Isaac's Blog

2008-11-29T09:46:00.000-08:00

This photo depicts sediment being transported from the Mississippi River, into the Gulf of Mexico. It is beleived that the Mississippi River is the main cause for the amount of pollutants in the Gulf of Mexico, which cause dead zones to occur.

2008-11-29T09:45:00.000-08:00

Dead zones are hypoxic (low-oxygen) areas in the world's oceans, the observed incidences of which have been increasing since oceanographers began noting them in the 1970s. These occur near inhabited coastlines, where aquatic life is most concentrated. (The vast middle portions of the oceans which naturally have little life are not considered "dead zones".) The term can also be applied to the identical phenomenon in large lakes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_zone_(ecology)

2008-11-24T15:34:00.000-08:00

Here's a link to the document on Coastal Impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise for PEI, as the BIO lecturer mentioned. Still Curious as to how PEI was able to fund such a project...Oh well, Island politics.
http://atlantic-web1.ns.ec.gc.ca/slr/9BA12067-FD2E-41F8-B21E-CE5F816B615B/PEI_executive_summary-A041_esf.pdf

2008-11-24T15:31:00.000-08:00

Here's another video on dead zones. It goes over the causes of dead zones and the possible outcomes which may occur due to dead zones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsaHoH6PRYE&feature=related

2008-11-24T15:29:00.000-08:00

Here is a video on phytoplankton and how important it is to marine life. This also ties the excess of phytoplankton to dead zones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ0ln_IyncU

2008-11-24T15:26:00.000-08:00

Oxygen depletion, or hypoxia, is an environmental condition that occurs when the runoff of agricultural lands creates a region of over production of algae that takes over an area which eventually becomes void of oxygen. Learn more about how this occurs and some ideas for minimizing this problem.

http://www.brighthub.com/environment/science-environmental/articles/12044.aspx

Living on an Island

2008-11-16T13:39:00.000-08:00

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=184361&sc=98

When you hear the wind howling outside most people agree that it is an unpleasant sign of an inconvenience on nature's behalf. However, when you live on PEI that wind can cause you to lose the ability to travel outside of the province. A friend of mine is presently "stuck" on the mainland due to bridge closure, and the haulting of the ferry service.

This waterspout isn't from today, but it does depict the fraility which PEI is connected to the mainland.

2008-11-14T19:43:00.001-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaMzgA2V7Gk

One of my favorite songs of all time. Seems fitting for a Ocean blog.

giant clams

2008-11-14T19:35:00.001-08:00

I was browsing the smithsonian website, and one of the fun facts was about Giant Clams. I had no idea clams could grow this large...not exactly the ordinary bar clams!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_clam

ancient "sea monster" found in Montana in 2006

2008-10-24T19:22:00.000-07:00

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-11/msu-foa110306.php

The display of the 36 foot giant squid at the smithsonian prompted me to search the web for tales of sea monsters...I stumbled on this find.

2008-10-17T21:28:00.000-07:00

Scientist finds coastal dead zones may benefit some species...can this be true?

http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=08101517

2008-09-30T16:52:00.000-07:00

I stumbled upon this on youtube. I started watching and couldn't stop.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=BvrzM-BavDg