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For instance, sea levels and coastlines, ocean acidification and ocean currents, sea water, sea surface temperatures, the sea floor, weather, all of which have effects on the functioning of the society. ... Cazenave and Llovel (2010) examine that bout 30% of the sea level rises has overtime been due to the thermal expansion, while 55% are caused by continental ice melt, and due to warming global temperatures.... tudies show that frequent rise within the sea level along the coastal regions affects the habitats and inhabitants in several ways....

Toxic material enters into the ocean by leaking into the sea either through landmines, farms inputs, landfills and dumps.... hird major contributors are human activities like beaching where human beings who are going to the beach has either tourist do not take care of the beach by either dropping beans into the ocean hence making the sea unclean.... n most cases when the boat is turned on in sea water, there are pollution coming from exhaust pipe and spill of diesel into the water, this kind of pollution is also dangerous to lives in the sea, many aquatic life are being lost so there is need to control this dangerous pollution which endanger lives of plants, animals and even human beings....

As a result, winds move horizontally over the sea surface to drive ocean motion patterns.... hen the heat increases over the ocean which escapes to warm the atmosphere creates temperature variation in the atmosphere which in turn causes winds.... The winds give energy to the sea surface that result in ocean currents.... Besides, the sea has comparatively large temperature resistance to change.... Eventually, a complex flow pattern is created through which the warm surface waters move pole ward where heat escapes fast to outer space, as cold, deep currents are established in the sea depths....

The study "Freedom of Navigation, Measures Limiting the Freedom of Navigation, Transit Passage or Innocent Passage" evaluates the ways how the law of the sea draws a balance between providing and facilitating free/passage and imposing restraints on such navigation.... This principle is one of the pillars of the law of the sea.... How does the law of the sea draw a balance between: a) providing and facilitating free/ innocent passage, and b) imposing restraints on such navigation?...

umans use the sea for leisure and enjoy themselves in many different ways, from scuba diving to whale watching, surfing to sailing, jet-skiing to fishing. ... Scientists are researching ways to do this, and capturing carbon dioxide as a liquid or solid, and then storing it under the sea is one path of research. ... Marine microbial nutrient cycling is essential for primary production in the sea (for plankton and algae); without it the marine primary production ecosystem, which is the basis for most life on Earth, would collapse. ...

National Oceanic Service, the sea level globally rose alarmingly throughout the 20th century and has risen even more in the 21st century.... inches as of 2014, in contrast to the sea level of 1993.... the sea is a haven of sea wave movements capable of causing terrible storms onshore, consequently leading to mass destruction.... National Oceanic Service, the sea level globally rose alarmingly throughout the 20th century and has risen even more in the 21st century....

Detection of Oil Spillage in the sea Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Detection of Oil Spillage in the sea Abstract Technological advances have made the process of monitoring ocean spill possible.... Its application enhances a large coverage in the sea.... Secondly, it is completely independent of the cycles that affect the sea like day and night.... Detection of Oil Spillage in the sea Detection of Oil Spillage in the sea Technological advances have madethe process of monitoring ocean spill possible....

Bottom-trawling which involves dropping a large net, “around 60 meters-wide into the sea and dragging it along with heavy weights from a trawler cause ‘worst and unnecessary damage' to many species of fishes” (Overfished and under-protected: Oceans on the brink of catastrophic collapse).... Mostly, man's indiscriminate dumping of such harmful materials into the sea as pesticides, herbicides, chemical fertilizers, detergents, oil, sewage, plastics, and other solids result in massive marine pollution....

