The world is made up of 75% water and 25% soil. This means that most of the world is considered an aquatic biome. ... The temperature in the aquatic world tends to vary, but for the most part it stays on the cooler side. ... Marine algae supply much of the world's oxygen supply and take in a huge amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide. ... Sea otters mainly eat sea urchins, crabs, clams, mussels, octopus, other marine invertebrates, and fish. ...

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During this time, it was mined by the Egyptians in the Red Sea. ... Our world is finding new compounds faster than we can count them and finding ways for them to benefit our world in ways never imagined or even considered. The original place olivine was mined, as stated earlier, was the Red Sea. ... This could be the only feasible way to get rid of the ocean acidification in our world today. What a blessing this mineral could turn out to be in our world. ...

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This in turn causes the sea levels to rise around the world. ... I know it does not sound like a massive change but being able to raise all the seas in the world a whole ten inches is a huge problem. ... The increased rainfall also leads to speeding up the process of the sea levels rising. ... There are many people that believe global warming is nothing more than the normal rise of temperature around the world. ... While those living in the Arctic may find that a nice surprise, the implications for the rest of the world are serious. ...

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The areas of the world that are permanently covered in ice are shrinking 9% each decade. ... With less sea ice seals have less places to live. ... With global warming causing higher temperatures, melting glaciers, and raising the sea level. We are going to have to do more than what we are doing now if we want to save our world. ... We have the technology to save the world, so we should use it....

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Sea surface temperature (SST) data reveals the presence of colder water in the eastern tropical Pacific. ... The weakened trade winds allow warmer water from the western Pacific to surge eastward, so the sea level flattens out. ... The air-sea interaction that occur during an El Niño event feed off of each other. ... This deep sea water is rich in nutrients which can sustain large fish populations. ... If the world's fishmeal supply decreases, more expensive alternative feed sources must be used, resulting in an increase in poultry prices worldwide. ...

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High winds also, come from lakes and smaller seas. It is a very different world from our earth. ... On this world, I've named it now X-Earth, as soon as the water freezes, it becomes much smaller, and sinks to the bottom of wherever, and freezes it down there. ...

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Wildlife found at the park includes mountain goats, seals, sea lions, whales, puffins, eagles, and cormorants. ... Glaciers store approximately 75% of the world's fresh water. ... The land underneath parts of the West Antarctic ice sheet may be as deep as 2.5 kilometers below sea level, due to the weight of the ice. ... Another spectacular fact is that if all land ice melted, sea lever would rise approximately 70 meters worldwide. ... Glaciers definitely impact our world today. ...

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As the sea retreats the pools become isolated from the ocean and they become open to incredible environment fluctuations. For instance a pool that has a lot of sea water splashed up and into it on a hot day can become massively saturated by salt as evaporating water leaves behind salt then more sea water enters till the conditions become incredibly salty. ... As the sea water warms the ability for it to dissolve oxygen decreases. ... The media claims the average world temperature is rising year after year. ...

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But less than five percent of the salt produced in the world each year is used in this way. ... Salt was first taken from the sea by scooping out shallow holes along the seashore. ... Salt is found beneath the ground in almost every part of the world. ... The brine is refined in about the same manner as sea salt. ... Ever since the world began, water gas has been shaping the earth. ...

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Those factors along with the amount of water vapor in the air, the degree of cloud cover, nature of the earths" surface and elevation above sea level together make up the temperature at any given location. ... Causes of weather changes that occur as hair from high-pressure zones flows toward low pressure areas, fronts pass and waves develop, dew points are reached, and sea breezes arise. Parts of the world experience these changes more rapidly and more often than do other parts. ...

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Global warming is the most urgent environmental problem the world will face in the next decade and the next century. ... Scientist around the world are warning us that global warming poses a major threat to our future quality of life, previously there has been little information on this problem. ... Humans all over the world need to get together and solve these problems. ... Just a 1 foot rise in sea level can cause shorelines to recede a hundred feet, and in flat terrain, a thousand feet. ... Governments that control building and other development along coasts must begin to plan for rising...

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Aqueducts were constructed by ancient cultures, but the aqueduct system constructed by the ancient Romans was probably the most expensive in the ancient world. ... The main aqueducts under New York City are between 61 and 183 m below sea level. The largest and most expensive aqueduct system in the world is that supplies water to the southern California. ...

