"EXPLORING THE OCEAN'S HIDDEN WORLDS" - Robert Ballard on TED
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WATER...
warm
tropical
water
flowing
ever
so slowly
...northward
tropical
water
flowing
ever
so slowly
...northward
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The atolls seamed to gather all the discussion in our last class. I thought it was really cool how the coral could make an island sink. Also, about the lagoons, i thought that was just a made up name for the pond in krug park. Although it is not n...
I think that it is somewhat cool that they bombed the Bikini islands because if they hadn't, we would not have known how amazing the coral reef could be and what it would be like if it were not disrupted by humans. Im not saying it is a great idea...
I think it is crazy as well how coral can make such a huge impact that they can sink an entire volcano. It dosn't make since though because the way i understand science and density, it would make since that the coral would only grow as tall as the...
One huge "aha" moment I had last class was where a lagoon was located. I didn't know it was between the island and the reef. I just always assumed it was just a mass of water that was out in the ocean by itself. Maybe from watching to much Spongeb...
I think it would be really neat to live on an atoll. That information was really cool Nordbye. The Tokelau islands sound really interesting. But, the people there sound creepy if you are suggested to take a picture of your family because they woul...
I loved last week's discussion. I used to think that a barrier reef was the largest a reef could get. Maybe this is because there is always talk about the Great Barrier Reef of the coast of Australia. Also, I had never heard of Bikini Atoll until ...
I had no idea there were so many zones in the ocean! I mean i knew there were a few but i didn't think anything about it. The aphotic zine is what really interests me the most. 10% of ocean life is quite a lot of fish to live down that deep. And t...
thanks for that on the supralittoral/littoral thing. I guess I should have had my notes in front of me when I wrote that. I had in a big box that said LITTORAL and not supralittoral. And since I did get that wrong on here I probably got that stuck...
I thought last weeks discussion was very interesting. The thing that amazed me were the atolls and how they were formed. I realized that these atolls were old volcanoes that were islands, but the coral grew around the volcano, causing it to sink f...
Use the space below to reflect on our latest class session... and introduction to the ins & outs of coral reef formation.
The slide set we used to facilitate our chat can be viewed here: (soon)
In the space below, tell what connections you made ...
yes, and yes... and also simply trap it within a structure they can close. think: mollusks.
I understand now. That helps.
To an extent. Does this mean they find water to make gills efficient, or does it mean they produce a saliva or water based substance to clear up their needs?
Whoa. That's sick to think algae is in all those common everyday things Americans eat. Didn't he also say it was in gum. Or am I totally making that up? I'll have to check up on that.
You did an awesome job looking up all those definitions. I'm a visual learner too, so when I was making my post. I opened up my Marine Biology book. I have to see it in person, or in pictures to understand something. One thing I think we all didn'...
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