He was afraid. Thick wet sand oozed between his little toes as he sunk into the soggy ground. Elton gazed out at the ocean in horror, as his long legs quavered beneath his large frame. This was not the way he wanted to spend his weekend. A horizontal band of white zinc perfectly ran across his small upturned nose. Despite the complete and utter fear of the ocean that Elton possesses, he wore black and orange quicksilver board shorts, and a tight white Billabong sun shirt, in the unlikely scenario
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population in the oceans and lakes become less and less until there are no more fish to fish for. This environmental issue causes society to think they can bite more than they can chew but in reality that's a false statement. The truth is fish are caught at a rate faster than they can duplicate themselves. Researchers anticipate that in the event that we keep fishing as we are currently, there will be far less seafood available by the year 2048. Unsustainable fishing practices harm the ocean ecosystem and
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A summer day the beach is very relaxing. The sand is warm and the waves wash gently on the shore. But just within a few feet, under the water is a whole other rich plant and animals life! Most of us never get to experience this. But except those summer vacations to an aquarium! However, I’m going to live among them! I am going to going to become a Aquarist. But some things come with being an Aquarist. Including getting a good education, facing deadly animals, and having an open schedule. The first
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During summer many people go to the beach, but do you really know what danger you are in. In this paper I will be sharing some summer survival tips. First, we will discuss the water itself, then what lurks within. Then sharing some interesting facts about the so called "underwater killers". So, let's begin. When swimming in shallow water nothing can go wrong right? Well there is a little detail known as riptides. Riptides or Rip Currents occur when the water creates a powerful vortex leading out
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While the odds of an attack are very low, there are certain factors that put ocean goers at risk. Surfers, for instance, take up about 50 percent of all the attacks.” So, to help this… they are working on a project to make an almost electric fence. Accept the “Surfers and People won’t feel but a little tingle” as Paul Von Blerk the
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million tons of plastic ends up in the oceans every year”,(Milman 1). Nowadays in our everyday society, plastic is used constantly from cups and plates, to bags and pencils. It is this same plastic that ends up in the world’s oceans due to various means of transportation, where it then harms the existing life and ecosystems present. Until something is done to combat this issue, the pollution will never cease to increase. Oceanic pollution harms the world’s oceans, it’s marine life, and ultimately ourselves
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The Wreck of the Hesperus A skipper and his daughter climbed aboard a boat named Hesperus, Too bad I'm cooking up a cruel storm today, Ha!Ha! This captain thinks the waters will be calm, They better get more than just a winter coat because they'll need more, so hopefully they pray. I observe that the daughter had blue eyes like the skies in the Midsummer of July, Her skin looked as if it were soft and delicate as the Thomson Mountain's fluffy snow, Like the glowing sun, the maiden's beauty
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Have you ever been too afraid to enter the vast ocean because of what’s lurking out there? Well, OCEARCH, a non-profit organization, are undergoing an operation to research and better understand sharks. Shark tagging has been in operation to figure out what sharks get up to, where they go, and what their habits are. OCEARCH are tagging white pointers (great whites) and tiger sharks off the West Australian and Queensland coasts. So far they have tagged 47 sharks with only one shark casualty. OCEARCH
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Throughout the world's’ coastal ocean areas the reports of harmful algal blooms have increased. Every coastal region of the world is affected by a certain type of harmful algal blooms called Red Tides. Even though these harmful algal blooms are most common in the coastal regions of marine ecosystems they also occur and affect the open ocean. The scientific term for these harmful algal blooms is HABs. HABs are mostly associated with toxic microalgae. This toxic microalgae which is known as Red Tides
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The current scientific understanding that is to our question is that tardigrades will evolve in a different structure in microgravity. We already know that they will evolve into different species that will show that tardigrade can live in microgravity. This may help us show that tardigrades can seed planets like mars or the moon. Tardigrades will do its job to reproduce and make it successful. Tardigrades (also known as Water bears or moss piglets) are water-dwelling, segmented micro-animals with
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