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Some of the natural sources that emit this gas are rotting vegetation, volcanoes, plankton, rotting animals and sea spray. However, the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, do not help the situation and are largely to blame for approximately half of the emissions of this gas in the world. ... In that cycle, water evaporates from the land and sea into the atmosphere. ... Other sea dwellers such as amphibians are also affected by acid ran. ... Acid rain is a huge problem which affects every person living in the world in some sort of way. ...

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It was not until the year 1900, some 4,000 years after the Ark that the technology even existed to build a wooden ship of that size that could withstand the stresses of the open sea. The defects of such large wooden ships was the major reason why the world's navies turned to steel ships before the First World War. The Ark had to be strong enough to survive the open seas during a catastrophic raging flood. ... Enough to cover the tallest mountains of the world by twenty feet. The tallest mountain in the world is approximately 27,000 feet tall so to completely cover the entire world, th...

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It had been a long day of studying with a lot of anticipation so I decided to step out on the balcony to get in touch with my senses. Taking a deep breath through my nose I drew-in the autumn air filling my lungs with the cold crispness and subtle flavors of the season. I could sense the moisture in...

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There is text to the center right that says, "The Sea Level Is Increasing. ... By having he ruler placed next to the words the viewer sees the not only the message about sea levels from the words but also gets a visual representation from the ruler. ... Their mission statement is to, "protect and enjoy the world's ocean, waves and beaches though a powerful activist network. ... The sea levels raise too high and suddenly there is mass destruction, just like pulling the pin on a grenade. ...

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This is especially so in the Middle East, which lies in one of the driest regions of the world. ... Dolnicar & Schafer (2007) argue that some salt can be used but some off-flow such salty brine may not dissolve when pumped into the sea, and thus affect marine life badly. Also, some chemicals are added to the cleansed water, and again some of these may flow into the ocean and upset sea-life. ... These pipes when laid could damage the sea environment under water, as well as around the desalination plant (Dolnicar & Schafer, 2007; West, 2011). ...

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The early Greeks considered "air" to be one of four elementary substances; along with earth, fire, and water, air was viewed as a fundamental component of the universe. By the early 1800s, however, scientists such as John Dalton recognized that the atmosphere was in fact composed of several chemical...

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Sadly, all over the world toxic wastes are being emptied into our oceans. These wastes settle into the sea floor sediments where they accumulate to hazards to organisms that live in and feed on the bottom muds (Cornish). ... When odds and ends that we use on land, end up in the sea, they pose hazards to marine life (Cornish). ... All over the world, the oceans are being more and more polluted. ... The sei whale lives in the waters all over the world, and is endangered because of the pollutants in the water. ...

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These problems are concentrated in third-world and non-western countries, such as many areas of Africa, parts of Asia, and the Middle East. ... If most of the world's population use this system it can help the current rising sea levels. ...

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The world population grows by nearly 80 million people each year. ... Development Water, powered by the sun, rushes from sea to cloud to river to sea and back. A major river system spends about as much energy every half hour falling from its mountain sources to sea level as was released by the explosion of the Hiroshima bomb. ... We need to preserve our water for the world future needs. ... It was beyond the time to revise this act to reflect the world's water supplies current situation. ...

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It has become the most legislated, litigated and debated river in the world. ... This is caused by the rainclouds coming off the sea and onto the land, being forced up to try and cross the mountain range but as they rise they lose their moisture as rain and so no moisture reaches the other side. ... Many smaller rivers in the area and even further north dry up altogether before reaching the sea. ...

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People enter and leave our lives, things change and the world continues to spin; the sun continues to rise. ... Colleen's eyes became hazy; she too had been submerged in worries for days, worries simply hidden beneath a sandcastle of friendship slowly washing out to sea. ...

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Now, throughout the world, irrigation systems are used in a variety of applications; including commercial uses, farming and industry. ... However, it is only partly resistant against sea water, industrial atmosphere and against salt solutions. ...

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The current world population of approximately 5.9 Billion will double in the next forty -ninety years. ... California is the nations most populated state with over 1,400 reservoirs and the most sophisticated water supply system in the world (Rosenbaum 167). ... The river once flowed plentifully with fresh water to the sea. ... Now I"m aware that a major life-threatening problem could sideswipe even the most powerful country in the world. It is going to take major steps by the United States to lead the world in the recovery of our wasted water. ...

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