Maria Ruth B. Pineda-Cortel

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/maria-ruth-b-pineda-cortel

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the academic discipline?Marine Ecology and Oceanography
2. What is the primary research focus?Ecological impacts of anthropogenic stressors on marine plankton communities

Anthropogenic Stressors: Environmental changes or pressures caused by human activities, such as pollution and climate change.
Biogeochemical Cycles: The pathways by which chemical elements and compounds move through Earth's biotic and abiotic components.
Ocean Acidification: The ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth's oceans, caused by the uptake of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Biological Carbon Pump: The process by which marine organisms, primarily phytoplankton, transfer carbon from the atmosphere to the deep ocean.