SCI 209 Complete Course Oceanography
SCI 209 Complete Course Oceanography
SCI 209 Week 1
SCI 209 Week 1 Individual Assignment NOAA Activity Part One Ocean Exploration
Navigate to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) site at http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/
Select Explore from the menu, then select Ocean Exploration listed below Oceans. Choose an explorative mission that took place at a marine sanctuary or an ecological preserve. This is the specific web site to use as a launching point for further research. http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/topics/oceans/oceanex/ Review the chosen exploration and create a 10- to 12-slide…show more content… Select an environmental agency that could directly benefit from the research conducted in the mission.
Create a 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint® presentation that includes the following items. Online Campus students must submit a 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint® presentation with presenter notes. Be sure to include the following in your presentation.
A brief description of the chosen environmental group and their mission statement
A brief description of the type of marine pollution addressed in the mission
Which region the pollution is prevalent
How the pollution is affecting the surrounding ecosystem
What measures can be taken to avoid this type of pollution in the future
How the findings from the mission can aid the environmental group in reducing reoccurring occurrences of this form of pollution
Include any references as needed
What happens to the plastic that we throw away? I know for sure that it does not all end up in landfills. Some of it ends up in our oceans. I know that there is a great deal of trash floating out there in our oceans because I saw it. When I was on Midway Atoll, an isolated island on the northwest Hawaiian archipelago, I saw thousands of pounds of plastic trash and netting washed up on the shores. I also saw that the birds had eaten it as they were trying to fish.
What are four natural processes of decreasing seawater salinity and two natural processes of increasing seawater salinity? Describe
