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

?

?

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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$

750000000

28000

Where Should We Go?

OR THERE??