its way to the world’s seas is classified as ocean pollution‚ however these materials built up over time. This process is known as bioaccumulation. There are many contributing pollutants to bioaccumulation in oceans such as toxins‚ marine debris‚ oil‚ sewage‚ eroded soil‚ and heavy metals. In the past‚ dumping small amounts of pollutants into the oceans‚ known as dilution‚ was not thought of to be a threat to the environment because all of the oceans combined cover 75% of the earths surface.
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University of Phoenix Material The Oceans and Atmosphere Worksheet Prepare a 50- to 75-word response to each of the following questions using the assigned readings for Week 4. Your responses will be assessed according to the accuracy of the content. Oceans Question Response What is the composition of seawater? Almost anything can be found in seawater. This includes dissolved materials from Earth’s crust as well as materials released from organisms. The most important components of seawater
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The Affects of Ocean Acidification on Marine Ecosystems Ocean acidification is the ongoing warming and decreasing of pH in the earths water supply (Gray et al. 2016; PMEL 2017). The acidification is caused from the increase in carbon dioxide concentration within the earths atmosphere. The carbon dioxide then reacts with the water to produce carbonic acid and carbonate ions thus‚ decreasing the pH. Ocean acidification affects the ecology of everything on this planet. Mainly‚ the marine ecosystems
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With every drop of water‚ I drink‚ every breath I take‚ I am connected to the sea. How do plastic bags affect our ocean? Plastic bags affect our environment by getting into soil and slowly releasing toxic chemicals. Most ocean pollution starts out on land and is carried by wind and rain to the sea. Now‚ the plastic bag pollution does not only affect humans‚ it also affects animals. Plastic bag pollution affects our economy‚ costing us untold dollars spent in beach cleanups‚ tourism losses and damages
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Ocean Spray had facilities near Middleboro‚ Massachusetts where the processing of cranberries took place and they knowingly used the towns waste treatment facility for their waste water. This was not a problem until new water standards came about and the problems associated with Oceans Sprays activities came into light. Sludge started to grow in the waste treatment facility so the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality and Engineering became involved. The cause of the sludge was because
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Effects of Ocean Warming Around the World Global warming has become a very hot topic in recent years with the increasing global climate and amount of greenhouse gasses. A little known fact‚ however‚ is that about 84% of the total heating of the Earth over the last 40 years has gone into warming the oceans. This warming of the ocean is having widespread effects from loss of biodiversity to the increasing number of tropical cyclones. Even changes of less than 5°C are having effects seen around the
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“The Acid Sea‚” Elizabeth Kolbert wrote about how the polluted sea around Castello Aragonese provides us with a glimpse of our future oceans and how it interferes with the chemistry of the ocean. In the article “Our Oceans are Turning into Plastic … are You?‚” Susan Casey discusses the negative effects plastic has on the environment. “The Acid Sea” and “Our Oceans are Turning into Plastic … are You?” did an excellent job with providing strong arguments and appeals to inform and persuade the reader
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In The Truth about Ocean “Acidification”‚ by Patrick Moore‚ the term “ocean acidification” has been fabricated‚ and people do not see the positive effects it has on marine life. In 2003‚ many articles on ocean acidification were published. Moore challenges one of the article’s hypothesis that corals will cease to grow by mid-century‚ and ocean acidification will impact fisheries worldwide. Moore emphasizes that there are five key reasons why the ocean acidification narrative is a fabrication. First
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Ocean Acidification Climate change’s equally evil twin seems to be ocean acidification. 25 percent of the CO2 dissolves into the ocean instead of being in the air. When the industrial era started over 525 billion tons of CO2 were absorbed (22 million tons per day). Scientists at first thought that we were good because it warms the planet‚ but that’s not the case. The ocean is becoming more acidic than ever because of the CO2. 200 years later the water temperature increased by 30 percent. Rivers usually
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Introduction The ocean has the oldest‚ most diverse‚ most numerous and least studied organisms on earth. It covers almost three fourths of our planet and has the potential to feed the world and supply cures for many diseases. Studying sea plants and animals is a challenge that is becoming easier due to advanced technologies such as deep-sea submersibles‚ sonar‚ lasers‚ videos‚ and satellites. In many cases‚ it ’s simply too hard to make a drug from scratch. The chemistry is too complicated. So
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