Thesis Statement
The relabeling of the world’s oceans by the International Hydrographic Organization was a beneficial decision for research involving the ecosystem and important boundaries for the conservation of the marine life within the Southern ocean.
Outline
I. A. Key points of the introduction.
1. One benefit of relabeling the oceans of the world is that it separates an ocean that has unique features of its own.
2. The second benefit is to designate the official limits of the Southern Ocean that will help with different types of research.
3. The third benefit to relabeling the world’s oceans would help aid in conservation of marine life, and the ecosystem in which they live.
Why was it necessary for the relabeling of the world’s oceans? One benefit of relabeling the oceans of the world is that it separates an ocean that has unique features of its own. The second benefit is to designate the official limits of the Southern Ocean that will help with different types of research. The third benefit to relabeling the world’s oceans would help aid in conservation of marine life, and the ecosystem in which they live. The relabeling of the world’s oceans by the International Hydrographic Organization was a beneficial decision for research involving the ecosystem and important boundaries for the conservation of the marine life within the Southern ocean.
The Southern Ocean has currents and movements that are unique to that body of water. In the “New Fifth Ocean,” Matt Rosenberg cites Commodore John Leech of the IHO as supporting a fifth ocean saying; “ A great deal of oceanographic research in recent years has been concerned with ocean circulations, first because of El Nino, and then because of the wider interest in global warm...
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