There is no one central source of mercury dumping into the ocean, but oceanic fish from all over the world are reaching near-toxic levels (to humans) of mercury and toxins in their tissues.... The paper "the ocean in Crisis " discusses that regulations and bottlenecks on the amount of damage human beings can do legally to the oceans have been successful in turning around some of the injuries the oceans feel as industrialization continues.... ull English 101 01 January the ocean in Crisis Civilizations depend both directly and indirectly on the oceans that sustain life....

nother major cause of fragmentation and habitat is harmful fishing practices such as bottom trawling that clear cuts ecosystem through dragging a heavy fishing net in the sea level.... According to Earth Justice (2014), heavy fishing nets are responsible in destroying marine life and fragmentation of many sea species as well as destroying of the sea bed.... he oceans are so vast and deep that most people think that no amount of chemical, trash, and waste can have a serious effect on the ocean ecosystem....

Bottom-trawling which involves dropping a large net, “around 60 meters-wide into the sea and dragging it along with heavy weights from a trawler cause ‘worst and unnecessary damage' to many species of fishes” (Overfished and under-protected: Oceans on the brink of catastrophic collapse).... Mostly, man's indiscriminate dumping of such harmful materials into the sea as pesticides, herbicides, chemical fertilizers, detergents, oil, sewage, plastics, and other solids result in massive marine pollution....

There is no one central source of mercury dumping into the ocean, but oceanic fish from all over the world are reaching near-toxic levels (to humans) of mercury and toxins in their tissues.... The purpose of this paper "the ocean in Crisis" is to elucidate some of the inevitable dangers humans pose to the oceans and how those dangers can be reversed.... Full English 101 01 January the ocean in Crisis Civilizations depend both directly and indirectly on the oceans that sustainlife....

As wind blows over the sea surface, the sea becomes rough leading to the distortion of its aerodynamics and turbulent mixing of the air above the sea (Hara, et al 1998).... Relationship between wind speed and gas exchange over the ocean.... Over most of the ocean, the movement of man-made carbon dioxide is from the air to the sea due to physical and biological processes which occur in seawater allowing the oceans to efficiently take up carbon dioxide (Beman 2001)....

Oceanography is the “scientific study, the life that inhabits them, and their physical characteristics, including the depth and extent of ocean waters, their movement and chemical make up, and the topography and composition of the ocean floors” (The American Heritage Science Dictionary, 2005). ... Fortunately, these newly developed field of exploration by the used of satellites make possible to understand the ocean in new and exciting ways (NASA Oceanography) ...

It is due to this circulation that the sea water at depth is restored and replaced by the surface sea water.... The climate of the Earth is significantly affected by the ocean Currents.... One of them is the ocean Current.... One of them is the ocean Current.... Gulf Stream is a western boundary current majorly that is driven by wind stress which exerts a torque on the ocean; this wind stress is due to constant rotation of the earth....

In the case of the oil spills, varieties of the sea birds and animals are immensely affected.... Chronic and acute toxicity caused by the produced formation water (PFW) and drilling fluids (muds) discharged by the offshore oil and gas production processes (Holdway 2002) would poison the sea food and eventually harm human health.... Oil spill forecasting is typically carried out using a numerical model of the weathering and motion of the oil in the sea....

The shelf's width usually increases as the sea level rises.... In case the sea level falls below the normal level, the width of the shelf eventually decreases.... The shelf's width usually increases as the sea level rises.... In case the sea level falls below the normal level, the width of the shelf eventually decreases. ... iogenous – are sea floor sediments that are derived from marine organisms that dies and settles on the sea floor....

Disappearance of coral reefs is one of the profound environmental problems that have greatly affected sea species across the world.... Poor ecological system in oceans and seas has led to lack of food and other resources that enhance survival of sea animals.... This is because most of sea animals depend on coral for survival.... Countries across the world should thus have a spontaneous response to address this issue to avoid extinction of more sea animals....

American eels are decreasing in number over the last few decades because of various reasons such as climate changes, global warming, water pollution etc.... Climate change is another major threat over the survival of eels.... over the Twentieth Century in Coastal Habitats of the Skagerrak, Southern Norway.... Lawrence River over the Past Four Decades.... merican eels spawn somewhere in the Sargasso sea east of the Bahamas and south of Bermuda....

