Ocean Pollution Essay
The End of Ocean Water Pollution
Before the Industrial Revolution, the world’s oceans were pristine, beautiful, and clean. Instead of facing the ocean as an issue, it was considered a great resource. However, in the time that has passed between the Industrial Revolution and today, people have been polluting the world and the seas non-stop. As a result, the state of the water’s cleanliness has deteriorated. Today, however, there are many ways that we can stop ocean pollution. In order to do so, we must place tightly woven mesh screens on runoff pipes, continue volunteer beach cleanups, and ban the use of all unnatural fertilizers. California must place tightly woven mesh nets that enclose the entrances on all runoff pipes. Fertilizer, plastic debris, pesticides, and many other things that have the potential to harm the ocean come through runoff pipes and straight to the ocean. Due to the immense amount of land related sea pollution sources, 80% of all ocean pollution comes from runoff, claims Lorraine Chow, a reporter for ecowatch. You may think that no screen is fine enough to filter out the chemicals in the runoff water. This is true. However NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) says that 80% …show more content…
NOAA says these two chemicals cause an enormous loss of marine life because too much of either chemical creates hypoxic (dead) zones. Hypoxic zones occur when there is an excess amount of nitrogen or phosphorous in the water and they kill everything except for algae. The algae thrives in these conditions. Fertilizers and pesticides are one of the main sources of ocean harm because they both contain an abundance of nitrogen and phosphorous. Prohibiting the use of these two things could initially cause a problem for farmers and raise the price of crops, however, farmers could use compost instead of fertilizer and fire ants for
Before the Industrial Revolution, the world’s oceans were pristine, beautiful, and clean. Instead of facing the ocean as an issue, it was considered a great resource. However, in the time that has passed between the Industrial Revolution and today, people have been polluting the world and the seas non-stop. As a result, the state of the water’s cleanliness has deteriorated. Today, however, there are many ways that we can stop ocean pollution. In order to do so, we must place tightly woven mesh screens on runoff pipes, continue volunteer beach cleanups, and ban the use of all unnatural fertilizers. California must place tightly woven mesh nets that enclose the entrances on all runoff pipes. Fertilizer, plastic debris, pesticides, and many other things that have the potential to harm the ocean come through runoff pipes and straight to the ocean. Due to the immense amount of land related sea pollution sources, 80% of all ocean pollution comes from runoff, claims Lorraine Chow, a reporter for ecowatch. You may think that no screen is fine enough to filter out the chemicals in the runoff water. This is true. However NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) says that 80% …show more content…
NOAA says these two chemicals cause an enormous loss of marine life because too much of either chemical creates hypoxic (dead) zones. Hypoxic zones occur when there is an excess amount of nitrogen or phosphorous in the water and they kill everything except for algae. The algae thrives in these conditions. Fertilizers and pesticides are one of the main sources of ocean harm because they both contain an abundance of nitrogen and phosphorous. Prohibiting the use of these two things could initially cause a problem for farmers and raise the price of crops, however, farmers could use compost instead of fertilizer and fire ants for