. Looking out the airplane window‚ I wondered where the aircraft would land; there was no runway in sight‚ just layers of jungle‚ every shade of green. The airplane began to dip down into the earth and eventually landed on a strip of concrete

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    The Deep Sea

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    INTRODUCTION TO MARINE BIOLOGY EK115008S The Deep Sea (2012) It is odd that a planet with 65% of its surface covered by ocean and 57% by 1000+m of deep-sea is called the ‘Earth’. Some 49% of the globe’s surface is 3-6 km below the ocean waves and the average ocean depth is 3.8 km. The deep sea is dark‚ devoid of plants but home to many animals which have been collected on hooks and lines‚ in nets‚ from the stomachs of other deep-sea beasts‚ viewed and photographed from tethered cameras

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    originated in a particular area‚ and spread out from there to colonise new habitats. However‚ it was noted that on a worldwide scale many taxa had obvious close relatives in regions that were geographically widely separated with natural barriers i.e.; oceans‚ deserts or mountain chains. Therefore‚ continental drift theory was able to explain many previously unanswered questions. An example of this is Nothofagus. Nothofagus is restricted to the southern hemisphere‚ and is widely dispersed geographically

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    amount of people die at sea or from ocean-related causes. Drowning‚ salt contamination and other ailments cause an assortment of problems for sea-loving people‚ as well as hurricanes‚ typhoons‚ and disasters like erosion. Some even believe what once belonged to the sea always belongs to the sea and she will take what is rightfully hers. In both “The Seventh Man” by Haruki Murakami and “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane‚ the parallels of a harsh and unforgiving ocean are clearly presented by the tone

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    Indian Ocean Trade

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    4. Trade in the Mediterranean Sea Lanes was much different from trade in the Indian Ocean Sea Lanes. Unlike the Indian Ocean‚ the Mediterranean Sea normally had very calm waters. Trade boats had large‚ flat sails to pick up wind‚ and were larger to house the numerous oarsmen. They also had rowers and stayed close to the shore. The

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    Climate Change Unless you live under a rock‚ you will have noticed what’s happening around the human race due to global warming and climate modification. It is not only affecting us humans‚ it is also affecting our vegetation‚ our animals‚ and our oceans. I recently watched a video by National Geographic about the precious coral reefs in the Florida Keys and it talked about how the coral reefs cannot keep up with the rising sea level‚ so eventually they will all just die (“Fighting to Save Coral in

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    Global Warming

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    warming to dangerously increase. Another way is electrical pollution. If the planet becomes too hot‚ the polar ice caps may melt‚ causing Earth to become inhabitable. Another huge impact that global warming has is its impact on the ocean. Global warming can kill algae in the ocean and algae is a huge source of food to many species in the sea. The heating of the earth is a huge problem. Another problem is what is being done to prevent global warming? The human race does many things to make global warming

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    Plastic Pollution

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    Background The overuse of plastics in today’s society has become major environmental issue for our oceans. Plastic pollution is the dumping‚ littering‚ or disposing of any type of man-made plastic that has been produced and has ended up in our ocean and has not been recycled. History of Plastic "Plastic" entered the world through chemistry in 1909 and was originally coined to describe Bakelite‚ the first fully synthetic resin. What make’s plastic so unique is when it is heated it can be molded

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    Clean Up the World

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    Clean up the World Olden time’s people lived in accord with the nature. Later‚ when the humanity have created powerful machines‚ various chemical materials‚ learned to govern the nuclear energy‚ their appeared lots of ecological problems. The most important elements of our surroundings ­ air‚ water and soil are more and more polluted. The number of people is increasing very fast in the world nowadays. The matter is that they need more and more working places‚ food‚ clothes‚ cars‚

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