...Sharks are afraid of us, they can sent our energy as soon as we are in the water. Two third of earth is under water and over 80% of life on earth is in the oceans. Life on earth evolves from the sea, and the animals who evolves and stayed for over four hundreds years are the sharks. They manages to survive, they are architect of our world. They are the lions and tigers of the sea. Sharks are in danger. They are hunted by humans for their fins with lines. The population does not realize the massacre that sharks are victims of. Predators are controlling the ecosystems.The oceans are the life support system of the planet, change this life support would be a real threat. The world is afraid of sharks and do not see the importance to help sharks or to save them. The first help requires by sharks conservators are to consider sharks as a real animal and stop thinking that sharks are a threat. The population does not realize the facts. Sharks kill five people each year, elephants and tigers over one hundred per year. The first solution to the sharks conservation problem would be to change the mentality of the population. There is a mythology around sharks creating fear, but there is the same problem for wales with the legend of Mobidick. It is portrait as a monster of the seas. Asia population eat sharks because they think that sharks have powers to make them stronger because sharks do not often get sick. But there is Sand 1 no scientific fact to prove it and it's...
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...when I say that I am in the habit of going to sea whenever I begin to grow hazy about the eyes, and begin to be over conscious of my lungs, I do not mean to have it inferred that I ever go to sea as a passenger. For to go as a passenger you must needs have a purse, and a purse is but a rag unless you have something in it. Besides, passengers get sea-sick—grow quarrelsome—don’t sleep of nights—do not enjoy themselves much, as a general thing;—no, I never go as a passenger; nor, though I am something of a salt, do I ever go to sea as a Commodore, or a Captain, or a Cook. I abandon the glory and distinction of such offices to those who like them. For my part, I abominate all honourable respectable toils, trials, and tribulations of every kind whatsoever. It is quite as much as I can do to take care of myself, without taking care of ships, barques, brigs, schooners, and what not. And as for going as cook,—though I confess there is considerable glory in that, a cook being a sort of officer on ship-board—yet, somehow, I never fancied broiling fowls;—though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more respectfully, not to say reverentially, of a broiled fowl than I will. It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bake-houses the pyramids. No, when I go to sea, I go as a simple sailor, right before the mast...
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...The article Running Silent is about robotic vehicle powered by water. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute out of Falmouth, Mass., built this water vehicle that was somewhat like a sea creature that had fins so it could move though the depts. of the water(Winters , 2008). The first with vehicle was battery operated(Winters , 2008); but after the batteries were dead the vehicle was dead. So what WHOI thought of was wax that melted by the warmth of the ocean water(Winters , 2008). As long as the wax was melted the water vehicle could keep running and moving throughout the ocean(Winters , 2008). The information that was given in the article was great but it was not enough it left questions. The quality of information was reliable and it told the who, what, when, where, and how. The way it was presented was in order from when WHOI first stated till when they would probably be done. Some of the information went back and forth about the ocean water and if it would be able to power the water vehicle. Lastly the information about the battery not lasting long how big of a voltage was the battery and the wax how much and what type of wax was being used. My opinion on the article is that it was very interesting. One of my concerns about the ocean water vehicle was that, if it is powered by the warmth of the water what will happen in the winter when the water is freezing temperatures. This article was an eye opener to what could be the future of submarine, cars and all motor vehicles...
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...Love indubitably unites as much as it divides. This story is very much an example of the inconsistency between the personifications of the sea and the land, and the heartache this causes. The short-story is called “Sea Story” and is written by A.S. Byatt in 2012. Its’ main event is partially set in Filey, which is east of the Yorkshire coast and partially in Oxford. Although this is where the main events unfold, we follow a bottle from England and through the world’s vast oceans. The short story’s maincharacter is Harold, a sensitive poet with the ocean in his blood. The story follows him, trying to win his love back, as she studies eels in the Caribbean. Harold was born close to the sea and raised by parents whose love for the waves and the marine life were eternal. His father was an oceanograph, as was his grandfather, and Harold’s mother was an English teacher who wrote “fierce little poems about the waves and weather”. (p. 1, ll. 8-9) It was through his mother that Harold decided to become a student in English literature and this is the distinct difference between him and Laura. Harold chose life on land. Although he carries the sea at heart, he chooses to stay on land and become a graduate in English literature, whereas Laura chooses life in the sea among the waves and the nurdles. She is in ways the opposite of Harold; A “marine Goddess” (p. 4, l. 127) who rises from the deeps of the ocean and steals Harold’s heart. With her long and white-gold hair she ascends...
