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The Ocean Literacy The Ocean Literacy “Story” “Story”
Rutgers- Institute of Marine Rutgers- Institute of Marine and Coastal Scienceand Coastal Science
Why should we care about the Why should we care about the ocean?ocean?
How Long is HHow Long is H220 in the 0 in the Ocean?Ocean?
3,200 years!!3,200 years!!
evaporation
evaporation
evaporation
condensation
condensation
precipitation
s
He’s gone
!
He’s back!
al t
Where does water go?Where does water go?
3,203,2000yearyearss
9 9 daysdays
2-6 months
2-6 months
50-100 50-100 yearsyears
100-100-200 200 yearsyears
10,000 10,000 yearsyears
PercentPercent VolumeVolume (million cubic km)(million cubic km)
SourceSource
Top 4 Sources of Water on the Earth?Top 4 Sources of Water on the Earth?
1 Oceans1 Oceans 1370 1370 97.25 97.252 Ice Caps & 2 Ice Caps & 29 29 2.05 2.05
GlaciersGlaciers
33 Groundwater 9.5Groundwater 9.5 0.68 0.68
4 Lakes 0.1254 Lakes 0.125 0.01 0.01
GLOBAL AIR CIRCULATIONGLOBAL AIR CIRCULATION
0O30O
N 30OS
cool
dry
cool
dry
mois
t
warm
mois
t
warm
evaporation evaporation
condensation
60o
30o
30o
GLOBAL PRECIPITATIONGLOBAL PRECIPITATION
60o
0o
desert
desert
rain forest
rain forest
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?
Litho Litho genicgenic Bio Bio genicgenic
How to make How to make SANDSAND
WateWaterr
TimeTime TimeTime
Hard Hard StuffStuff
Hard Hard StuffStuff
WateWaterr
New JerseyNew Jersey
FloridaFloridaBermudaBermuda
HawaiiHawaii
Which ones Which ones areare
Lithogenic?Lithogenic?
Boiling Point 100oC (212oF)
Freezing Point 0oC (32oF)
pH 7 (neutral)
Density 1.000g/cm3
Electricity Conductor good
Fresh Ole Salty
Properties of WaterProperties of Water
100.5oC (212oF)
-1.94oC (28.5oF)
~8 (basic)
1.025g/cm3
better
How Many Oceans?How Many Oceans?
One One Soup?...Soup?...
indianpacific
atlantic
arctic
One One Ocean...Ocean...
pacific
Arctic OceanPacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
AtlanticOcean
Sinking
Upw
ellin
g Up
wellin
g
Ocean CirculationOcean Circulation
How many microbes in 1 liter of Sea H2O??
>1,000,000,000!!
Blue Whale
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Blue Whale
Killer Whale
Great White Shark
Blue Fin TunaGiant Kelp
Portuguese Man-o-war
Giant Squid
3.3 6.6 10 13.3 16.6 20 23.3 26.6 30
Meters
Feet
BIG organisms too!!!
How do they measure up?
What % of the world’s O2 is produced by phytoplankton?
A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 30%
D. 50%
600’
3,000’
6,000’
9,000’
12,000’
15,000’
18,000’
600’
3,000’
6,000’
9,000’
12,000’
15,000’
18,000’
HERE?
$
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$
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$
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$
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$
750000000
28000
Where Should We Go?
OR THERE??