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    them to become endangered, is the sea turtle. Sea turtles have been on earth for over 110 million years and the fact that humans have been able to introduce this much damage to them is crazy. Sea turtles are not only extremely important to marine environments, but also to environments on shore. If sea turtles were to go extinct, the oceans would become dead. Sea grass is one of the most important things that are included in a sea turtles diet. When sea turtles eat sea grass, it actually helps it grow

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    species of lions and seals in British Columbia, while in Alaska there was a decrease of seals and sea lions (Williams et al. 2004;Trites et al. 2007). Because this happened after commercial whaling, many attribute the decline with cascading top-down effect (Trites et al. 2007). There are many other factors that make an impact and based on research the removal of the whales did not cause the shift in seals and sea lions (Trites et al. 2007). Most studies are conducted to focus on the predator and a species

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    In part one of the book Aidan’s ship of monks is attacked by a group of vicious Dutch pirates called Sea Wolves. But they all get caught in a storm, and Aiden wakes up on the beach. He sees a seawolf on the beach and saves him, the seawolf wakes up after Aiden tries to take his knife away but they see each other and seem to have a mutual agreement to just sit. Aiden and the Sea Wolf are not alone for long, the group of monks having seen one of their friends down the beach and abandoning

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    comes to climate in Europe they have it all from their warm Mediterranean Sea weather to icy cold weather that comes from the Alps to moist woodlands. Europe is also known to be at the heart of the land hemisphere that it is easy for them to have contact with other countries and are surrounded by lots of sea as well like the Atlantic Ocean, Black Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Baltic Sea and Barents Sea. There's a reason why people refer to it as the peninsula of peninsulas. They

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    Polar Bears rely upon sea ice for survival. They hunt on seals that are found on sea ice. Climate change and the atmospheric warming have caused the Arctic ice to melt, resulting in loss of habitats for polar bears. This essay will focus on how has climate change and increase in temperature affected the polar bears and what can we do about it. INTRODUCTION In everyday news, there is always that one article that talks about how climate changes are scary and how it is affecting all of us. Some of

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    My Vacation Holiday

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    picturesque man nicknamed with the same name. Then, we crossed a stretch of sea until arriving at a paradisiac island called Las Maritas. When we arrived there, we were all stunned by that wonderful tropical landscape. The water of the sea was azure blue. But when we entered into the water, it was transparent that we could see the sandy and colorful bottom. That place was magically relaxing; the cool sea breeze from the Caribbean Sea cushioned the intense heat of the Venezuelan tropics. After enjoying five

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    • Sometimes, it’s hard to coordinate your schedule with someone you want to go to a trip with especially on a very short notice. If you have time to spend some vacation and you do not have time to look for a companion, it is best if you try to go alone rather than cancel a good opportunity for you to travel. • If you want to do something but your friends and family is adamant to try such, do not let go of that thing without doing it. Try it for yourself still. It is not their dream, it is yours.

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    Introduction “The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future.” This is a quote by Theodore Roosevelt that speaks about a certain truth about History, the past. People tend to think that history is of no importance, but what they don’t know is that the past plays a certain role in shaping the present and the future. When I was assigned to write a paper about the Philippine’s history during the Spanish colonization, I was determined to find a topic that greatly influenced

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    scientific knowledge. For my doctoral research, I want to study unfamiliar marine organisms in unfamiliar habitats to contribute to new knowledge and discover new species. To these ends, I will connect my graduate thesis on sea cucumbers with my ongoing research on mesophotic reefs. Sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) are diverse worm-like organisms that evolved and diversified for over 400 million years. Mesophotic reefs are found at 30 to 150 meter depths and developed after the last Ice Age

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    Criterion D leatherback sea turtles In science, I have been told to choose and write about an endangered or extinct animal the animal I chose to do is the leatherback sea turtle. The leatherback sea turtle is currently listed as critically endangered by wwf (world wide fund for nature) and endangered by lucn (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Description: it is called leatherback sea turtle because of its tough and leather like shell, it has four limbs, can grow

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