The oil spills are able to reach the sea shore and the coast line due to natural elements such as wind, water currents and waves.... This has also proved to be toxic in many cases, for example in the 1996 when the sea Empress tanker had lost crude oil along the beach of Pembrokeshire in Wales, the whole coastline was seen to have suffered from negation of the quality of its biomass.... The studies of the affected regions over the years reflect the fact that the oil spills have a highly negative affect on the sea birds (Nijkarnp H, Silva R et al 2008)....

Rising seas would impact negatively on the sea activities among other inconveniences incidental to climate change (Ashton 2012).... hirdly, with the above taking place, the coastal communities would be in trouble as they would be rendered homeless or without income generating activities especially for those who depend on the sea for livelihood.... Additionally, through the plans put in place by the Polar Code and the European Union countries it is possible that shipping emissions and pollution of the sea by sea vessels would drastically reduce....

These effects have a negative impact on life in the sea.... For short climate change, raise the sea level which will get over the coastal habitats everywhere, causing severe flooding, erosion, and disruption of low lying shorelines.... This leads to a rise in the sea level.... These effects have a negative impact on life in the sea especially the aquatic organisms.... t is a situation where the air around the earths surface and in the sea increases to a larger extent....

the sea has been useful to humans in a variety of ways, from recreation, trade, industry, commerce, and other global activities that have become the norm.... This Phytoplanktons are the major elements in the marine food chain as numerous living organisms in the sea feed on them (Safina 2011).... nited Nations Convention on Law of the sea ... NCLOS (United Nations Convention on Law of the sea), enacted and ratified in 1982, is the broadest and all-inclusive effort at constructing a unified body for governing the various rights of countries in relation to the global oceans....

The increase of piracy and sea terrorism is a threat to the sea routes.... ichael, D 2013, Under the sea: natural resources in the Indian Ocean.... Introduction over the years, security concerns have emerged concerning Indian Ocean, as it is strategic in stabling as well as interfering with world security.... They serve as major trade routes for global oil transportation, and their disruption can cause delays in delivery of goods and services all over the world....

Does the sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies over North Atlantic Ocean helps predicting the weather of that of Northern Europe? ... Effects that the scientists predicted in past that would result from the global climate change are now occurring: loss of the sea ice accelerated the sea level rise and longer or more intense heat waves results.... These include the sea level rise through ocean and atmospheric interaction, changes in the ice mass, changes in ocean circulation and the rainfall patterns, ocean warming and the acidification, the species migration, and the aridity....

It has a wide range of physical, chemical, and geological variations in the sea.... About forty percent of the ocean has been shown to have been affected by human activities (Revkin 1).... An ocean is a.... The significant consequences of changes taking place are ocean acidification (OA)....

It is an interesting fact the while the sea ice extent in the Northern Hemisphere has been below average in the recent years, sea ice extent has been above average for Antarctica in the Southern Hemisphere (Daniel).... In context of the geographical changes, over the past many years the extent of Arctic sea ice has reportedly been declining and millions of square kilometers of sea ice have been lost due to increasing temperatures.... With the advancement in the satellite technology since 1979 the data obtained to date reveals that over the past 30-33 years in the period from 1979 to 2012, the Arctic sea ice extent has been declining at a consistent rate....

“The tide comes and goes like clockwork, but if we continue to watch and wait, our coastal regions will face more erosion damage than we can repair, and the sea's gentle image might be changed in the eyes of those affected” (Spyres, 2001).... (Ackerman/Stanton, 2008) Certainly the sea level rise would displace countless numbers of people all along all coasts in all regions of the world.... A continuing rise in sea level over the last 100 years has driven the tide-line farther inland, sinking coastal lands and causing steady erosion....

Industrial waste is still today dumped in the sea water and sea life is in great danger due to this waste.... There are many incidents of massive oil spills and each has been deadly for the sea life.... This oil is dispersed in the sea and causes pollution.... Ships also increase noise pollution and this is not good for the sea life.... This endangers the lives of the sea animals.... Birds and animals are badly affected by the harmful gases emitted by the industries all over the world....

