Oceanography H. P. Lovecraft once said “Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.” (Lovecraft, n.d., Ocean Quotes). Extracting information from times past is what some are researching today. The oceans are vast and mysterious but with the advent of new technology many unmanned submersibles are being built and used to find out more on the mysteries of the ocean. A brief introduction to what oceanography encompasses along with a little history
Unit- Oceanography Subunits-Tides, Waves, Currents, Sea Level and Ice Cap Variations, Environmental and Geologic Implications, systems interactions, Economic and Public Policy issues Stage 1 – Desired Results Established Goals: ES.3 The student will investigate and understand the characteristics of Earth and the solar system. Key concepts include: b) sun-Earth-moon relationships (seasons, tides, and eclipses); ES.10 The student will investigate and understand that oceans are complex, interactive
Oceanography as we have already seen has emerged as a strong and important branch of geography and is interdisciplinary in nature as it is associated with many other sciences like physics, geology, mathematics, meteorology, hydrodynamics, chemistry, zoology and botany 4. Biogeography: It gives a spatial and temporal analysis of distribution of plants and animals on the earth surface. It is the branch too closely associated with human beings as it studies Biosphere, which is called as the life layer
Hall had to leave that year. Anyway back to sixth grade. There was ALP, Oceanography. Oh! Oceanography! I almost forgot. That was when everyone who was willing to go went on a trip to San Diego. Of course everyone wanted to but, my dad,( who was the creator of the Club) said “Oh by the way it costs three hundred and fifty dollars.” (Pause) Yeah that eliminated half the crew. Oh! Am I off track again! So there was ALP, Oceanography, March Madness brackets, which I won. Yeah it was great. In fact I had
Oceanography is also commonly known as ocean logy or marine science. It is a branch of science that studies ocean and tries to understand the processes within it. The researches conducted by oceanographers are used by government and industry. The flora and fauna found in the ocean are used for medical research. These researchers are trying to discover the new supply of foodstuff made from plants and animals in the ocean. There are many branches of oceanography. They include: • Marine Physics:
technology used to extract the minerals is harmful to the ocean and its life forms. Also, some have looked at the hydrothermal vents for easy places to dump nuclear waste, according to a document discussing the exploration of the deep sea titled “Oceanography 1998: Exploring the Ocean Abyss.” The damage and obstacles required to mine these vents would not be worth the mineral wealth. These hydrothermal vents need to be respected and preserved; furthermore the expansion of mining them must not continue
The unorthodox ardent oceanography professor, Clifford Barnes, tracked icebergs during the Second World War before rescuing Curtis Ebbesmeyer’s academic career. His unique holistic approach to science eventually drew Ebbesmeyer to take an apprenticeship under him and would serve beneficial to the field of oceanography. Unfortunately, Barnes would succumb to Alzheimer’s disease, but before that, he would prepare Ebbesmeyer with a broader, more integrated understanding before proceeding to research
Biological oceanography studies marine species as well, but in the context of oceanography, whereas marine biology studies the ocean along with different salt-water environments. Although there is a difference between these two terms they are usually easily interchangeable. Marine biology requires many different fields of science, including astronomy, biological oceanography, cellular biology, chemistry, ecology, geology, meteorology, molecular biology, physical oceanography and zoology (Marine
Marine Chemistry: Think of marine chemistry as a balance. Both sides of the balance need just the right weight to maintain equilibrium. Now imagine the weights on each side of the balance are variables such as nutrients and that the balance itself is the ocean. If there is too much of one nutrient, the balance tips too far one way, therefore causing the chemistry of the ocean to be thrown off. The chemistry of the ocean is what drives its overall function. If there is too much of one thing or
organisms in the ocean such as animals, plants, and their ecosystems, also observing, protecting, or managing marine organisms. Some subfields that are linked to the marine biology would be an invertebrate zoologist, ichthyologist, and the study of oceanography. Since the sixth grade, I would watch documentaries on National Geographic explaining our oceans and what may lie within them. It has always intrigued me to learn to learn about that 71% of ocean covering the Earth’s surface, whether it may be
