Oceanography Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (35) essays
Oceanography essays:
Oceanography
... Great Barrier reef is over a thousand miles long, forming an off-shore break-water for the east coast of Australia. An atoll is a circular surrounding a lagoon, often not associated with any obvious land. Atolls occur mainly in the Pacific and Indian Oceans ...
Protecting coral reefs.
... of different species of plants and animals that use or live in the coral reef. Coral reefs are the largest biological structures on the planet, with the largest being the Great Barrier Reef covering over 2000 kilometers along the east coast of Australia (Aldridge, 1995). The Great Barrier Reef ...
The Whaling Industry Today - Norway and Japan
... international agreement in accordance with an International Whaling Convention. Since then, the Norwegians have consumed an average of 1000 tons of whale meat per year. Obviously, this is not enough to make whale meat part of the usual Norwegian diet, but it is used in a great deal of ...
World's Largest Crustacean - Giant Spider Crab
... of fish, clams, and other mollusks, some giant crabs scrape the floor of the ocean for plants and algae, while others pry open the shells of mollusks to eat the fleshy meat. Like most species of ...
This is a standard informative report on Krill. Everything about this sea species. Size, mating, eating, living locations. Well written.
... of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks) began studying the role of krill in the Antarctic ecosystem (Nicol, 2003). Up until this program all studies of krill were done by studying dead krill. With BIOMASS scientist were able to learn a great deal of ...
Coral Reefs: Why We Must Save Them.
... barrier' [author's emphasis] to navigation. The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the most famous example and is the largest barrier reef in the world," (About). The third type of reef is the patch reef. "Patch reefs are small isolated reefs that grow up form the open bottom of ...
Pollution-ocean
... of getting viral, bacterial, chromosomal, and genetic diseases. Although some contaminants are naturally present in marine waters, human activity has greatly increased the types and quantities of hazardous organisms in marine waters. People who eat polluted fish may become sick and ...
OIL SPILLS
... of oil. Many oil spills, large in land or ocean coverage, have had major impacts on the earth and it's inhabitants. Many animals are die and some are injured in some way. Many plants and animals ...
Carefully explain how sea levels have changed in historic times? (12)
... . Thus places like Greenland, Iceland and Northern Canada are more influenced by a rise in land due to isostatic recovery. In contrast however places that were much further from any ice cover like Australia, South America and much of Africa experienced eustatic sea level rise ...
The problems with our ozone layer today and how to protect it for the future
... of ozone that can destroy itself but cannot recreate itself. As we increase our output of agents that do this, we decrease our ozone layer. Gradually, we are destroying our ozone layer. Our air and oceans will warm and plant and marine life ...