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...characters in the face of grave danger, where they consider the chance of their own untimely death. Death is a theme in this story because Crane uses dark atmospheric undertones, dark language usage and imagery, and the situations that the characters face forces them to consider their own demise. Before they challenge their demise, the characters, crunched uncomfortably in a dinghy thrown around on the violent and threatening sea, are known as an injured Captain, a cook, an oiler, and a correspondent. It is unknown to the reader how the Captain was injured, and because of his injury he cannot help his crew but by orders from his mouth. “There was something strange in his voice. Although steady, it was deep with mourning and of a quality beyond oration or tears” (344). This displays the Captain’s inability to help. He feels helpless with his injury and feels sorry, possibly guilty and maybe feels like there is no hope left for his crew. Crane uses many dark undertones, imagery and word usage in this short story to depict a theme of death. The “wrath of the sea” is described as having black (often associated with death) waves, with water that is cold, sad and tragic. (345/358) Rowing the boat is thought to be “diabolical punishment” and a “crime against the back” because of the strain on the back, and rowing for pleasure and sport is questioned. (348) And while the other men are taking their turn rowing, the men who are not, “sleep the dead sleep”, curling down in the icy water...
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...Marine pollution resulting from all products released into the seas and oceans as a result of human activity. This pollution comes in the marine environment by the vector of water ways, winds, air at low altitude or is directly discharged into the sea. Generality on the main pollutants: • Chemical pollution includes all minerals and organic wastes (fertilizers, detergents, hydrocarbons or phosphate) • Thermal pollution leads to increased water temperatures by discharges from nuclear or thermal power. • Organic pollution is the sole fact of sanitary sewage or organic waste industries (food, paper, etc.) State of the marine environmental situation The human imprint is evident everywhere: • The oceans and seas are relatively dirty • Coastal areas are affected: habitats are being destroyed by urban development and tourism (mangroves, beaches, coral reefs, shoreline erosion) Scope of pollution worldwide. • increased salinity in some rivers due to the discharge, • Acidification of rain water due to industrial discharges, • Dystrophisation water bodies (ponds, lakes, seas ...) and rivers. Impact: • Overall deterioration in the quality and productivity of the marine environment Several land-based activities contribute to release of contaminants into the marine environment: • Via air emissions • carried by streams, rivers, outfalls, industrial effluents, sewage, leach ate (leachate) The majority of the contaminants remain in coastal...
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...someone sees trash in the water do they ever wonder just how much trash is out there? Or how it is affecting marine life? You should. In 2013 Kyra Schilling, lead author of this study, was able to look at the sea floor at a depth of 365 meters, and continued to the depth of 4,000 meters. What they found was a lot of trash, one-third of the trash was plastic, of these objects half were plastic bags. Metal was the second common form of debris found, aluminum cans, steel, and tin cans were found. Other things were found as well that include rope, fishing equipment, glass bottles, paper, and cloth. Kyra made a good point, “We don’t usually think of our daily activities affecting life two miles deep in the...
