Sea Essay Examples

The term tsunami comes from the Japanese language meaning harbour (“tsu”) and wave (“nami”). Although in Japanese tsunami is used for both the singular and plural, in English tsunamis is well-established as the plural. The term was created by fishermen who returned to port to find the area surrounding the harbour devastated, although they had […]

Introduction Attention Getter: Breathe slowly. Do not hold your breath. Equalize early and often. Stay off the seafloor. These are a few of the thoughts going through my mind while descending on my first open-water dive in Monterey, California. I hear the eerie silence, interrupted only by the sound of water surging past me. As […]

The Ocean Floor No one has ever walked the sea floor and few have even seen it. This is because of the extreme conditions found there. It is dark, and the temperature is close to freezing. A person standing on the sea floor would be under tremendous pressure from the overlaying water. The pressure is […]

Carrillo 1 The Life Cycle of a Sea Star Between birth and death, a sea stars life follows a cycle of development, adulthood, and eventually parenthood. It is the cycle that produces new sea stars and keeps populations balance. Sea stars begin their lives as tiny larvae that look nothing like the adult sea stars. […]

Khulna Shipyard (KSY) has been developed into a leading operating enterprise in the field of repair of ships and new shipbuilding’s. You know that from the ancient days, sea has been extensively used for exploiting resources, transportation of goods for the economic development and civilization. During those days, sea going ships were the main source […]

The term Limpet is a common name used for many different types of saltwater or freshwater snails that have a simple shell which is conical in shape, and coiled in appearance(1). The majority of this species are commonly found attached strongly to rocks or other hard surfaces such as pebbles and sand on exposed rocky […]

Although the two poems, ‘Break, Break, Break’ and ‘Crossing the Bar’ share a similar major premise, the expression of death through the metaphor of the sea, Tennyson is able to extract two antithetical responses to the subject of death. In ‘Break, Break, Break’, the overwhelming emotions are ones of melancholy, of despair and horror at […]

The sea was calm as I got into the warm water I could see some brightly coloured fish swimming beneath my feet. I waited to get used to the feel of all my scuba gear in the blue sparkling water I told the boat driver that I would be back within an hour. I started […]

Walking along the beach. Cool sand falling like avalanches over your toes. Multi- coloured grains of sand like diamonds newly cut glimmer in the light. Slowly you look up, and the sun cuts through your hair. The wind moves it around like a butterfly fluttering its wings. You slowly walk down to where the water […]

The earth has been subsistent because of several physicochemical factors principal of which is reliant on water. The hydrologic cycle for example performs on a global basis. Energy from the sun causes water in the earth’s oceans to evaporate. As water evaporates, the hot air rises and carries water vapor up into the cooler atmosphere […]

In the verse form “Seascape In Memoriam” . M. A. S Stephen Spender uses a figure of literary devices to convey the assorted characteristic facets of the sea. The poet emphasises the power of the sea over humanity and the delusory nature which it displays to humanity. concealing possible force and ferociousness. The verse form […]

The modern understanding of coral reefs begins in Charles Darwins book, On the Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. In this classic book written in 1842, he distinguished three main types of reef: the fringing reef, the barrier reef, and the atoll. The fringing reef occurs near the shoreline and basically follows the profile of […]

What happens when too much carbon dioxide gets omitted into the Earths atmosphere? The condition known as Global Warming occurs. Global Warming is the rising of the Earths surface temperature due to chemicals in the atmosphere. Global Warming has many threats on the climate and even the health of the people on this planet. Some […]

The Anglo-Saxon society was a combination of the Jutes, the Anglos, and the Saxons. It was through this combination that the values of this one culture evolved. Anglo-Saxons lived their lives according to values such as masculine orientation, transience of life, and love for glory. Contradictory to the belief that the Anglo-Saxons’ values are outdated, […]

How do we define vacation? Vacation is a time we spend either with our family or friends that may or may not require travel but definitely done for relaxation, pleasure, and recreation away from work or duty. Every employee would want to consider it a real holiday if the vacation is being paid and sponsored […]

The fishermen of this region have a number of superstitions. One of them is not wearing anything green when going out to sea because green is the royal colour of the Spirits of the Sea. Another is to touch the water when arriving at a fishing spot, and asking permission from the Spirits before throwing […]

Narrabeen is a beachside suburb located on Sydney’s northern beaches with a population of just over 6000 people. It is known for its long stretch of beach, over 3 kilometres, with four beaches on this stretch: North Narrabeen, Narrabeen, South Narrabeen and Collaroy. The Narrabeen coastal environment consists of these beaches as well as the […]

Muro-Ami Fishing, otherwise known as reef-hunting, is one of the cruelest, most cataclysmic forms of illegal fishing that destroys the coral reefs and exploits children. This practice consequently destroys corals which take whole lifetimes to form and causes the deaths of some of these unfortunate children. For casualties ensuing from these practices (either a kid […]

The Rice Terraces in Banaue, Ifugao are considered to be the Eighth Wonder of the World. The terraces are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Approximately during the ministry of Jesus Christ on earth (over 2000 years ago), the native people of Ifugao began carving the terraces of the mountains using merely their bare […]

Climate change can have many impacts upon human societies. The impacts will vary from region to region. These impacts include sea-level rise, melting of mountain glaciers, floods, droughts, changes in storm intensities, changes in biological variables that have impacts upon human societies. This paper is however concerned with the ‘impact of sea level rise’ causing […]

The, enclosed, beach is silent. The bright ball blinds you as it emerges; it rises like a yellow lollipop on the distant horizon. Crashing against the shore, small waves wash the night’s debris onto the land. Untouched golden sand covers the floor as far as your eyes can see. Soothing, a gentle sea breeze rustles […]

The tourism industry has grown exponentially over the previous twenty years, it is now a worldwide industry, both in terms of tourists and host destinations, and ‘is no longer confined to the developed countries that traditionally provided the demand for world travel’ (Page & Connell, 2006, pp. 4). World leaders have long been recognising the […]