Reflection of Mission Blue Dr. Sylvia Earle’s “Mission Blue” is to protect the ocean in the same way we protect the land. To an Environmental Studies student, it may not appear as though protecting the oceans would be so easily swept under the rug; however, this documentary proves otherwise. As was mentioned in the video, “as the ocean’s dying, it looks the same- the waves are the same.” Perhaps because of this reason, we have postponed action in conservation efforts of the sea. Most people do not
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It’s a hard process to discover and study new species of marine life. Scientist today are are making technology that would make it possible to swim, or dive, to the depths of the sea floor where they think new and unknown species can be found. Marine biology is the study and discovery of the creatures that live in the sea. Some of the earliest known water-living creatures are still on this planet today, for example, the goblin shark and the horseshoe crab. Scientist, giving the goblin shark its
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The Effects of Trash In our Oceans When 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
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microplastics found in the gut contents (Wieczorek et al., 2018). What is a microplastic, you ask? Well, microplastics are small plastic pieces less than five millimeters long which can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life (NOAA). In my current marine chemistry lab, we are doing research over microplastics at the moment and we found (with 110 separate people performing the counts and us taking the average) that at one of the local marshes the average count for microplastics was 52.2 microplastics
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photos of, taking and editing the photos, and then trying to find places that would sell my work, or make a website to put my photographs on. Requirements for path (school, military, training, age, location, skills, etc.) To be a mechanic in the Marine Corp you must have a high school diploma and get above a thirty-one on the AVAB test. Also you must complete boot camp, MCT schooling, and seven months of schooling at Pensacola for mechanics. College is not required to be a photographer; photographers
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It is hard for some people to grasp the concept that plastic debris is actually very harmful in the ocean life. “In the ocean, plastic debris injures and kills fish, seabirds and marine mammals” (cleanwater.org). Plastic isn’t just the harmless material that people use everyday for various reasons. Plastic that is no longer of use to anyone is thrown out, thus, ending up in the ocean. However, it doesn’t just sit there and waste away. The plastic begins to take a journey in the water, and when the
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Hundreds of miles long, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is roughly the size of Texas. Also known as the Pacific Trash Vortex, it stretches for hundreds of miles and follows currents from the West Coast to Japan. The clothes you have on right now were most likely sewed children in dirty sweatshops. These kids are ages 5-15, and a countless number of those died around age 14. Disney just came out with a new toy that you absolutely love and must have. You buy it, but is then thrown away and adds to
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Actually, specific types of ocean dumping can benefit the quality of marine life. Items such as old train cars and boats are being used to create artificial reefs that are helping support all types of marine life. So much so that the Environment Protection Agency has created the “Vessel-to-Reef Project”. This program insures that any potential artificial reefs meet the environmental requirements
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professional athlete. A turn of fate changed everything for me when my brother passed away in my last year of high school, then I decided to join the Marine Corps because that is always something that my brother wanted to do when he got older. Once I graduated High school I did whatever it took to join the Marines and I excelled and became one of the top Marines in my job field. When my brother passed away I always think about how much he applied himself to everything he did and now I live with that type
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KDP 2 Jun 14 From: Your Name To: Platoon Commander, Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2d Marine Logistics Group Subj: DISCUSSION PAPER WITH REGARDS TO CHANGE OF MISSION AND RECOMMENDED TRAINING Ref: (a) NAVMC_3500.44 Infantry T&R Manual 1. Purpose. During the past four months we have been training as a motor transportation platoon, however it has been identified that our platoon will not be deploying in that capacity. Instead our platoon will be employed as a
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