Water pollution Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies . Mostly water pollution occurs in lakes‚ rivers‚ oceans‚ aquifers and groundwater. Water pollution occurs when pollutants are directly or indirectly discharged into water bodies without adequate treatmentto remove harmful compounds. Type of water pollutions There are many types of water pollution because water comes from many sources. Here are a few types of water pollution: 1. Nutrients Pollution Some wastewater‚ fertilizers
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Ocean Noise Pollution For millions of years‚ the oceans have been filled with sounds from natural sources such as the squeaks‚ moans and clicks of whales and dolphins‚ the snapping of shrimp‚ the sound caused by wind upon the surface and even the occasional rumble from earthquakes. Over millions of years‚ the ocean’s marine species have developed into what they are today‚ with their own specialized acute hearing abilities‚ communication skills and echo location abilities at natural sound levels
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of purified water again. Due to the people of the United States drinking billions of gallons of water daily‚ the amount of purified water we drink is starting to run out which is causing a problem already. Psychological studies have shown humans still don’t accept water being reused even after knowing the water is purified and perfectly clean. Advocates are still against ultraviolet machines being used to clean and purify water. While some people believe that drinking recycled water is both repulsive
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Global Fresh Water Shortage Fresh water shortage is a global issue. There are more than one hundred countries face different levels of fresh water shortage‚ and thirty years later there will be 28 to 33 hundred billion people have shortages of water. People lived in fresh water shortage countries cannot even have water to keep them alive. Because of the fresh water shortage‚ people lived near the southern Sahara desert abandoned farmland‚ and 200‚000 people died from that. Africa‚ Asia‚ North American
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The article “Another Marine Pollution Threat: Noise: Will a More Acidic Ocean be Noisier for Whales?” was written by Cherie Winner and was published in Volume 48‚ Issue 2‚ of the journal Oceanus in 2010. I accessed the article through the University of West Florida’s library’s website by searing for the Opposing Viewpoints in Context database under the “A-Z Database List.” Once on the database‚ one can search the title of the article in the search box to locate it. Winner intended this article to
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The sun was glistening on the ocean as I glided in. Thinking to myself that this was the best vacation a fourth grader could have‚ I observed the ripples as I inhaled the sweet scent of the refreshing water. Boogie board in hand‚ I swam out farther to catch a wave. Soon‚ when I had not been paying attention‚ I realized I had gone out too far. That moment was the first most panic stricken I’d ever been. Noticing the splashes of the waves more than anything‚ I never became fully aware about how far
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Water degradation is causing creatures in the ocean to migrate‚ or die because of the amount of toxic waste being thrown into the ocean. "The oil spilled in the ocean could get on the gills and feathers of marine animals‚ which makes it difficult for them to move or fly properly or feed their children"( What is ocean pollution?") Oil spills can harm and/or kill marine animals. When the marine animals get the oil in their feathers they can fly‚ so therefore‚ they wouldn’t be able to provide food to
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The Water Cycle * Name three important needs of water. a. Almost all of the body’s living cells need and depend on water to perform their functions. b. Water carries nutritive elements to the cells and carries away waste materials and salts to the kidneys. c. Water serves as an important constituent of lubricants. * How is water distributed through the biosphere About 97 percent of all water is in the oceans. Three percent of all Earth’s water that is freshwater. The majority‚ about 69
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trying to answer many unclear questions about ocean garbage and just how badly it’s affecting the ocean and marine life. Rochman believes that a lot of the supposed “threats” that scientists say ocean garbage pose had not been tested at all‚ and that the scientists had an insufficient amount of information to prove that the debris is doing or going to do exactly what they claim. Rochman and her colleagues studied over a hundred papers on the subject of ocean garbage and it’s effects. Eighty-Three percent
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Ocean and marine dumping Again‚ think of the rubbish we all make each day. Paper waste‚ food waste‚ plastic‚ rubber‚ metallic and aluminum waste. In some countries‚ there are deposited into the sea. All these waste types take time to decompose. Example‚ it is know that paper takes about 6 weeks‚ aluminum takes about 200 years and glass takes even more. When these end up in the sea‚ they harm sea animals and cause a lot of deaths Oil Pollution Routine shipping‚ run-offs and dumping of oils on
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