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The Ocean Literacy “Story”

The Ocean Literacy “Story” . Rutgers- Institute of Marine and Coastal Science. Why should we care about the ocean?. How Long is H 2 0 in the Ocean?. 3,200 years!!. condensation. Where does water go?. evaporation. 9 days. evaporation. precipitation. 50-100 years. condensation.

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The Ocean Literacy “Story”

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  1. The Ocean Literacy “Story” Rutgers- Institute of Marine and Coastal Science

  2. Why should we care about the ocean?

  3. How Long is H20 in the Ocean? 3,200 years!!

  4. condensation Where does water go? evaporation 9 days evaporation precipitation 50-100 years condensation 2-6 months evaporation 100-200 years He’s back! He’s gone! s a l t 3,200years 10,000 years

  5. Top 4 Sources of Water on the Earth? Source Volume (million cubic km) Percent 1 Oceans 1370 97.25 2 Ice Caps & 29 2.05 Glaciers 3Groundwater 9.5 0.68 4 Lakes 0.125 0.01

  6. Global Winds GLOBAL AIR CIRCULATION

  7. Global Winds dry dry cool cool moist warm moist warm evaporation evaporation condensation 0O 30ON 30OS

  8. ? desert rain forest rain forest ? desert GLOBAL PRECIPITATION 60o 30o 0o 30o 60o

  9. How to make SAND Water Water Hard Stuff Hard Stuff Time Time Litho genic Bio genic

  10. Bermuda Florida Which ones areLithogenic? Hawaii New Jersey

  11. Properties of Water Ole Salty Fresh 100.5oC (212oF) Boiling Point 100oC (212oF) Freezing Point 0oC (32oF) pH 7 (neutral) Density 1.000g/cm3 Electricity Conductor good -1.94oC (28.5oF) ~8 (basic) 1.025g/cm3 better

  12. How Many Oceans?

  13. arctic atlantic pacific pacific indian One Ocean... One Soup?...

  14. Ocean Circulation Sinking Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Upwelling Indian Ocean Upwelling Arctic Ocean

  15. How many microbes in 1 liter of Sea H2O?? >1,000,000,000!!

  16. 3.3 6.6 10 13.3 16.6 20 23.3 26.6 30 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Meters Feet Portuguese Man-o-war BIG organisms too!!! How do they measure up? Blue Fin Tuna Giant Kelp Great White Shark Giant Squid Killer Whale Blue Whale Blue Whale

  17. What % of the world’s O2 is produced by phytoplankton? D. 50% B. 20% A. 10% C. 30%

  18. 600’ 3,000’ 6,000’ 9,000’ 12,000’ 15,000’ 18,000’

  19. 600’ 3,000’ 6,000’ 9,000’ 12,000’ 15,000’ 18,000’

  20. Where Should We Go? HERE OR THERE?? ? $ ? $ ? $ ? $ ? $ 2 8 0 0 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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