Her call to the sea came at an early age of three when she was “knocked over” by a wave.... ?? She was deeply inspired by her favorite author William Beebe who in his book Half Mile Down had described the wonderful world beneath the sea.... In 1968 she was asked to be a part of an exploration in the sea in the Bahamas.... In this case all the time she would be in the submarine called the sea Diver and this meant that all of her dives would begin from the sea....

In addition, coastal areas must address the issues, if the land meets the sea, such as erosion, flooding and pollution from agricultural runoff and the problems of access, including control platforms, operating the main means of transport between land and sea.... The first class of indicators observed, "state of the world" distance indicators of biomass of fish in the sea and the extent of their geographic distribution, sea level based gross domestic profit (GDP) and export levels fisheries, measures the distribution of marine wealth and prosperity for coastal communities....

The total area occupied by the sea is estimated to be 1,549,000 km2.... The total area occupied by the sea is estimated to be 1,549,000 km2.... According to the article by Alles (24), that illustrates the increase in salinity of the land and rivers that flow into the Aral Sea to have affected the growth of aquatic vegetation and plants that grow near the sea by preventing their growth and enhancing soil erosion.... Drying of the deltas has considerably contributed to the reduction of the area covered by the lakes, wetlands and the reed cover of the shores of the sea....

Disappearance of coral reefs is one of the profound environmental problems that have greatly affected sea species across the world.... Poor ecological system in oceans and seas has led to lack of food and other resources that enhance survival of sea animals.... ocean environmental and ecological systems have been affected by depletion of natural resources and destruction of ecology.... In addition, according to new government report on global ecosystem, climate change has also led to acidification of ocean waters....

In early times when technology was still crude and for hundreds of years, there was the utilization of the heavy cables or ropes to measure the depths of the sea and oceans.... They form the detrimental sediments while some get absorbed in the water to form the chemical sediments which later settles on the sea floor (Accornero, Rossella and Loredana, 373). ... About one thousand miles in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Manhattan Beach is a large patch, twice the size of Texas that has collected garbage over the years and is known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (Broggiato, 320)....

For one, the steamboat innovation was a valid invention as this made the conquering to be easier because the western nations could sail to regions that the sea had made them to be distant.... Most of the western nations that used the sea as the entry point to their conquests met resistances in which the non-westernized states built forts and mounted their guns at their shores to combat the enemy.... Two of the empires that used the sea as their other empires were Britannia and Portugal....

the sea level is approximated to have risen by 8 inches since 1880.... Short-term changes in the sea level have been identified as a fundamental cause of the periodic flooding commonly observed within the Florida region(Bindoff and Willebrand).... any of the animals inhabiting the regions surrounding the coral reefs, including fish have drastically reduced over the last 10 years.... The regions have become protected from fishing since the fish population has reduced over the past decade....

These two effects have led rise of the sea level of the globe, causing related effects like relocation of people, destruction of towns among others (Lewis & Laura, 2015). ... lobal warming has led to the increase in the sea level at an average of 1.... The decrease in the ice caps and glaciers has contributed approximately 28 % of the sea level rise with polar ice melting contributing to the rest.... Since 1975, there has been an extreme increase in the sea level (high) globally....

he sea is an essential fragment of the system of the climate, some variations in it ensuing at longer periods than within the atmosphere, accumulating hundreds of instants more and producing very high updraft inertia (for example, the sea depths still lingering nowadays in temperature change from the ‘Little Ice Age').... This intensely affected the sea undercurrents of what is currently known as the Gulf Stream plus might have steered to Northern Hemisphere frost cover (Edwards & Miller 85)....

Insert Introduction Climate change can be simply defined as a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over durations spanning from decades to millennia (change in statistical characteristics of the climate system when considered over long periods of time, regardless of cause).... Consequently, variations over short periods of time (shorter than a few decades such as the El Nino) do not constitute climate change....

