Seabird Essays

Atlantic ocean I think you should read about it!!!! Lauren Tarshis is the author of the two books I am compare/contrasting. Story 1 is “The amazing penguin rescue” story 2 is “The seabird chronicle” Lauren has won an award for her fiction books the award is called Golden Kite Award. “The amazing penguin rescue” and “The seabird chronicle” have a lot of similarities and some differences.

Plastic : To keep or ban? In the ocean there is a new continent. It’s made up of trash the size of Europe. There is about 100 million tons of trash floating around in the ocean today, states “Are you eating plastic for dinner” a national geographic video. About 70% of that trash are plastic. Plastic is a material that is used in everyday life, but too much of that plastic is not being recycled, about 30%. The other plastic is being pushed into landfills and the ocean The article “Bum Wrap” states

Pacific Ocean is a seabird known as the Laysan Albatross. These large birds glide gently over large distances with little to no wingbeats a day. They generally appear around the sandy beaches of the Hawaiian Islands. They have large heads with long, thin wings while showing off a vibrant white color across the body with dark circles around the eyes. These seabirds eat during the night by sitting on the water and catching smaller prey with their bills. (Ornithology) These seabirds, however, have been

Sixty percent of seabirds have plastic in their gut, and researchers expect that more than ninety percent of seabirds have eaten plastic before (“Seabirds”). Plastic microbeads are also in human digestive systems and are causing a threat to waterways (“Microbeads found” and “Subcommittee acts”). Plastic pollution is injuring marine life such as turtles, birds, and whales. There are huge clusters of plastic in oceans, causing animals to eat the pollution and get caught in it (“Seabirds”). Plastic pollution

intended that the populations on Heard Island and the McDonald Island will be surveyed at intervals not exceeding 10 years. • Satellite tracking of breeding birds has been conducted at Macquarie Island to determine their foraging range at sea . • Seabird bycatch data have been collected for longline and trawl fisheries operating in Australian waters to determine incidental mortality rates . • The presence of avian parasites, avian disease and marine pollution is monitored on Macquarie Island . • Research

and stop harming the Albatross. On the other hand not only the albatross is going extinct there are other birds that are also endangered. In the article “ Nearly Every SeaBird On Earth Is Eating Plastic” Wilcox says, “Essentially seabirds are going extinct.” Albatross are not the only birds being endangered other seabirds are going down rapidly. The beautiful creature named the Albatross is not only a sight to see, but is endangered and people need to become mindful of this. The facts about

Pain is apart of life, there is no way around it. Pain can be caused physically and psychologically. In the poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, there is an Albatross that greets the crew, the Mariner unexpectedly kills the great seabird. His actions cause unfortunate events to everyone on board the ship, especially the Mariner. The Mariner experiences external and internal conflicts during his voyage. Externally, the Mariner is carrying the dead bird on his shoulders, parched from lack of water

(Kester. The world book encyclopedia volume 15.) This sharp increase in plastic entering our waters harms marine life. In the ocean, plastic debris causes damage and kills fish, seabirds and marine mammals. Marine plastic pollution has impacted at least 267 species worldwide, including 86% of all sea turtle species, 44% of all seabird species and 43% of all marine mammal species. The impacts include fatalities as a result of ingestion, starvation, suffocation, infection, drowning, and entanglement.(Laist

Based on Marine Pollution Bulletin 2002 written by Jose G.B. Derraik, 267 species, including invertebrates, fish, turtles, seabirds and mammals had been reported to be entangled in plastic debris like derelict fishing nets and plastic bags. When the plastics entangle the animals, they will end up suffocating and drowning. Entanglement in plastics will restrict the movement of

It affects seabirds as well. They can have fewer breeding cycles, slowed chick development, and a decrease in nesting success. On Raine Island, there has been a steady decline in population of the biggest seabird nesting colony in the Great Barrier Reef - which has been recorded over the last twelve years. “The cause is unknown, however in the absence of human

There are 22 species of land birds that are endemic to the islands, and it is a wonder that they arrived there at all. Most of them are not extraordinary to see, as they have a dull color, but they are unusually tame and fun to watch. The nesting seabird colonies are not only visually interesting, but they are extremely entertaining to watch. Wherever you go on the islands, make sure you have binoculars, but for many birds, you will not need them. Here are a few of the most

Fourteen billion pounds of garbage is dumped into the ocean every year. And most of that is plastic or harmful chemicals. Over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 sea mammals are killed by pollution every year. People who live in places with high levels of air pollutants have a 20% higher risk of death from lung cancer than people who live in less polluted areas, As stated by DoSomething.org. We have to find a way to polluting the waters. The ways that water pollution can no longer be an issue is, if

The huge amounts of plastic thrown away every year are enough to circle the world four times. According to Oxford dictionary plastic is “ a synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymers that can be formed into shape while soft, and then set into inflexible or slightly flexible form”. It was invented by John Wesley Hayatt in 1869. Today, almost 260 million tons of plastic is produced a year. Plastic does not decompose and it stays on the surface for decades, which led to environment

due to plastic pollutions in the ocean. As said by Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra “One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure”. Air wildlife are also greatly affected by plastic pollution. Seabirds area a common example. Seabirds often mistake trash floating on the ocean’s surface as prey. Or often their food sources had already ingested plastic debris, thus transferring the plastic from prey to

List the, Sepia apama is near threatened, meaning they are in danger of becoming vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered qualifying them for a threatened category in the near future. Sepia apama is being threatened by bottlenose dolphins, seabirds, sharks, humans, fish, seals, and others of its kind. To protect themselves they have evolved to be able to change the color of their skin very quickly to camouflage with the surroundings. When this technique doesn’t work Sepia apama squirts a reddish-brown

Effects of Red Tides on Ecosystems Background Info: Harmful algal blooms, or more commonly known as red tides, occur when a dinoflagellate colony grows out of proportion. Dinoflagellates are a type of algae and protist responsible for releasing a chemical that acts as a neurotoxin (called brevetoxins) in many organisms. This results in neurological effects in animals, birds, and other marine life. Red tides are not considered a new phenomenon, as they were first documented in the 1700s in the Gulf

gallons of oil was spilled into the Gulf of Alaska. That’s as much as 125 Olympic-size swimming pools. Secondly, the Exxon Valdez oil spill covered 1,300 square miles, damaging many different ecosystems. The spill killed many animals, including 250,000 seabirds, 2,800 otters, and 300 harbor seals. It also killed 250 bald eagles, 22 killer whales, and countless salmon and herring. Finally, Prince William Sound has still not recovered more than 25 years later. It is still possible to find oil, and some species

Sharks, dolphins, turtles, seals and seabirds all get tangled in these nets, as by-catch, with no way to get out. Some of the animals that are caught die, either while they’re being dragged along the bottom of the ocean or when the fishermen bring them on deck and don’t put them back fast enough

community of anchovies and other fish. The fish in turn supply food for many seabirds. Not only is the fish-catch economically vital, but the harvesting of bird droppings supports the fertilizer industry. Without the fertilizer industry, farms don't produce enough crops for the whole Peruvian population. (1)

with their daily catch. The dolphins herds groups of mullets into the shallow water on the shoreline. The catches are very rare. Some names of the dolphins were Scooby, Felipe, Coroba, and more. The biggest dolphin hunts sea lions, squids, fish, seabirds, turtles, sharks, and larger whales. They call them Orcas. Their nicknames are Wolves of the sea. The dolphin is 32 feet long, as long as a school bus. Adult orcas weigh about 11 ton. They swim at the speed of 35 mph to be able to catch the little