Over half of the pollution in the ocean that harms the marine life or the plants is from the land. This would be called nonpoint, which is a source of pollution that is caused by runoff. Small things like septic tanks, cars, boats or even larger things like farms produce runoff, which is commonly caused by humans. Billions of cars travel the roads daily leaving small drops of oil on the grounds, which eventually reaches the sea one way or another. Even some water gets delaminated by air pollution that settles into the oceans. Everything one does on land effects what happens in the ocean weather one thinks about it or not. Dirt is even a pollution problem for the ocean. The soil that is on farms or the land can run off into waterways harming …show more content…
what is in them and then making its way to the ocean. Eventually everything one does gets to the ocean some way on down the rivers. Some places in the world the runoff gets so bad after storms that one has to close the beaches down. Million of dollars are spent years after years cleaning up runoff that harms the ocean but it continues to happen. The National Ocean Services work with the United States Environmental Protection Agency other federal agencies to help come up with ways to prevent the run off issues. “NOAA’s Coastal Zone Management Program is helping to create special nonpoint source pollution control plans for each coastal state participating in the program”(What Is the Biggest Source of Pollution in the Ocean, 1). When this does cause a problem then scientist know recently what caused it and how to track it down. This is a good way to start tracking down the cause so that one can get on the right foot about cleaning up the beaches or even preventing run off from happening at all. One knows that it will be hard but there has to be ways to lower the runoff coming into the oceans from land. Another example would be ships that are in the ocean leaving runoff into the water. Cruise ships dump their human waste into the ocean. One thought that the cruise ships had a tank that carried all the waste in it and then when they get reached land they depose it just like people do when they go camping. This goes for any other kind of ship in the sea the navy ships do this also. Also the gas fumes coming from theses ships are also very toxic to the fish in the seas. The ocean is a huge dumping ground kind of like a big huge land field but with water. Not only does the ocean have to worry about runoff but also disasters like flooding, earthquakes, volcanoes, and even fires. They all have one thing in common after they are over with their damages end up in the ocean. In New York City a long time ago they were having a problem of waste paled up so they had to come up with a way to prevent it. People were getting made of seeing all the trash everywhere. So this is where ocean dumping took place. Ocean dumping is what started very waste in America now ends up in our oceans one way or another. Coral Reefs are one of the most beautiful landmarks all around the world. It is home to millions of fish and plants, but here in the past couple of years and as the years go on humans are damaging them. This is where people go on vacation to go snoggleing to look at the amazing families of fish. Coral Reefs are where aquarium gets their fish. “An estimated 20 percent of the global corals are threatened by exposure to toxic substances”(Everts, 2). The main reasons for the toxics would be oil spills, chemicals in the water, and even run off, fuels from boats. “The Deep-water Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from April to August 2010 is considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry”(Everts, 4). Anything exposed to this oil spill died of being composed to deadly chemicals. According to Figure 2, one can tell that the governments are spending more money on tourism rather than spending money or trying to keep it clean. One believes that if they are having millions of tourist then they should use the money to keep it clean so that they can make more money by brining more visitors. Many plants took effect when the oil spill took place. Many plants could not tolerate the spill and they eventually died. Without the coral reefs one does not have anything to look at while at the beach. One remembers going to the beach with her family and not being able to go to the beach, because of all the thousands of people on the beach helping clean up. They had nets in their hands trying to catch the small black oil balls that were washing up on the beach. One also remembers the news saying to get in the water at your own risk because many of people were getting sick from swimming the ocean. There were thousands of dead fish washed up on the beach with back oil balls. Even years after the oil spill many of places are still trying to get over it. Scientist now has found away to test the toxic levels in the water to know how much of the coral reef is damage. This oil spills had a strong effect on the coral reef by damage the way it grows. Companies looking to obtain fish from the coral reef use a method called Cyanide fishing, which is where they drop chemicals into the water so that the fish come to the top for air and this is where they capture them. There are more than hundred countries around the world that practice fishing like this. The author of this paper thinks that the government needs to band fishing rights like this or they need to have it set up like a certain time a year when you are aloud to fish. But have a rule that if anyone uses chemicals in trying to catch the fish will be fined and never aloud to fish again. This will help prevent people from releasing more chemicals into the oceans and putting a stop to it. One might have eaten a piece of fish that contained toxic from the ocean and might have not known.