The wind blows over the water, changing its surface into ripples and waves.... When the moon pulls on the Earth, the earth cant hold on to the water because it is always moving, so the moons gravity pulls on the ocean tugging at.... Regular patterns of smooth, rounded waves in the open ocean are called swells.... In the open ocean, the friction moving the waves generates energy within the water....

Coral reefs play a significant role in checking the amount of carbon dioxide in the sea.... In agricultural production Landsat has assisted in developing measures to control adverse effects caused by agricultural chemical siltition into the sea and deforestation.... Remote sensing of the floor of the sea using geographical information systems (GIS) is also inadequate because satellite images and aerial photographs are not ideal for studying the habitats of the seafloor....

Coral reefs play a significant role in checking the amount of carbon dioxide in the sea.... In agricultural production Landsat has assisted in developing measures to control adverse effects caused by agricultural chemical siltition into the sea and deforestation.... Remote sensing of the floor of the sea using geographical information systems (GIS) is also inadequate because satellite images and aerial photographs are not ideal for studying the habitats of the seafloor....

On one hand it pollutes the sea and marine life, thereby affecting our health indirectly as the same sea food is consumed by us, on the other hand we are directly affected by the marine wastes and polluted environment caused by sea transport.... In this current era where 70% of our seas are polluted, the marine pollution regulation is still following the 1954 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the sea by Oil.... Accordingly, it is to the United Nations Law of the sea Convention (LOSC) and other treaties that we must look to establish the legal basis for control of pollution. ...

A severely damaging concern caused by an elevation of temperature rates is the continually rising levels of the sea.... Under the same temperature levels, contemporary studies also predict that the sea level will vary from 0.... the sea level rise rates are obtained from TOPEX and Jason satellite from the University of Colorado.... Some of the major infrastructures that are part of the network are prone to increased levels of the sea, the extreme weather events, storms, and others (Mitsakis et al....

Lupo claims CO2 is beneficial for plants and occurs naturally in the atmosphere which is true but only when considering naturally occurring amounts which are small and not the excessive quantities which have been emitted worldwide over the past 100 years.... Rain and snow patterns are changing and will continue at a more noticeable rate over the coming years.... The result of melting Polar Regions and consequential sea level rise has been well documented....

“The tide comes and goes like clockwork, but if we continue to watch and wait, our coastal regions will face more erosion damage than we can repair, and the sea's gentle image might be changed in the eyes of those affected.... Pumping CO2 into the atmosphere over the many decades has contributed greatly to the greenhouse effect and therefore global warming.... Though both are susceptible to the effects of erosion, coastal shorelines change shape over the years and millennia's but do not vanish altogether the way inland areas do....

The period between 1950 and 1994 saw the ocean fish catch grow by more than 400 percent and by 1998 the total global fish catch was approximated to be 93 million tons which and subsequent years were followed by a decline in the fish capture (Clare 73).... This has led to high rates of fish depletion with current data indicating that over 50 % of the fish stock are fully exploited, 20 percent have been moderately exploited while a further 17 percent is overexploited (Tsitsika et al....

The European Union, in particular, is also surrounded by four seas and one ocean, each of which can count the coasts of several Member States along its borders.... No less relevant are the social, recreational, aesthetic and cultural uses we make of our ocean and seas....

Furthermore, the use of the route promotes maritime laws and provides the stability of Indian Ocean region as a safe region for energy route way along the sea.... However, the United Nations Convention based on the law of the sea (LOSC) profound impacts on the scope of maintaining jurisdictions across the world that certainly applies in the Indian Ocean.... The author states that maritime issues in the Indian Ocean in terms of over roll global security and stability allow for smooth operations in the ocean coastline....

he extreme values were well represented on the GPD plot and it is evident that the level of the mean sea level has had a consistent progress across the years; however from the monthly data available, we note that there are some extreme cases when the sea level rises and this is shown in the plots.... ) Possibility of the rise in sea level: Climate change is likely to cause an increase in the sea levels after the quantities of the sea water increases....