Marine chemistry is extremely important to not only to the lives living in the oceans, but to our lives as humans. If we don’t start caring about marine chemistry there is going to be nothing left of the oceans. Which means less oxygen for us, less food, less tourist income, etc. It’s not just about saving the oceans and its inhabitants, it’s about saving us as well. Ocean acidification is on the rise. All the extra CO2 in the world today as to go somewhere. That “somewhere” is our oceans. The
speaker’s reputation immediately establishes ethos. They are expertise, knowledge or experience. This strategy gives the audiences a reason for listening. For example, Dr Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez, a biological oceanographer, with the National Oceanography Centre at Britain’s University of Southampton said that the food chain are affecting fish fertility rates and this affects food security and coastal population. The author mentions that the pollution is having a huge impact on the oceans. Besides
Marine Biology is what I would like to study. I want to become a marine biologist because I want to discover new species. I want to go to the 70% of the ocean that has not been discovered. Marine biologists also get to go travel to different places. They not only get to seethings underwater which not many people get to see, but they also get to see places on land which not many people get to see. Marine biologists are also interesting to me because they get to swim for most of their work day. I love
Have you ever tripped on a discarded and worn-out Happy Meal toy while walking along the beach shore? Has it ever dawned on you that this piece of garbage can be a habitat for different microbes that have created their own community? For the past 60 years, humans have been unconsciously creating a new ecosystem in the oceans. This ecosystem is made up of different things—from toys and shoes to orange juice containers and toothpaste tubes. Labeled as the plastisphere, scientists are now concerned
This article analyzed is “Oceans of pollution”, written by Dahr Jamail. The author intent is to inform the reader of United States (US) in general population. This article provide the information on the plastic pollution that has increase which negatively impact on the ocean biological system and creation of “dead zone” by the humans influence. The author suggest that although the negative impacts of the plastic waste on the ocean is not well known by the people, it is up to the government agency
of ocean health, planet health, human health, sustainability, biodiversity, research, and product development. The oceans being effected can spread around to the whole world and impact a wide range of people and land masses. Marine biology and oceanography are typically confusing terms. The difference between the two is an oceanographer may study the population changes of squid and the effects that it causes, whereas a marine biologist
swimming with whales and sharks deep in the middle of the ocean. The field of marine biology is the study of aquatic organisms, their behaviors, and their interactions with the environment. It is considered the most unknown and exciting fields of oceanography. The Phoenicians and the Greeks are responsible for the earliest known studies of marine biology. However, specific references to marine life were never recorded until the writings of Aristotle (384-322 BC). He discovered various types of crustaceans
Sylvia Alice Earle is an American marine biologist, explorer, author, and lecturer. She has began a legacy of marine biography and became the leading woman of oceanography, called "Her Deepness" by the New Yorker and the New York Times, "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress, and first "Hero for the Planet" by Time magazine. Beginning with her associates from St. Petersburg Jr. College, bachelors in science from FSU and masters in Phycology at Duke, Earle began her world-changing ways throughout
Research from the University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography said that species in the ocean consume a projected 12,000 to 24,000 tons of plastic every year in the Pacific Ocean (Nall, 2014). Pollution of recyclable materials in the oceans is one of the leading causes of why some marine species are nearing extinction. Many authors of articles and books analyzing this topic tend to agree that pollution of our oceans is a problem. The future of this problem is where their
Considering the Earth is over 70% ocean water and 97% of the Earth’s water can be found in the ocean, more action should be done to take care of what happens to the ocean water. The act of restoring the ocean can help save billions of people from diseases and hunger along with saving the marine life in the process. The impact that humans have on marine life transforms the conditions of the ocean dramatically, adding socio-ecological problems to arise. Different marine biologists asses different marine