fragile environment. This impact can be of biological and social significance. Potential causes of biological effects on The Reef include: • Coastal or island-based tourism development. Ongoing pollution from discharge of treated sewage and stormwater and loss or alteration of natural coastal areas can elevate levels of nutrients‚ other pollutants and turbidity changing the make up of water and balance of life within The Reef. • Marine-based tourism infrastructure. Infrastructure (e.g.
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Marine Pollution Marine pollution has become a major global issue. It is now becoming a serious concern that the ocean will no longer be a safe place for marine life and humans. There is a growing concern that pollution causes serious problems nowadays particularly health problems. This essay will argue that marine pollution should be addressed immediately. Firstly‚ the causes and the effects will be discussed‚ and some solutions to hoe marine pollution can be reduced. To begin with‚ marine pollution
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Point-source pollution; 2) Nonpoint-source pollution; and 3) Air pollution. Point-source pollution refers to mercury‚ fecal matter‚ and sewage‚ from treatment plants or industrial facilities‚ being dumped into the Lake. Nonpoint-source pollution refers to runoff of polluted water from crops or lawns which contain contaminants. These contaminants may be oil‚ sand‚ and salt from roadways‚ agricultural chemicals‚ and nutrients and toxic materials from urban or rural areas (The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal
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Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability‚ disorder‚ harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms.[1] Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy‚ such as noise‚ heat‚ or light. Pollutants‚ the elements of pollution‚ can be foreign substances or energies‚ or naturally occurring; when naturally occurring‚ they are considered contaminants when they exceed natural levels. The major forms of pollution
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reefs. One of the major factors that cause coral reefs to decay is pollution. In coastal areas new development and landscape can cause runoff. The runoff can include excess nutrients‚ sewage outflows‚ and other pesticides from agricultural areas. These pollutants can reduce the oxygen levels of the water which leads to a decline in coral growth and reproduction. The runoff can also cause different types of coral diseases. Another type of ocean pollution is marine debris. Marine debris is trash that is
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input from the runoff. It can also be that during this time‚ houses were being developed which meant there was a removal of terrestrial vegetation which would have reduced the input of organic to the soil and this would have reduced the carbon in the runoff (Wetzel‚ 2001). The terrestrial plants form much of the organic matter‚ the organic carbon in plant tissue is transformed by microbial utilization and degradation both at the site of growth and during transportation of runoff (Wetzel‚ 2001).The
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Currently‚ the water in California is being distributed by a series of tunnels running from the north to the south. These tunnels include the Central Valley Project (CVP)‚ a Federal Government managed project‚ and California’s own State Water Project (SWP). The two make up “vast interconnected hydraulic machines that push melted snow from dams in the Sierras‚ through the Delta‚ to massive pumps that fill the aqueducts traversing the state‚” to become what is essentially the southern region of the
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must be kept clean. The major contributors to water pollution can be classified in three categories‚ industrial‚ agricultural and municipal. Examples of industrial wastes that can contaminant bodies of water are oil spills‚ acid rain‚ and waste runoff from industrial buildings and factories. Oil spills‚ eve though they do not happen that often‚ can spill millions of gallons of its crude oil cargo into the ocean causing long-term damage. The oil spreads out over the surface of the water‚ creating
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magically makes its way into some convenient dump. In fact‚ it is estimated that mankind dumps about 14 billion pounds of plastic into our oceans each year ("Marine Debris"). Everywhere leads to the ocean; whether pollutants travel by river‚ sewer‚ or runoff makes no difference. In recent years‚ the amount of debris making its way into the marine environment has been the cause of great concern. Fragments and remains of discarded plastics have been observed to be forming a landfill of sorts stretching
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