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...Childbirth). Once the female has her eggs produced, the female places them into the male’s pouch. The birth process can go from fourteen days to four whole weeks, it just varies on how many eggs the female produces, or the type of seahorse it is. There are thirty-two different types of seahorses (Marshall 265). For example, one seahorse can take only twenty five days for birth, while others could take up to four weeks. “The female can produce up to 2,000 eggs at a time”(Danielson “Seahorse Father takes Reins in Childbirth”). The male can only hold up to fifty-five eggs. But, after two days, they can receive more to be put in the pouch. The extrusion of the hatched larvae resembles an act of birth and may take some hours to accomplish. Another sea life animal where the male has the babies is a relative of the seahorse, called a pipefish. This is why the male has the babies. The male can extract up to 2,000 seahorse babies at a time. Why does the mother not have it? Some people might ask. Well, this is because the female does not have enough room because she does not have a pouch. “Seahorses are monogamous creatures and they mate for life. The female places, or fertilizes her eggs into the pouch, so they can produce more and more eggs over and over again” (Whitehead 65). The male seahorse must have the children because whenever the female deposits the eggs inside the male’s pouch, they automatically continue producing eggs. His pouch is an organ with many different systems in it that...
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...“Disappointment is an inevitable consequence of discovery” To what extent is this true in Jean Spracklands poem International Year of the Oceans? Discovery is something that can be good or bad. The concept of disappointment being an inevitable consequence of discovery refers to discovery in a light that seems to ruin or denote something. This idea can be explored in Jean Spracklands poem International Year of the Oceans in which many this significant concept can be viewed. Discovery is able to disrupt the natural ways of the universe. The beauty of undisturbed nature is something that is able to provoke an emotional response from someone, especially if little is known about it. Immediately in the poem the audience is invited to imagine what it was like for the author’s grandparents. That is, “Our grandparents lived with a romantic moon.” Similarly, later the audience imagines where “a warm ocean sleeps.” Sprackland’s use of soft sounds in these two phrases reflects a peaceful and fully undisrupted moon and ocean, inviting the audience to imagine what it would be like. This is contrasted in the last stanza when Sprackland mentions “nuclear submarines”, suggesting abandonment, war and the eventual destruction of this sleeping ocean for our needs. The idea of disappointment being an inevitable consequence of discovery is supported throughout the poem. This disappointment is evident throughout the poem, thus being through harsh imagery (“Nuclear Submarines”) and intruding language...
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...Summary... One act play: Riders to the sea By John Millington The play begins with Maurya, who has fallen into a fitful sleep. She is certain that her son, Michael, has drowned, even though she has no proof, and has been constantly grieving for nine days. Cathleen, her daughter, is doing household chores when Nora, another daughter arrives. She quietly slips into the kitchen with a bundle that had been given to her by a young priest. In the bundle are clothes taken from the body of a man who drowned in the far north. They were sent to Maurya's home, hoping that she would be able to identify the body. Maurya begins to look as if she is going to wake up soon, so the daughters hide the bundle until a time when they are alone. Maurya awakes, and her fear for losing her only remaining son Bartley intensifies her grieving for Michael. Keep in mind, she has already lost five sons and a husband to the sea. The priest claims that that "insatiable tyrant" will not take her sixth. However, Bartley proclaims that he is going to venture over to the mainland that same day, in order to sell a horse at the fair, despite knowing of the high winds and seas. Maurya begs Bartley not to go, yet he insists despite her pleas. In a flustered state of irritation, Maurya bids him gone without her blessing. Upon seeing these events unfold, the sisters tell Maurya, that she should go out and search for Bartley in order to give him the lunch that they he had forgotten to bring, and while at it, give...
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...plastics. One of this; plastics are polluting the ocean and second one is ruining the ocean lives and affecting the sea animals First of all before Malaysia Flight 370 went missing, sea trash was not a global headliner. But after than sea trashes are really big problem in our world. This is because humans have realized the dangerous. After the crash, Australian cost as possible aircraft debris turn out to be discarded fishing equipment, cargo container parts or plastic shopping bags, a new narrative is emerging in the hunt for the missing plane. And scientist says: unfortunatelly, there is more garbage out there than you think. For example: we are using the plastic bags, bottles, bottle caps, kitchen utensils, all of this things contains plastics. And then some garbage firms or humans are throwing these plastic garbages in the nature or seas. But plastics are not disappear in the nature really quickly. This is a process. Moreover for this process needs over hundreds of year. That’s why we should the clean our sea and ocean. Maybe you have to do another things. Homework, study, something like that. But we are living this world. And we must protect this world Secondly marine lives are affecting the plastics and garbage in the ocean. Especially sea turtles and California gray whales are consumers of plastics. But the plastics includes the toxic materials. And when the sea animals eating of this materials, they quickly die after. And we will see on Saturday at the local beach. Everyone...
