Red tides have made many people sick such as residents and tourists of Florida’s Gulf Coast. The tides also have affected many business owners because many tourists don’t want to come to beach resorts because of Red tides. Red tides are caused by two ways. One of the ways are the algae reproducing and giving an effect of toxic air. Many outbreaks have also occurred because of red tides. Such of these things include poising form fish and shellfish. To stop Red tides, many researchers have done numerous experiments to try to find a way a way to stop Red tides! There are three main solutions to stopping Red tides. If we try to do these solutions red tides will decrease in the amount of times they occur. Residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast have been affected majorly by Red tides. Richard Leydon, a resident, said that the wind blew from the gulf. It made his chest tighten, he grew short of breath, his throat felt scratchy, his eyes burned, and his head throbbed. It was horrible. He felt as if he had spent a whole day in a pool that is over-chlorinated. Richard Leydon also has a son that has asthma. When the breeze of toxic blows from the red tide, his son coughs and coughs, until he vomits. In the weekends, the family goes away from the Island to Orlando. They want their son to play somewhere. The reason they have to go to Orlando is because he cannot go outside where he lives because of the toxic air that is blowing. Not only do residents get affected by Red tides, but so do tourists. Tourists have said that the Red tides come and go. They say that the toxins transported by air do not prompt health issues, but if there is an onshore breeze then it is a problem. On one side of the coast, the people might... ... middle of paper ... ...ere are solutions to it. One way to stop Red tides is by stopping global warming! Red tides have affected many and has caused damage to both humans and animals. Works Cited 1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “A ‘Red tide’ is a common term used for a harmful algal bloom.” What is a red tide? National ocean service, 2014. Web. 23 May, 2014. http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/redtide.html 2. Weiss, Kenneth. “Dark Tides, III Winds.” Altered Oceans. Times Staff Writer, 2006. Web. 23 May, 2014. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-oceans-series,0,7783938.special 3. Akai, Takatoshi. “Red Tide.” Slideshare. LinkedIn Corporation, 2014. Web. 23 May, 2014. http://www.slideshare.net/yfd07336/red-tide 4. Bruckner, Monica. “Red Tide- A Harmful Algae Bloom.” Microbial Life, 2014. Web. 24 May, 2014. http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/redtide/index.html
cut back on the problems in the Bay. Scientists have given an unthinkable amount of attention to the Bay of the past several years and researchers from countless numbers of agencies and institutions have dove deep into the issues and studying every nook and cranny to create answers to every politicians’ questions. The biggest concern with the Bay, and the most concentrated ...
Over the past years, due to warming waters, a toxic kind of algae called Pseudo-nitzschia has been blooming. This toxic algae affects sea life, especially marine mammals such as sea lions, which die of brain disease after feeding on this algae. This research paper will provide the reader with a conclusion in respect to what causes algal blooms and how we can prevent them.
This problem may seem prevalent and it is very important to know about. It affects marine life in many ways, but humans are also greatly affected.by this problem. People don’t realize what this problem does to them. However the human race can always work and solve this issue. People shouldn’t dump trash in the ocean or any water source. Trash can destroy coral reefs and other important ecosystems and ruin marine life. Most important sewage plants shouldn’t dump raw sewage into the ocean because it provides nutrients to harmful algae. Governments around the world should put more restrictions on sewage and the disposal of it. But if the solution wants to be solved people must work together.
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea: True Order Exists in the Exposed Core
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Problems can arise if these facilities are out of keeping with the setting or when local residents feel they are an unnecessary addition to the area. * Overcrowding Overcrowding can occur when the number of people at a particular site or location exceeds the capacity of the place to handle them. This is generally a seasonal problem. * Wear and Tear Visitors can cause physical damage to the coastal area without realising it. Much of the damage is unintentional, such as at Lulworth where the path between the Cove and Durdle Door is eroding due to the volume of visitors using it through the summer months.
This event resulted in an outbreak of coral disease and macro algae, ultimately reducing reef quality.
. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is the 208-foot tall landmark was just hauled more than a quarter-mile back from its former perch, where it was threatened by the encroaching sea. Coastal erosion chewed away about 1,300 feet of beach, bringing the waves to within 150 feet of the 4,800-ton sentinel. When the light was erected in 1870, it stood about 1,500 feet back from the waves. The lighthouse, on the Outer Banks, North Carolina's long barrier beach, was built to warn ships from waters called "the graveyard of the Atlantic." Ironically, the move should serve as a warning about the growing problem of coastal erosion. Erosion is not just plaguing the Outer Banks. Coastal residents up and down the United States are worrying about undermined cliffs, disappearing beaches, and the occasional dwelling diving into the briny. Beaches are constantly moving, building up here and eroding there, in response to waves, winds, storms and relative sea level rise. Yet when commoners like you and me, and celebs like Steven Spielberg, build along the beach in places like Southampton, N. Y., we don't always consider erosion. After all, real-estate transactions are seldom closed during hurricanes or northeasters, which cause the most dramatic damage to beaches. Yet Southampton, like all the barrier beaches that protect land from the sea, is vulnerable to obliteration by the very factor that makes it so glamorous: the sea. And the problem is increasing because the sea is rising after centuries of relatively slow rise, and scientists anticipate that the rate of rise will continue to increase in the next century. Land, in many places, is also slowly sinking. The result is a loss of sand that places the occasional beachside home inconveniently near -- or in -- the water. Still, erosion cuts in two directions. Without the process of erosion, we would not have the beaches, dunes, barrier beaches, and the highly productive bays and estuaries that owe their very existence to the presence of barrier beaches. Erosion of glacial landforms provides most of the beach sand in Massachusetts. A popular destination The beach-erosion problem has many causes. Among them are: · The ubiquitous desire to live near the sea. · A historically rapid ri...
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Due to rising ocean temperatures the coral on the reef is dying and becoming bleached.
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One of the major effects of global warming is the rise of sea level due to thermal expansion of the ocean, in addition to the melting of land ice. Now there are dozens of land areas that sit well below sea level and the majority of those land areas are very well populated. At least 40 percent of the world 's population lives within 62 miles of the ocean, putting millions of lives and billions of dollars ' worth of property and infrastructure at risk. (Juliet Christian-Smith, 2011) This means if the sea level rises to the projected level of 25 meters (82 feet) half of the world will retreat back to the ocean. (Rohrer, 2007) Also rising sea levels means higher tides and storm surges riding on ever-higher seas which are more dangerous to people and coastal inf...