Ocean Acidification and its Effects on Marine Butterflies and Coral Reefs For millions of years‚ Earth’s oceans have maintained a relatively stable acidity level. Research shows that a recent and rapid drop in surface pH that could have devastating global consequences through the unbalance the ocean’s acidity. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution in the early 1800s‚ fossil fuel-powered machines have created a burst of industry and machines. The consequence of this industrial revolution
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Sea Pollution The pollution of the ocean is rapidly becoming a crucial problem on Earth. The major causes of sea pollution are oil spills‚ toxic waste‚ and dumping of other harmful materials into the ocean. This pollution will directly affect the living organisms in the ocean and indirectly affect human’s health and resources. We‚ as humans‚ should learn more about these in order to have the knowledge on how to solve this problem effectively. Oil spill is perhaps the most publicly acknowledged
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Ocean pollution Hannah Waddell Ocean pollution is a growing problem and affects people as well. It is a growing problem that needs to be stopped and controlled immediately. Taking care of our water will be beneficial for our long-term survival. If we put off this problem any longer‚ the prices will only escalade even higher. We need water to survive and the ocean is one of the greatest water suppliers. The actions we take or do not take will affect the future in either a negative or a positive
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Ocean Turns Into Plastic Island? Could Happen Have you ever wondered what happens to that plastic bottle or plastic bag that you throw away? What if I told you that the bag and the bottle are slowly killing off marine life and slowly turning our oceans into dumps? This is the case and the problem is only growing and everybody is responsible for it and everybody needs to pitch in and clean up this mess. We all use plastic because it’s convenient for us‚ but in the end it ends up killing the marine
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Storms make trees take deeper roots. "But time is like the ocean‚ you can only hold a little in your hands." The quieter you become‚ the more you are able to hear. “Normal” isn’t an adjective you wish to hear after putting that much effort into making sure it was spectacular.” “People get mad when you treat them how they treat you.” Eliminate the unnecessary. Storms make trees take deeper roots. "But time is like the ocean‚ you can only hold a little in your hands." The quieter
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Financial Management Read ‘Ocean Carriers’ and answer the following questions: Ocean Carriers uses a 9% discount rate. 1. Do you expect daily spot rate to increase or decrease next year? - The expected daily hire rates drives the daily spot rates higher. So we are expecting the higher daily spot rates under higher expected daily hire rates. 2. What factors drive average daily hire rates? - Demand in iron ore shipments‚ - World economy‚ strong economy in western countries will raise
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spreading mid-ocean ridge that produces broader and less rugged segments? -faster When you have Oceanic-Contintental convergance‚ which one becomes subducted? -oceanic The San Andreas Fault is what kind of boundary? -transform The areas where mantle plumes come to the surface are called what? -hotspots Much fluid basaltic lava erupts on the seafloor at mid-ocean ridges. Such eruptions pose little risk to humans because almost all of these occur at the bottom of the ocean. The island
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Ocean Waves A wave is a periodic disturbance in space and time‚ possibly transferring energy to or through a space-time region. Have you ever ridden a wave in the ocean? Ocean waves travel on the surface of the water. You can see them and you can feel them. As you swim through the water‚ you can even make your own waves. The winds cause waves on the surface of the ocean (and on lakes). The wind transfers some of its energy to the water‚ through friction between the air molecules and the water molecules
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“The acidification of the ocean today is bigger and faster than anything geologists can find in the fossil record over the past 65 million years” (Carl Zimmer). This is just an illustration regarding the tales of environmental degradation from carbon dioxide pollution in the ocean. The phenomenon of ocean acidification is imperative to understand; the reduction of essential pH levels over a protracted period of time is extremely harmful. In other words‚ ocean acidification can be measured by pH units
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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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