* You can save sick animals, * See coral reefs * Examine habitats * You get to meet new people * New experiences * Discover new things CONS: * There aren't many colleges that have this major, so you will have to go to a state that does. * Oceans are now both
The four countries under this treaty are the U.S.,Japan, Great Britain and Russia. Throughout the 1750’s and 1911, a single fur coat could bring in 1,125 dollars. Although most of the poaching of sea otters has subsided, other factors have come into play (Fernandez, James). Pollution of kelp forests and oil spills are extreme threats to sea otters. Since the sea otter spends most of its life in the water, thousands are killed by oil spills.
The California Biomedical Research Association states that nearly every medical breakthrough in the last 100 years has resulted directly from research using animals. (CBRA, Oct. 15, 2013). Experiments in which dogs had their pancreases removed led directly to the discovery of insulin, critical to saving the lives of diabetics. Chris Abee, Director of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center's animal research facility, states that "we wouldn't have a vaccine for hepatitis B without chimpanzees," and says that the use of chimps is "our best hope" for finding a vaccine for Hepatitis C, a disease that kills 15,000 people every year in the United States.
Lifeguards had to rescue shoppers in downtown Laguna Beach. Million-dollar homes tobogganed off their hill-slope perches. * Mike Davis is the author of City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Vintage 1991). He is currently completing a new book, Ecology of Fear (Knopf, forthcoming) on Los Angeles' continuing ordeal of recession, not, flood, fire and earthquake. He teaches environmental history at the University of Southern California and the Claremont Graduate School.
In this paper I will discuss a little on the history of the coqui, and where it originated. I will also discuss the impact of the coqui’s and the population in Hawaii, to where they have been introduced over the last 30 years. The Coqui are natives to the Island of Puerto Rico and the unique sound they make can be heard through out the entire Island. The Coqui is known as a little tree frog with “only one minute tail when it is born and it quickly disappears. The color of the coqui varies, it is
Phylum Ctenophora is not a large phylum, containing less than 200 species. Ninety of these species are referred to as the Comb Jellies; the word Ctenophora comes from the Greek word Cteno meaning comb and the word phoros, which means bearing. The sea walnut (Mnemiopsis leidyi) is one of the most common comb jelly species. Mnemiopsis leidyi is native to the Atlantic Ocean, although, they appear to have invaded the Black Sea. They were accidental introduced to the Black Sea around 1980 and the population has exploded since.
We have learned that the rejuvenation of the Turritopsis dohnii is caused by either environmental stress or physical harm. A jellyfish’s lifespan is usually somewhere between a few hours to several months (it is rare for even larger jellyfish to live to a few years). The Turritopsis is able to transform between medusa and polyp stage, going from a mature stage back to immature, escaping death. During rejuvenation, the
Eventually 80% of the city and large tracts of neighbouring parishes became flooded, and the floodwaters lingered for weeks. However, the worst property damage occurred in coastal areas, such as all Mississippi beachfront towns, which were flooded over 90% in hours, as boats and casino barges rammed buildings, pushing cars and houses inland, with waters reaching 6–12 miles (10–19 km) from the beach. Cause of hurricane Katrina: Hurricane Katrina formed as Tropical Depression Twelve over the southeastern Bahamas on August 23rd, 2005 as the result of an interaction of a tropical wave and the remains of Tropical Depression Ten. The system was upgraded to tropical storm status on the morning of August 24th and at this point, the storm was given the name Katrina. The tropical storm continued to move towards Florida, and became a hurricane only two hours before it made landfall between Hallandale Beach and Aventura on the morning of August 25th.
The Giant African Snail can cause humans to get meningitis , Meningitis is a bacterial infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. Meningitis can be a deadly disease that can progress extremely fast. Giant African snails like to eat 500 different types of plants , and tend to eat through peoples gardens , they can also eat through plaster and stucco , which are things houses are usually made of. These snail can grow up to 8 inches long , almost 3 times bigger than a regular garden snail. I believe that if these snails don’t all get captured or go extinct they will become an even bigger problem and will spread all over the U.S. Once that happens there is not much we can do but to be over ran by
This means giving birth to live young, and these newborns are over two feet long. Most whale sharks are sexually mature at thirty years old. This is when they are able to mate and reproduce. One thing that may be of some relief would be that whale sharks are harmless to people and usually to divers as well. But to top all of that, it is estimated that whale sharks live up to 100 150 years.