Florida OCE2001 Current Events in Oceanography Essay

OCE 2001 University of South Florida Current Events in Oceanography Essay

For this assignment, please read the Science article and watch all videos and figures embedded in the article.

Scientists Say Ocean Circulation Is Slowing. Here’s Why You Should Care.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07052018/atlantic-ocean-circulation-slowing-climate-change-heat-temperature-rainfall-fish-why-you-should-care?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social (Links to an external site.)

In your own words, summarize the topic being discussed in your Oceanographic current news event. Please submit a .docx file. In the GEA assignment, you will have to list a global effect of increased atmospheric CO2 concentration. This article discuss one global effect please make sure you include this in your GEA assignment. Please note, if your file has a TurnItIn score above 40%, you will receive a zero.

Please include:

1.What sub-field of Oceanography would this topic fall under? The sub-fields of Oceanography are Physical, Chemical, Geological, and Biological. Please bold your selection in your paragraph

2. Why did this event/topic make the news? Is this a global problem?

3. What are two interesting concepts you learned from the article?

4. Please note the current concentration of carbon dioxide in ppm from the graph in 2018 and this current year. You will have to google the concentration of atmospheric CO2 of the most recent year (last year).

5. You should write a robust paragraph (6-15 sentences).

6. At the end of your assignment, please include the above reference properly cited. If you do not include a reference, one point will be deducted. The following site shows you how to cite online articles: https://www.wikihow.com/Cite-an-Online-Article (Links to an external site.)

Below is a reference for this online article. You will need to change the access date. You will also need to make sure you format the reference by using a hanging indentation in Word. In the next, current event assignment you will have to make your own reference.

MLA

Berwyn, Bob. "Scientists Say Ocean Circulation Is Slowing. Here’s Why You Should Care." Inside Cimate News. 7 May 2018, insideclimatenews.org/news/07052018/atlantic-ocean-circulation-slowing-climate-change-heat-temperature-rainfall-fish-why-you-should-care. Accessed 20 May 2022.