For many years, ocean pollution has been a problem, but recently it has been getting worse. In the past 60 years, a staggering amount of waste has entered the ocean each year. The products people produce eventually end up in the ocean which is caused by dumping and runoff through drains. The main causes of […]
12.7 million metric tons of new plastic ends up in the oceans each year, according to a study published in the journal Science. Earlier estimates had been as low as 4 million metric tons and this new estimate. Is believed to be an underestimation because it does not take into account plastics that do not […]
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Get startedPollution in our oceans is a serious problem. According to Marie Wild in her article Ocean Pollution, Ocean pollution is one of the major killers of our sea animals.. Most of the waste that is dumped is plastic, which takes hundreds of years to break down (Oceanic Research Foundation [ORF]). Everyday millions of animals are […]
Oceans of the world are vital to the earth and to the people who inhabit it. Oceans cover approximately 75% of the earth’s surface and provide food, natural resources, and recreation for many people. Care of the oceans is vital to the survival of not only the ocean’s inhabitants, but to earth’s land dwellers as […]
Introduction If humans do not take better care of the oceans, then life may slowly die out. As we head into a new millennium, we may be slowly killing off our species and many others without even realizing it. There are some solutions that we have put into effect, but without others they will help […]
Many years ago nobody would have thoought that the ocean would ever need saving. The covers over 90% of the earth’s surface. People would wonder how something so collosal ever be effected by their actions. Unfortunately, the oceans do suffer from mankind’s carelss, selfish acts. There are numerous ways to begin to clean up the […]
The world is in danger. If the future generation is not properly educated about the pollution of plastic in the oceans, the earth as we know it may become one with a greater extinction count, an extremely polluted atmosphere, and ground covered in plastic garbage. By introducing plastic into the ocean, we are introducing the […]
Over the past few decades, human activity has resulted in severely detrimental ocean pollution. Affecting marine ecosystems, our communities, and the environment in general. The spread of oil, industrial/agricultural waste. And chemicals continue to harm the Pacific, but plastic remains one of the most destructive forms of pollutions. Killing one million seabirds. And one hundred […]
The ocean is vital to the well being and prosperity of our planet. Covering 71% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean’s vast beauty is not short of unfathomable. It is a shame that people take that beauty for granted because the ocean currently contains a staggering 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris and counting. It […]
What is your perspective on marine pollution? When we protect our oceans we are protecting our future. Marine pollution is a harmful and is happening in the world today. According to the National Geographic… “There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean. Of that mass, 269,000 tons float on the top of […]
Imagine Texas but overflowing with trash and junk, now multiply that by two. That is what’s floating out in the middle of the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean right now! This trash goes on to harm marine wildlife and humans. If people don’t act quickly, then the trash that we put there would continue to ruin […]