The toxics in the water which effect the fish and then fishermen caught theses fish and then you eat them can cause some serious health problems. Just one piece of plastic can mess up the whole system of the food chain. First we start out with a fish just swimming along who then comes up on some plastic who then eats this plastic. This fish has know been exposed to a toxic and is carrying it around. Therefore when the fishermen catches it and brings it make to the restranunt and one eats it then that person is eating the toxics, which can cause some health problems. For example, cancer, birth defects, or even immune system problems can be caused from toxics from the plastic found in the ocean. Another health issue it can cause is it can mess up a woman’s hormones, which is not a good thing. As the toxic enter the food chain they become more toxic as time goes on. Plankton, which is at the bottom of the food chain, absorbs the awful toxic very easily. The toxic then settles in their bodies becoming more toxic then before. A smaller animal then eats them and then the toxic level rises. The larger animal can live longer but as time goes on the toxic gets stronger after it has eaten the smaller animal. As the pollution of the world increases pollution increases causing the marine life to decreases due to pollution in the ocean. This causes what is known as the extension of animals such as fish that people eat. One doesn’t really hear many people talk about people being sick in the 1500s but what if one started to think that maybe it is coming from the foods we eat. In that time people grew their own food so they knew what was going in them now a days we have no idea what is going into our mouths are where its coming from. What will people eat if the pollution is killing all their fish they eat? Is the pollution some of the main causes for people having cancer or other
diseases by being exposed to toxics. If pollution continues the way it is many marine lives and humans might die. This pollution problem is not just going to solve itself there fore one needs to stand up are help out. The water cannot keep itself clean. Ocean pollution negatively effects sea life, coral reef, helps with the extension of the food chain and also it effects humans ultimately resulting in increase of cancer in humans, poisoning, but there is so much one can do to help prevent theses negative effects by simply recycling. We as people need to start thinking about the Earth because all one is doing to making there home dirty and unlivable. One needs to start treating the ocean as a part of its daily cleaning routines. All one has to do is simple start recycling and stop throwing plastic and trash down on the ground. It would be nice to know that the place we live in is clean and that when one goes out side can get a nice fresh smell. Also knowing that it would be safe to eat seafood and not having to think about if this has toxics in it or if it is clean. Part of being a human is eating other species but if the food chain is getting smaller what is one going to eat. Solutions to this problem could be the following start a local keep up crew that goes around in ones town and picks up trash to prevent run off. One could even start a recycling day so that people can bring all their recycled stuff and win prices make recycling fun. Also, The writer of this paper believes that one needs to start teaching children how to recycle so that when they get older they can know that they are doing something helpful. Another solution could be to tell people about the problem and teach them ways that they can help prevent trash going into the ocean. Many people do not even know that there is even a problem with pollution. Many people do not even think about the environment but after researching ocean pollution it will make you want to start recycling right that moment. One will differently think next time before throwing a piece of trash down on the ground. The most important thing for one to remember is that one does not need to throw down their plastic because this can cause birds to die and it takes so longer for the plastic to break down. Ones main concern should be the garbage patch and ways to help prevent anymore of the patches to show up. One could even start volunteering to work for cleaning up the beaches if one lives near the ocean. So my question for you is are you going to help prevent ocean pollution?
"An Ocean Of Trash." Scholastic Action 33.12 (2010): 16. MasterFILE Complete. Web. 31 Jan. 2014.
Which means their obviously bad for the aquatic marine life environment & are cause many different forms of damage for them & us as one. On p.g. 23 of The New York Times upfront magazine “Birds,fish, sea turtles, & others are getting tangled in plastic bags or mistake them for food & choke”. Someone else might argue that they could the plastic bags in landfills instead of oceans. But that counter- argument is flawed because you’re just polluting by burning plastic which is bad on our part we’re not doing our part to support & taking care of the earth. Plastic in the ocean isn't just bad for plants & animals but for humans too because of the food chain some of us eat animals as a meat source such as aqua marine life like fish. If the fishermen catch fish that have been eating plastic then it's in our food supply if we eat that fish it's gonna be bad for us so many will end up getting sick from the plastic inside of the fish then what will we do our aqua marine food supply will go down the drain we couldn’t eat the fish since it's basically contaminated with plastic that we’re dumping there instead of trying to fix it & getting rid of plastic bags for good for the good of the earth. We’re causing damage towards the earth by dumping all that plastic into the ocean which damages our water supply it’ll poison us although we clean the water it depends on how big the plastic particles are, it’ll make us sick & sense it’s been lying in the oceans could bring in new pathogens &
So, to get you started, we will hit some of the basics of ocean pollution. You most likely know that plastic is a major issue, but thats not the only thing harming the ocean. Pollution of the ocean is also caused by domestic and industrial activities, consisting of some of the following, underwater mining- potential for
The ocean is inhabited by many and loved by all. Whether you surf the waves or use it for recreational purposes, its important to us all. There are dangers to the ocean that anyone who bathes in it should be aware of. Besides the obvious dangers of the current and the pounding waves, there are possible microscopic enemies at large. Every year the beaches are closed for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it may be for a surfing contest, or if the waves are too dangerous, but the most overlooked may be ocean contaminants. Around 20% of ocean water pollution occurs naturally. Its important for the public to aware of the contaminants that reach our waters and how they get there.
