“Climate Refugees” is a 2010 American documentary film directed and made by Michael P. Nash. The film tries to show how climate change affects people, especially those who are most likely to be affected by it.
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is mostly separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula. This area includes parts of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Virginia’s Eastern Shore, and the state of Delaware.
Dead zones are areas in the world’s oceans and large lakes where oxygen levels are very low. These areas are called hypoxic, which means the amount of dissolved oxygen (DO) is 2 milligrams of oxygen per liter of water or less. When water becomes hypoxic, plants and animals in the water change their behavior to find areas with more oxygen.
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is a nonprofit organization that works to create standards for fishing that protects ocean life. Fisheries that want to show they follow these standards are evaluated by teams called Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs). The MSC’s goal is to use its ecolabel, which earns money when companies pay to use it on their products, and its certification program to support fisheries that use sustainable methods.
Shark finning is the process of cutting off a shark’s fins and throwing the rest of the shark back into the ocean. Often, the shark is still alive when it is returned to the water. Without its fins, the shark cannot swim well and may sink to the ocean floor.
The Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a type of tuna in the Scombridae family. It is also called the northern bluefin tuna (mainly when including Pacific bluefin as a subspecies), giant bluefin tuna (for individuals weighing more than 150 kg [330 lb]), and was once called the tunny. Atlantic bluefin tuna live in the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Mediterranean Sea.
The Snake River is a major river in the central part of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is about 1,080 miles (1,740 km) long and is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, which is the largest North American river that flows into the Pacific Ocean. The river begins in Yellowstone National Park in western Wyoming and flows across the dry Snake River Plain in southern Idaho, the steep Hells Canyon on the borders of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, and the rolling Palouse Hills in southeast Washington.
The Colorado River Water Conservation District, also known as the Colorado River District or simply the “River District,” is an organization that helps plan and manage water resources in the state of Colorado. It was created in 1937 under the Water Conservancy District Act of Colorado. This same law also allowed the creation of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, known as “Northern Water,” and the Colorado Water Conservation Board, called “CWCB.” All of these groups were formed during a time when the government focused on building public projects and helping the economy grow, which happened during the Franklin D.
The Nile is a major river in northeast Africa that flows north and empties into the Mediterranean Sea. It is 7,088 kilometers (4,404 miles) long, making it the longest river in the world. However, the amount of water it carries is much less than rivers like the Amazon or the Congo.
The Congo River, also called the Zaire River in the past, is the second-longest river in Africa, after the Nile. It is the third-largest river in the world by the amount of water it carries, following the Amazon and Ganges–Brahmaputra rivers. It is the deepest river recorded, with depths measured at about 220 meters (720 feet).