excessive need for daily materials‚ oceans are becoming more and more polluted; in addition‚ result to damaging effects on marine life. The ocean appears to be a large trash can for disposing waste in the convenience for humans. According to UNESCO‚ statistics show that in 2006‚ 46‚000 plastic materials were found scattered every square mile in the ocean; in addition to that statistic‚ millions of marine animals are severely injured or even fatal from plastic materials [1]. A statistic had shown
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Ocean Pollution It is believed that 4.6 billion years ago our Earth was formed. And over 200 million years ago the great body of water on this planet‚ what we call the ocean‚ was able to be formed (History of the Ocean). For 200 million years our ocean has flourished with the life of all matters of creatures from some of the first ever cells to take life‚ to pre-historic dinosaurs‚ to the fish‚ plants‚ and mammals we see today. However‚ today we face a new point in the history of our ocean. Today
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Plastic pollution is something that is drastically changing our ecosystems. With more trash thrown into bodies of water every day‚ it’s said that “plastics in the ocean will outweigh fish pound for pound in 2050” (“How”). Microplastics are changing the way plastic pollution may travel‚ and not in a good way. Microplastics are pieces of plastic less than 1mm in size and because of that‚ they can’t be removed from the ocean. In recent studies‚ researchers discovered that Zooplankton are able to digest
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with disposing of plastic bags. Literally. Floating in the midst of the Pacific Ocean is a double-vortex of garbage that stretches from the west coast of the United States to the Islands of Japan. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is composed six thousand three hundred and twenty-one miles of trash. The majority of this artificial waste continent is discarded fishing nets‚ plastic water bottles and caps‚ and plastic bags. Obviously‚ garbage in the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean may not seem like
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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 to fishing and aquaculture industries. To a sea turtle‚ a floating plastic bag looks
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Pollution has been a major problem in the world for decades‚ even centuries. Though humans have gotten better about keeping pollution out of the environment‚ pollution is still a very predominant problem. Ocean pollution is one of the less talked about problems‚ because mankind knows so little about the ocean. However‚ it is still a major issue. Oil has been a sizable cause of marine pollution. It causes problems to the plants and animals of the ocean‚ as well as affecting oceanic movements and even
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more than 300 million tons of plastic is made‚ this poses as a threat when you take a look at how much of this plastic is only intended to be used once and thrown away. Throughout the entire planet‚ plastics are being used more often and are being thrown away rather than using the recycling bin. When you throw these plastics away‚ they are taken to a landfill which often times will bury the garbage underground; nevertheless‚ although you can no longer see the plastic waste‚ it is still taking a toll
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Devoir 2 Dawn Brookes La pollution dans les océans. Aspect 1 : * La pollution n’est pas juste des ordures et des produits chimiques. Il y a aussi des choses comme la pollution solide‚ les sédiments supplémentaires et les nutriments‚ les métaux différents‚ et la pollution thermique tout est inclus et dans la définition de pollution d’océan. * Les métaux d’effort sont des métaux comme mercure‚ l’arsenic‚ et premier * le sédiment supplémentaire peut être aussi naturel comme quand un
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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 that the world
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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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