The scope of the Philippine territory is found in Article I of the 1987 Philippine Constitution. It provides: "The national territory comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial, and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas. The waters around, between
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the amount of carbon in the atmosphere and the corresponding temperature over a 650,000 years period. For example, he indicated some pictures of the ice melted in big Mountain in Africa called Kilimanjaro. He also talked about the increase of the ocean Temperature that guided to many Hurricanes and Tornadoes. To clarify, Florida in US got a very bad hurricane in September 2004 and that called Ivan. Then he focused on the Sea levels which are rising because of the amount of ice melting in the Arctic
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done it for 15 years, and I am teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Canberra, and the jiu-jitsu is a good job for me because it gives me some security here, The umbrella is a metaphor for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in my life. The mountain, the sand and the ocean are made with the same kind of lines. I used organic lines to draw it, so these lines are in harmony between them. Jesus Cristo on top of the mountain is a representation of my religion, so it is high because it is really important for myself. I
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sea, our oceans are at risk. So just how much oil is put in the oceans? According to a study conducted by the World Research Institute, "...between 3 and 6 million tons of oil are discharged into the oceans every year" (Gorman 48). To put this in perspective, that is approximately 4 football stadiums filled to the top with oil. That is just every year...and this has been going on for more than a decade. In total, 45 million tons of oil in the past ten years that have been put into the oceans. There
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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
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Oil Spill Environmental Diaster Thursday, April 29, 2010. The massive oil spill off the gulf coast is an environmental disaster. Since it was an oil rig that blew, the oil is leaking from an underwater well, deep in the ocean. It has been hard to calculate how much oil continues to leak, but today it appears to be leaking at the rate of 5,000 barrels a day, not 1,000 as had been thought, and that the spill could reach the coast by Friday. And they don’t have a way to stop the leaking. This is different
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In the span of your life time, you will certainly be sure to encounter some struggle against nature. Your struggle may be as little as trying to change a tire in the middle of a rain storm or as severe as expressed in Stephen Crane’s story The Open Boat. From the beginning of time man has pondered the question as to “Why was I placed here on Earth?” We tend to see ourselves as being important, that we have to leave our mark in order for life to have some sort of meaning. In this story
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But we’re fools, lost in the romance, of a tide that widens with each breath. I didn’t row out, to find the ocean floor, but that’s where I find myself now, in the undertow. I’ve prayed once, and I pray again. I ask G-d to help and not condemn. And I don’t mask myself in humbleness; in arrogance I bend my knees, betting that G-d only values honesty. I didn’t start out, to find the ocean floor, but that’s where I am now, in the undertow. You came to me years ago, a Phoenix without fire, bathed
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Nothing is as exciting as being told to write a beach essay for academic writing. It becomes a walk in the park especially for those who spend most of their leisure time, vacation, holiday, or afternoon siesta at the ocean. In order to start writing a beach essay one must have a clear conscious. High imagination for those who have never been to the beach will help to write the beach essay. The moments you start writing a beach essay always remember to put all the aspects and features found at the
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concentration that can be found in the ocean water. It affects characteristics of water quality and has a tremendous impact where plant and animal life can flourish. The degree of salinity directly relates with surface temperatures in the ocean. In areas where there are higher temperatures, there will be a large amount of evaporation. As a result, the salinity of the ocean water will be higher. Additionally, rainfall is another factor which will affect ocean salinity (Lutgens, Tarbuck, & Tasa, 2011)
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