Friday, September 20, 2013

Observatory Installation and The Effects of the Molasses Spill

Observatory Installation Process:
I think it is incredibly time consuming and difficult to build an underwater observatory. You need to take in consideration the monitoring of oxygen levels, how the current will affect the submersible, and the risk of something leaking or water spilling into the submersible. It must take years to correctly build the submersible and multiple tests to make sure that it is 100% ready to go because if they begin the mission and it has a defect. it could end up affecting the entire submersible and ruining parts of it. I think it's crazy how they figure out where certain things should go and how to use certain equipment to get the most information while they are under the water.

The Effects of the Molasses Spill:
I also want to write about the molasses spill that happened in Hawaii. I think it is absolutely unacceptable that that happened. The people moving the molasses to California should have been much more careful with transporting it and watching to make sure it wouldn't spill into the sea. It seems like they were lazy and careless with the transportation and completely ignored the fact that it could spill into the ocean. It's really upsetting to see all of the sea creatures and organisms dying because of carelessness. I hope they figure out how to remove the molasses as soon as possible before more creatures die and before the coral gets destroyed.

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