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GEOS-240: Large-Scale whaling of Japan-A scientific excuse?

Whaling in japan is defined as an excuse of “scientific investigation” by Japanese fishermen in encouraged by Japanese governments. Large-scale whaling is rare among other countries in the world. The...

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GEOS-240: The Role of Oceanic Bacteria within the Marine Environment

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GEOS-240: Threats to Coral Reefs: Acidification of Earth’s Oceans

A coral reef is a diverse ecosystem that consists of a collection of biological communities of calcifying organisms. These ecosystems are currently being threatened by the rising acidification of...

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GEOS-240: Life Below the Photic Zone – An Introduction

“Twelve men have walked on the surface of the moon and maybe 500 have traveled to space, but only [two] have visited the very deepest point of the ocean”—Daily MailThe Photic Zone in the ocean is the...

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GEOS-240: Living in a viscous fluid.

Swimming is an interesting mechanism that not many people think about. While it seems rather normal on the scale of a human being, smaller organisms have to cope with some strange phenomena. Before...

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GEOS-240: Blue Ringed Octopus

The Hapalochlaena lunulata displaying its’ blue rings, warning a potential predator Read More

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GEOS-240: Climate Change and Fish Migration

A large Study was undertaken to tag and follow the bluefin tuna on its yearly migration around the planet to feed and spawn. Bluefin have some of the longest migration patterns in the world and have...

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GEOS-240: Lost Cities: Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents

Beyond the photosynthetic zone, the deep ocean used to be thought of as relatively devoid of life. However, in 1977 an expedition from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, using the research...

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GEOS-240: The Importance of Ctenophores

The scientific community is a very interconnected web of people whom rely on one and other to provide accurate and useful information for research. The same thing can be said for mother Earth and her...

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