Gulfs of the Pacific Ocean

problems with the economy. Both countries are located in close proximity to important regional waterways. The United Arab Emirates has the Straits of Hormuz, while Panama has the Panama Canal. The Strait of Hormuz is a waterway between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf. It is bordered by Iran, United Arab Emirates, and Oman Musandam Peninsula. About 20% of all the world’s petroleum passes through the Strait of Hormuz. At its narrowest, it is 21 nautical miles wide. The Strait is used to import and export

bodies. Their unique body structure results in less drag as they swim and migrate across oceans. Bluefin tunas at the top of the food chain and are labelled predators from the moment they hatch, as they seek out schools of fish such as: Herring, Mackerel and Eels. Their sharp vision allows them to hunt by sight and grants them with the sharpest vision of any bony fish.

Introduction While studying water systems and landforms in our lab, we begin to wonder about certain climates and regions. In this paper, I will discuss the water systems and landforms found in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as well as two other cities in the United States. I will explore the amount of water that comes and leaves their systems, as well as the natural landforms that occupy their regions. Background Throughout this paper, there are terms you will need to know. While discussing the water

that water is our oceans. We also have water in our lakes, rivers, glacier caps, and in our air. Now imagine how many aquatic animals live in the water. There is over one million known species that live in these waters and over 9 million that we have yet to discover. Due to trash being dumped in our waters we are destroying our oceans. Because of this massive littering of waste, we have created the great pacific garbage patch which is a vortex of debris in the North Pacific Ocean. Marine debris is

difference is caused by the ideal oceanic moderation Vancouver receives (warm ocean current, beneficial prevailing winds, and orographic barriers). Next, Vancouver and Halifax have almost identical annual precipitation at 1152.8mm and 1191.1mm, respectively.2,4 This high rainfall amount is caused by the two cities’ close proximity to bodies of water. Vancouver’s climate is influenced by the divergence of the North Pacific Current which splits into the warm Alaska Current and colder California Current;

The effects of climate change are far-reaching, impacting ocean life and plant life across the globe. It also

buildings and nature (i.e. trees), and the storm surges . Storm surges can be between 50 to 100 miles high. These surges may be even more dangerous than any of the other hazards because they can wipe out an entire community near the ocean. Nine out of ten deaths are caused by such surges and annually 17 people die from hurricanes in the United States alone. The deadliest hurricane in United States history was at Galveston Island, called the Texas Storm of 1900. It was a

The oceans are in trouble. The animals and plants are in danger of being killed. People are also being harmed by toxins in the water. Why is this happening? The ocean is full of trash and other forms of pollution from humans like noise pollution. The ocean is not a garbage can, people! People are creating too much trash and a lot of it is ending up in the oceans. What can be done about this? People could create less garbage. The environment could be helped by taking simple steps like bring your

communities in the Gulf Coast. Vulnerability is made up of two dimensions: sensitivity and adaptive capacity. The total disaster risk is based on the intersection of the hazard, the assets exposed to the hazard, and a system’s vulnerability to the hazard (Figure 1). In our study, OA is the environmental hazard and it is projected to change over time. Methodology to estimate Hazard, Exposure, Vulnerability and Risk Hazard: We will use in situ data collected from the northern Gulf and data from the

1)Christopher Columbus is an Italian explorer and navigator who in 1492 discovered the “New World” of the Americas on an expedition funded by King Ferdinand of Spain. Colony is a group of people situated in one place who are ruled by a parent country somewhere else. Hernando Cortés was a Spanish conquistador who deposed the Aztec empire and conquered Mexico for the crown of Spain. Conquistador is a Spanish soldier and discoverer who led military expeditions in the Americas and seized land for Spain