Background Knowledge
Approximately 70.9% of the Earth’s surface is covered by Ocean.
Oceanic evaporation is the source of most rainfall
ocean temperatures
determine climate
and wind patterns that affect life on land
Background Knowledge
Thermohaline Circulation
Marine based Industries
-Shipping, Fisheries, Oil Production
90% of world’s trade is done by ships
40% of
The Gulf of Mexico [2/3]
Coastal fisheries that produce 2.4 billion dollars
Center of tourist and ocean industry
Oyster and shrimp culturists
Marine products
- 1/3 America demand
Seriousness of Oil Spill [1/3]
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Case
-the most expensive cost was spent
-3,700 ton oil spill
-Even 21 years couldn’t remove the oil !
2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
16 2010. 5. 6 ① BP confirms the arrival of three huge containment domes designed to collect much of the 5,000bpd leaking into the US Gulf from the Macondo blowout.
② The department of justice asks Transocean to preserve evidence in connection with the explosion and sinking of the rig
③ Hayward tells the BBC that the blowout preventer owned by Transocean was at fault for the leak. BP, he s
1. Definition of Natural Theology
The existence and attributes of the deity
-> stand on ‘natural reason’
A type of theological discourse
The attempt to construct
rational “proofs” for
God’s existence and attributes