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...Sea Story Write an analytical essay (800-1200 words) in which you analyse and interpret A.S. Byatt’s short story “Sea Story”. Part of your essay must focus on the writer’s use of literary quotations and on the role of nature in the story. Love cannot overcome every obstacle. This story serves as an example of how the ocean can be ruthless and unforgiving, and how people cannot best the ocean. The story is written by A.S. Byatt in 2012 and is set in Filey, a town east of Yorkshire. The plot of the story is the main character Harold, meeting a woman, Laura. In the beginning, he moves very slowly and carefully when interacting with her. They start spending more and more time together, but before they really get to know one another, Laura has to move to the Caribbean to study eels. The main character of the story is Harold, who was born into an ocean-loving family by a father who was an oceanographer and a mother who was an English teacher who wrote ”fierce little poems about waves and weather” p. 1 l. 8. He spent a lot of his youth around the ocean, either walking along or fishing. Despite his enormous love for the ocean, Harold chose a life as an English literature graduate at Oxford University. In the story, Harold meets a woman called Laura who is a lot like him in many ways and yet very different. Laura also loves the ocean but unlike Harold, Laura chose a career in the ocean studying it, while Harold stayed inland, finding a career in literature. When they first meet...
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...discharged into the ocean resulting in pollution. Land runoff occurs when water infiltrates the soil to its maximum extent and the excess water from the rain, flooding or melting flows over the land and into the ocean. Although oil spills are quite infrequent, they pose immense challenges to clean up teams, and conservation groups, as they are extremely difficult to manage. Deep sea oceanic mining creates sulfide deposits up to three and a half thousand meters down into the ocean where the surrounding ecosystem, and marine life is in danger. And lastly littering stems from atmospheric pollution, where dust and sand, along with man made debris and trash is swept long distances into the oceans. Over the years, the effects of pollution into the world’s oceans seems to become more and more prevalent. This pollution, as stated before, is a direct cause of a multitude of various natural and unnatural means. It has also been noted that rising sea temperatures, and acidity levels are in direct correlation to the over polluting of the oceans themselves. Although there are many variants of pollution in the sea, one of the leading contributors would be plastic. Plastics are generally made up of extremely malleable synthetic and organic compounds, which form to make solid objects. Due to the unnatural ways in which plastic has been manufactured, it has become both a durable and versatile product. It is ultimately this durability that harms the oceans. This durability allows pieces of plastic...
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...Canaries of the Sea The white whales, or beluga, are residents of the arctic seas of the world. The common name is Russian, which comes from the adjective belii, meaning, “white”. Beluga whales have adapted to their life among sea ice, which is why they are all white in color and may grow up to eighteen feet in length (Haley, 1978). Belugas are gregarious and graceful and are enjoyed by everyone who meets them. Beluga whales are the only whales that can bend at the neck without moving their whole body. Different from other whales, they don’t have a dorsal fin but just a ridge on their back, which helps them trap the heat and stay warm in their icy Arctic surroundings. Belugas will migrate south to avoid getting trapped in the ice whenever the Arctic water freezes in the colder months. Belugas are mostly seen in large schools with a male leading the group. The schools may even get up to hundreds or thousands in numbers during migration (Tryckare, 1968)....
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...Plastic debris affects over 267 species in the ocean, including but not limited to sea turtles, seabirds, and fish (kiener). The animals get stuck in the plastic and suffocate or eat it and end up dying from a disease in the plastic. Litter that is in the ocean can break down and sink to the bottom of the ocean where it does more harm to marine life (kiener). Fish in the ocean are often a victim of plastic pollution, and this affects the entire food chain. Fish hold a very big part on the food chain because they are the a major source of food for many other animals and humans. When other animals eat the fish they end up also getting poisoned by the plastic that the fish had previously consumed, this shows how there is no escape from plastic pollution. Even animals that do not directly ingest the plastic are affected by the...
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