The World is Just Awesome

Overfishing occurs when fish are caught or killed faster than they can reproduce, and this is a huge environmental issue because when one species becomes extinct the rest will start to follow. Fishermen know that overfishing is an increasing problem yet they still do it, and heartless people shrug off the issue and pretend that overfishing has not yet become a big problem. Overfishing impacts the ocean and its marine life because without fish we wouldn’t be able to survive. Even if you don’t eat seafood or fish it still effect’s you; if life in the ocean (such as whales) were to run out of smaller fish to eat they would move on to bigger fish and eat them. If man-kind ran out of tuna, or crab, or lobster, and all other small fish, they would move on to hunting bigger fish. You can see where I’m going with this because eventually bigger fish (whales, sharks, etc.) will no longer be available. If fish aren’t available then man will hunt meat until that runs out too. Overfishing has an impact on humans because as I’ve pointed out eventually everything will run out. Once we run out of fish we will move on to meat and, I believe, eventually eat each other. As gruesome as it seems you can’t help but think the same thing, and in order to fix this problem we as a human race need to be more conservative with our food, and more resourceful. Instead of hunting the same type of fish until it runs out we need to span out, by this I mean we need to hunt a variety of fish and eat more of the fish itself. We’re so used to eating what we want and throwing the rest away when were done but really we should be eating every part of the fish we can instead of just the “good” part. I’m not saying we should eat the eye’s or bladder or anything like that I’m just saying we should be eating the fin’s and the body both instead of just one or the other. I honestly believe that as a society if we start doing this and using our resources more wisely we can fix this problem and prevent overfishing from becoming a huge problem that can’t be fixed.

Aundrea: Blog #4

Everyone always talks about the Ring of Fire being this big scary ring, and will be the death of us, that could destroy life as we know it at any moment but i beg to differ. If the volcanoes in Hawaii can explode every other day and still welcome it’s inhabitants to visit and watch it then why should these volcanoes be any different? The earthquakes that occur and cause these volcanic eruptions are usually the result of our tectonic plates shifting so if we should be worried about anything it should be these plates crashing into each other all at once. I believe that volcanoes are beautiful master pieces that Mother Nature has created for us, not these terrible monsters that their made out to be. It is true that if the Ring of Fire were to erupt we would be in a pretty sad shape and as these volcanoes may do the damage, they are not the cause for the destruction. I believe we should be afraid of Techtonic Plates, not Volcanoes.

Aundrea: Blog #1

“The influence of the phases of the moon on the ocean and its inhabitants.”

• The moon has a major influence on the ocean and it tides. As the moon rises and falls every day the ocean tides change. Depending on the pull of the moon, when there is a full moon the pull is stronger the is there is only a crescent. As the moon rises the tide gos out and depending on what phase the moon is in tells how strong the pull is. The moon as the strongest pull in a full or new moon state. so twice a month there are large areas of beach exposed and this is good for sea life and feeding patterns.

part 2:

“The marine food chains are affected by the tide changes.”

• As the tide changes the feeding patterns of sea life are exposed. These feeding patterns have been researched are seem to be very consistent with the tides. When the tide gos out the smaller sea life is exposed,  there are small crab that are land bouned that re lie on the tide going out for there food, they eat the microscopic organisms. There are also birds who feed on the small fish in the shallow water and the small crabs that crawl on the beach. In the case for large marine life they wait for the tide to come in and pray on the small animals that it exposes, such as the animals that relay on the protection of the out tide.

The five oceans of the world are the pacific, Atlantic, Indian, southern ocean, and the Arctic Ocean. The deepest ocean in the world is the Pacific Ocean at the deepest part being the Mariana Trench at 36,200 ft deep. The second deepest ocean in the world is the Atlantic Ocean at the Puerto Rico Trench it is 28,231 ft deep. The third deepest ocean in the world is the Indian Ocean at the deepest part being the Java Trench at 25,344 ft deep. The fourth deepest ocean in the world is the Southern Ocean at the southern end of the South Sandwich Trench at 23,736 ft deep. The fifth and final deepest ocean is the Arctic Ocean at the deepest part being the Eurasia Basin, 17,881 ft deep.

The largest ocean on earth is the Pacific Ocean, at 64,186,000 square miles. The second largest ocean on earth is the Atlantic Ocean at, 33,420,000 square miles. The third largest ocean on earth is the Indian Ocean at, 28,350,000 square miles. The fourth largest ocean on earth is the Southern Ocean at, 7,848,300 square miles. The fifth largest ocean on earth is the Arctic Ocean at, 5,106,000 square miles.

                                                                                          by Steven

Palomar.edu/states that The ocean contains over 50 quadrillion tons of dissolved solids. it homes enough salt that if we covered earths land mass with its salt it would form a layer over 500 ft. thick.

But, where does the salt come from?

-Yahoo answers states that the Salt in the ocean comes from dissolved minerals accumulated over time. and much of it comes from the hydrothermal vents found at the ocean floor. when water evaporates from the ocean the salt stays and does not evaporate thus, accumulating over time.

But, why aren’t inland lakes salty?

-Yahoo answers told me that, many inland lakes have rivers and streams moving in and out of the lake that are constantly filtering out all of the chemicals, thus creating fresh water for the inland lakes.

by: Derrick10

My first blog post.