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    publics’ awareness on pollution, Jamail used many pieces of evidence from authorities to create powerful logos. Jamail quoted from many experts in the article. He quoted the prominent marine biologist Jeremy Jackson from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in the beginning of the article, claiming that people will cause a “’mass extinction in the oceans with unknown ecological and evolutionary consequences’” if we do not make profound changes in our behaviour. His

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    to help rescue and rehabilitate the animals. SeaWorld is one of the largest, self-funded animal rescue and rehabilitation program. They have over 24,000 successful animal rescues which students would experience. They would gain one of a kind skills from these rescue and rehabilitation experiences. SeaWorld has a staff of animal care experts that can teach students their collective knowledge, because no one knows how to care for marine animals like SeaWorld. The Four actions of the Blue Ocean Strategy

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    and private agencies, educational institutions, as well as the state of Alaska began funding the development of a network for monitoring ocean acidification in key locations around the state. This network is made up of fixed markers and buoys, oceanography research vessel cruises, and unmanned/robotic vehicles; along with a citizen-monitoring program where community members from fisherman to school children and other concerned citizens collect water samples from their own unique regions for scientific

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    Deep Ocean: The truth of the Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Everyone might have once imagined dark environments and scary creatures which live in the deep sea. These childlike dreams are visualized in the popular novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. In the novel, the main character, Pierre Aronnax, searches for a mysterious sea monster while fighting with scary undersea creatures. Although many undersea creatures have been depicted in the novel, one of the striking deep sea creatures

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    As a result, a lot of research has focused on investigating the deep sea. However, why do we have to conduct such research? Deep sea research was accelerated during World War II. The war brought many scientific developments in various fields; oceanography was not an exception. World War II caused a Belgium

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    learned about a variety of things, ranging from the function of zooxanthellae in coral to the impacts of plastic pollution on albatross populations. Eager to learn more, I practically jumped out of my seat when I saw that my school was offering Oceanography as a second semester course. The class focused on the physical and mechanical aspects of the ocean, like how the five major gyres regulate salinity and temperature in the world’s oceans. My teacher for both courses recommended that I volunteer

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    A Marine Biologist is someone who studies all types of sea creatures and can choose to specialize in studying large ocean animals all the way down to microscopic organisms. Marine Biologists study life in not only the ocean, but also other brackish (salty) waters such as estuaries, bays, and tidal flats. They do not just study ocean life, but also the destruction we humans do to our oceans and how to understand how the ocean process works. Marine Biologists also provide the information needed to

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    A deep-sea scuba diver is approaching the bottom of the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia when all of a sudden she sees an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin swimming on her right. The diver turns around to see a dwarf minke whale on her left. These are just two of the various amazing marine creatures that a marine biologist could encounter whilst simply doing her job. Marine biologists are biologists who study saltwater animals and plant species. Not only are they collecting and analyzing data

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    Bell Ringer (15 min): Study the ocean screen displayed on the smart board for the first 5 min of class. Once 5 min is up the image will be removed and you will be required to recreate the picture. Engagement (20 min): Write the standard in your journal, discuss what the standard means, and discuss as a group alternative words for describe, composition, subsurface. Create a content map about the composition of the oceans. The teacher will show the students a map of the world and discuss the ocean's

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    Problem Statement and Response to End User and/or Stakeholder Needs: The main purpose of this research is to assess the overall social vulnerability, and resilience in the coastal communities of the US Gulf Coast States, and in-depth assessment of vulnerability in the fishing communities in the states of Mississippi and Louisiana to provide national and state marine resource decision makers with an improved understanding of the complex ways in which Ocean Acidification (OA) may affect ocean ecosystem

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