government policy. The data used to compile the report are largely based on data sets that cover a period from 1970. According to the report, climate change is occurring. Observational evidence, including satellite imaging, from all continents and most oceans shows that many natural systems are being affected by regional climate changes, particularly temperature increases. Examples of natural systems affected include, but are not limited to: enlargement and increased numbers of glacial lakes, increasing
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Birth in the Dawn When the earth first became hot and the heavens churned and the sun was dark, land emerged from the slime of the sea. The deepest darkness of caverns, a male, and the moonless darkness of night, a female, gave birth to the simple life forms of the sea. The coral that builds islands was born, and the grub, the sea cucumber, the sea urchin, the barnacle, the mussel, the limpet, and cowry, and the conch and other shellfish. Born was the seagrass, guarded by the tough landgrass
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An Ocean Adventure As I watch, the waves from the shore look fun and almost innocent as they crest and then crash over one another. I can taste the salt in the air and watch little rainbows glisten through the prisms of the ocean’s spray. The warm ocean water toward the shore is covered with foam and bubbles from the rumbling waves as children and their families play in the gritty tan colored sand. I think to myself, “This is perfect”. I make the final preparations on my Yamaha Waverunner. All
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Causes and Effects of Gulf Oil Disaster As the situation of environment is becoming worse than ever these days, the explosion of Deepwater Horizon ship has been making things the worst with the enormous damages since this incident happened on April 20th 2010. This disastrous accident happened under the 2nd biggest oil company BP’s poor responsibility. According to this accident, about 30 laborers died or got deadly hurt then the ship started to sink down couple days after the exploding. As an unofficial
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predicted to lead to a greater tendency for drought in many regions (Mann 90) * Other likely impacts of climate change over the next century include increases in extreme weather phenomena, and rising sea levels due to melting ice and warming of the oceans (Mann 90) * Sea level is predicted to rise because water expands as it warms, and melting ice is also likely to have a major impact on the sea level (Mann 98) * Coastal regions will be subject to increased exposure to flood and storm
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morning writing numbers on the buoys attached to the pots while Roddy cast the pots into the water. As Roddy cast a pot into the water somehow the rope tangled around the ankle of his son. The rope pulled the boy into the water. Roddy jumped into the ocean to retrieve the boy. Debra frantically tried to contact her Uncle a short distance away for help by using the CB radio but was unsuccessful due to private marine crafts using the channels for personal use. Roddy was able to find and bring his son above
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World Ocean Conference is the first conference in the world discussing on naval from initiative of Indonesian government. WOC arranged in Manado, North Sulawesi, in May 11-14, 2009 issuing any agreement of 450 delegation members representing 76 countries and 11 world institutions as the WOC members. Indonesia had highest naval biodiversity in the world including ridge of rock exposed at low tide. The waters including 1.6 percents of the world water storages of 76 percents species of rock ridge. Also
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The ocean covers 71 percent of the earth’s surface, and about 97 percent of all water on earth is from the ocean. Ocean waves are disturbances in the ocean that move energy from one place to another. The most common types of waves (such as the small waves out in open sea) are caused by wind on the ocean’s surface. As the wind gains strength, the oceans surface gradually changes from smooth to rough (a common term for the roughness developing in the water is “cat paws”). First ripples will form along
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affecting eastern Oregon. In monsoons you need a great amount of water to be lifted from the ocean and that water drop on land. Eastern Oregon is more than 400 miles from a water source large as the amount need like the size of ocean. A monsoon pattern is where heating of land and ocean differ. The difference happens in the summer mostly due to the need heating. On land the air is heated quicker than the ocean and producing a greater pressure difference between the land and the water. A low area of
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This aquatic member of the weasel family is found along the coasts of the Pacific Ocean in North America and Asia. The sea otter spends most of its time in the water but, in some locations, comes ashore to sleep or rest. Sea otters have webbed feet, water-repellent fur to keep them dry and warm, and nostrils and ears that close in the water. Sea otters often float at the water's surface, lying on their backs in a posture of serene repose. They sleep this way, often gathered in groups. Otters sometimes
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