A Marine Ecosystem is a subset of all aquatic ecosystems. Since 70% of Earth’s surface in filled with water, and around 95% of that water in salt, Marine Ecosystems are defined as the largest and most biodiverse ecosystem in the world. An Ocean/Marine Ecosystem can...
Theoretical Background This particular section aims to introduce and highlight existing knowledge on the issue of climate change in an attempt to facilitate an in-depth understanding of this phenomenon. Climate is defined as “the typical range of weather, including its variability, experienced at a particular...
Firstly, amidst large fishing fleets and some fishing methods a domino influence is produced, that threatens many Marine species. According to WWF (2018), the global catch is two and a half times the sustainable amount of fish caught in the oceans, and there may not...
The open oceans, also known as pelagic ecosystems are the water area that are located away from the coast, beyond the continental shelf’s edge and above the seabed or the benthic zone. The water column is divided into 5 zones, the epipelagic zone (0-200m), the...
Fish, one of the most consumed sources of protein all around the world. Species like Tuna, grouper and cod are some of the most widely consumed fish. Due to our mass desire for the consumption of these fish they face a major problem called overfishing....
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Because of the fast development of a variety of advanced technologies of fishing, the fishing capabilities have improved to a large extent and thus have led to overfishing. Overfishing can be defined as the inadequate reproduction of the fish in the ocean because of frequent,...
Piracy is an illegal activity that is done through boats by assaulting other boats to steal cargo and other expensive goods on coastal areas. It is believed that sea piracy was established when human started using the sea for trading. Piracy consists of kidnapping for...
Hurricanes are tropical storms that are formed over the North Atlantic Ocean and the Northeast pacific. Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane that made landfall on Florida and Louisiana in August 2005, causing catastrophic damages, especially in the city of New Orleans and the...
Panama is a country located in North as well as in South America, which makes it a transcontinental country. Panama’s adjacent countries contain Costa Rica and Colombia. Furthermore, the land boarders the Pacific Ocean in the south and Caribbean Sea in the north (Panama 2020)....
Plastic pollution is happening 24/7 and people don’t even think twice about it. Plastic is everywhere when we walk outside it’s by the trash, under our porch, in our yard, and some may be under our houses sinking into our environment. Plastic is also clogging...
Imagine yourself living in a place where you can’t escape from plastic, and its chemical structure, living in a place where you’re now forced to eat plastic because that’s all that’s surrounds you. Well, that’s exactly how countless marine species are living their lives from...
Introduction Proposal writing on the impact caused by waste disposal in the oceans on marine life and the possible mitigations about the effects and recommendations of the future prevention and conservation of marine life. The world waters cover over 50% of the earth's surface, and...
Have you wondered what will happen to our water bodies in the following years given they are constantly under threat from pirates and other badly manoeuvred artificial disasters? The case presented here might be too radical and idealistic to be implemented perfectly at the moment,...
The country of Costa Rica has a total of 11 Conservation Areas throughout their region and water borders. One of the regions is called the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG) and it is based on the northwest Pacific shore of Costa Rica. This region has...
The ocean covers 71 % of the earth’s surface and is home to over a million different species (Smithsonian). Within this unique underwater world are coral reefs. Coral Reefs are underwater ecosystems, formed of colonies of small marine animals coral polyps, held together by calcium...
This project is about analyzing whales and how there specific features like length may make them more endangered compared to other whales species Gray whale Gray whales can reach length up to 46 ft or 14 meters Males whales are slightly smaller than females. The...
In order to understand how and why Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift came to be considered as a ‘scientific revolution’, firstly it must be understood that prior to year 1960 the majority of scientists were of the belief that the Earth’s continents and ocean...
Although many major world powers such as Britain and France were present in trade occuring in the Indian Ocean basin, only a few countries managed to truly influence and dominate trade here during the sixteenth century. One of the leading dominant powers was Arab/Muslim merchants...
Marine A good knowledge of spatial isotopic variations in the environment is a fundamental prerequisite for the effective use of isotopes as a tool in animal migration research, however there are currently few accessible isoscape reference maps available for marine predator. Brault, et al (2018)...
Introduction: Why continue to explore space and not our very own ocean here on Earth? Space exploration takes years to do just for travelling and then takes months to examine what we have found on the exploration. Earth’s ocean is much closer than the things...
Vibrio Vulnificus (Vv) occurs naturally and found in Free State in maritime and estuarine environment all over the world. This bacterium prefers to grow in tropical and subtropical climate and favorable temperatures are 9 to 31°C which shows that it is found in warmer marine...
Since ancient times, Pirate stories and legends have taken an important place in coastal nations’ culture. The myth says that piracy is related to treasure quests and to finding places to hide the loot. Pirates have traveled around the globe from Europe up to the...
Introduction Attention Getter: As you all probably already know, Thomas Edison was the man who was credited with the invention of the light bulb. But did it ever occur to you that there are organisms out there with an inner light bulb of their own?...