North Pacific Gyre

The great pacific garbage patch Amirah Osama Introduction: The ocean contains 2.2 million (±1.3 million) species. (Mora. C, 2011) The survivial of these species is reliant on the health of the ocean ….. (talk about ocean pollution in general)……In the ocean gyres can be found. They are formed by winds, rotation of the earth and ocean currents (De Wolff, K., 2014). These gyres move in a circulatory movement, similar to a whirlpool and are able to suck in objects. The objects have been transported near the gyres through ocean currents (Harse, G.A., 2011). This means that large amounts of dumped rubbish from shores and ships can be transported here from moderate distances. This causes an abundance of non-biodegradable debris. (Harse, G.A.,…

Tossing and turning, I could not sleep the night before our cruise to Ensenada, Mexico. Excitement had gotten the best of me. It was the day of the cruise. We all met 5:30am sharp outside of our friend Aaron’s house. All of us carpooled together in Joey’s car and hit the road to Long Beach, California; where it is the home of the Carnival Corporation’s Long Beach Cruise Terminal. When we arrived we can see all the cruise ships that were departing that day. First we went through the terminals,…

in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, with the main focus being the detrimental effects of plastic waste matteron sea birds.Scientists estimate that 90% of seabirds have consumed plastic debris (ChrisWilcoxa, 2015). The ingestion of plastic debris in seabirds can lead tostomach obstruction and death (Chris Wilcoxa, 2015). The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a large mass of floating garbage in the Pacific Ocean that is formed by a high pressure system called a ‘gyre’ (circulating ocean currents).…

mercury exposure levels linked with lower IQ (Casselman, Anne “Humans Have Tripled Mercury Levels in the Ocean”). Regrettably, ocean pollution is now becoming a bigger problem now since it is starting to interfere with children's IQ levels and this information shows that the amount of mercury going into the water is slowly increasing. Gyres are also a big chain reaction from ocean pollution and its getting worse every year because people don't have any ideas that work that are going to reduce…

sequel to The Living and in The Living a boy named Shy took a summer job to make some money. In a few months on a luxury cruise liner, he'll rake in tips and be able to help his mom and sister out with the bills. But then while on the cruise liner everything changes when the Big One hits. Shy is left at sea for weeks then a one of the biggest earthquakes to hit California strikes and his life is changed forever. The earthquake was only the first disaster recorded then suddenly it is a fight to…

A World of Plastic In the hour long documentary, TOXIC: Garbage Island by Thomas Morton, a group of adults venture to the North Pacific gyre for 21 days to find a spinning current with tons of chemicals and plastics that will not biodegrade in order to show society how serious plastic pollution is. Throughout the documentary, the VICE team documents the plastic that has polluted the Pacific Ocean. The main argument that is used in the documentary is that most Americans do not think about…

Ocean Pollution: North Pacific Gyre filled with Plastic In 1997 a well-known chemist, scientific researcher and sea captain named Charles Moore, set sail from Hawaii back to his homeland, California after competing in a yacht race. Along the way, Captain Charles Moore had extra fuel to spare and decided to take a short cut through the low pressured winds of the north pacific gyre. As he and his crew reached the calm within the gyre, they were completely caught off guard as they noticed bits and…

INTRODUCTION Dana Point is a city between Los Angeles and San Diego in southern California, but is best known for its harbor. Just north of the harbor lies a rocky beach with large cliffs only tens of meters from the sea, depending on tide level. Cliffs along the coast of southern California are prone to landslides due to their rock composition (mostly sedimentary) and high erosion rates from the sea but become increasingly stressed from overlying man-made structures and landscaping practices.…

prosecution asked that she die in an electric chair ("Drowning of Two Sons "). On October 27, 1994 Susan Smith was to come to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, to be interviewed by an FBI polygraph operator to identify the man who supposedly abducted the children (Cahill). Susan was polygraphed many times and each time the results would come back inconclusive (Montaldo). David; who was her soon to be ex-husband was also poly graphed and his results passed (Montaldo). The investigator for the…

Differences Between North and South The United States was divided by regions due to many differences. Both regions had different ways of socializing within their communities. The economies of the regions were extremely different from each other. Each region also had very different political views on how the country should function. These differences caused conflict that would lead to the Civil War. Socializing was very different in the North in comparison to the South. The reform movements…