People are hurting the animals, and they don’t realize it. That’s one of the issues that the people don’t realize what they are doing. All of the sea creatures about 100,000 marine animals and countless fish are being harmed by the floating plastics. Those animals die in the North Pacific every year from either eating the plastic junk or becoming ensnared, and even drowning in it. Since there is plastic in the ocean and it’s killing fish over time and from the over time it could actually make the fishes go extinct because we are throwing our garbage in the ocean, which is killing the species and affects the food chain in the ocean. Also, every people are eating plasticizing additives, drinking them, breathing them, and absorbing them through their skin every single day. Only 3 to 5 percent of plastics are recycled in any way. Which means each person tosses about 185 pounds of plastic every year. So, the plastic never really goes
Recently, an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean was found to be polluted with 38 million pieces of plastic that had been carried over by currents (Wang, “No one lives on this remote Pacific island”). The island, dubbed ‘trash island’, is home to diverse animal populations that have all been devastated by the pollution. On the beach, hundreds of birds were seen dead by reporters and scientists. When analyzed, the primary cause of death turned out to be consumption of plastic. When animals ingest plastic, it clogs their stomach and poisons their body with toxic chemicals. These toxic chemicals cause an array of issues, such as reproductive and endocrine problems. Eventually, this leads to death (Knoblauch, “The environmental toll of plastics”). But due to the nature of plastics, it can take hundreds or even thousands of years to completely degrade, meaning that as plastic pollution continues to build up, more places like ‘trash island’ will be discovered. According to conservation scientist Alex Bond, “…[The island] is just an indicator of what’s floating around out there” (Wang, “No one lives on this remote Pacific
Ocean Pollution is a serious issue in today's global politics. The delicate balance of Earth's ecosystem is put in jeopardy when the ocean is not clean. Problem evolving from ocean pollution directly harm marine life and indirectly affect human health and the Earth's many valuable resources. Ocean Pollution is a Broad term that encpompasses any and all foregin matter that directly or indirectly makes its way into the ocean. This includes everything from the extreme: oil spills, Toxic Waste dumping and industrial dumping-- to the small scael: human activities and basic carelessness. Because the oceans and all other water bodies are invariably, somehow connected, and because they account for 3/4 of the Earth's surface, they are an ideal method of transportation for pollution, allowing the rapid spread of seemingly far away toxins into a river near you! It is increasingly important that we educate ourselves as to what, exactly, ocean pollution is, so that we can identify the causes at their source and take action in small and large ways, and hopefully, prevent this terrible form of pollution from getting any worse than it is today.
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The ocean is an abundant source of life. It is home to thousand of different creatures, provides a great source of food, and provides the earth with about one half of the oxygen needed to sustain life. (National Geographic) Pollution especially plastic, is a catastrophic problem. Ironically plastic, which is a material designed to last forever is generally used for things we tend to throw away. Every year about one hundred to two hundred billion pounds of plastic are manufactured. Only 31% of that plastic is actually recycled. Biomass packaging estimates 10% of that plastic ends up in the ocean annually. About 20% of it coming from ships and other platforms, and the other 80% coming from land derived sources, such as international garbage dumping, winds or tides either way it finds its way to the ocean.(Biomass Packaging Co., et al)
The coral reefs require clear, salty water. Pollution from the land, like dirt and mud, enters streams and rivers. It enters the ocean through its natural process of erosion and makes the water cloudy. Other materials dumped at sea are metal, glass, wood, plastic and chemicals. The build up of greenhouse gases is causing global temperature to rise which also makes ocean temperatures rise.
Albatrosses might eat plastic resin pellets as a mistake for fish eggs and die of starvation because they are not actually eating the nutrients they need. These pellets also have the ability to tear apart their organs. These organisms might also be caught by fisherman for human consumption and end up in human diets as well. The toxins from the plastic build up in the fat and muscle tissues of fish, that humans eat, therefore emptying the stomach is not quite enough. Plastics that sit inside of waters long enough will break down into smaller pieces called microplastics that will never decompose. The sun is what initially breaks down these products with the help of ever moving ocean waves and ocean salt. It is referred to as photodegradation. Most of the pollution within the garbage patches of the oceans are made up of this microscopic material mixed in with larger pollution items such as shoes or dropped cargo. This can be referred to as a smog like environment created by the amount of microplastics. A good example of a small microplastic many people know, are the microbeads used in toothpastes and facial scrubs that are starting to be banned worldwide. Some microorganisms
Plastic pollution negatively affects America’s future. The origin of this environmental pollution is caused by the excessive lack of ethics that human beings have. Many times, people throw garbage on the streets, seas, etc. Not knowing that this will be severely altered the environment, and planet earth conditions. Environmental pollution is found in many places such as plastic products, cleaning products, food, animals, personal care products, and the most dangerous in the environment where the oxygen we breathe and share with other living beings (Eriksen 2013).
Research from the University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography said that species in the ocean consume a projected 12,000 to 24,000 tons of plastic every year in the Pacific Ocean (Nall, 2014). Pollution of recyclable materials in the oceans is one of the leading causes of why some marine species are nearing extinction. Many authors of articles and books analyzing this topic tend to agree that pollution of our oceans is a problem. The future of this problem is where their ideas tend to differ. The following four literature reviews attempt to demonstrate and support my belief that pollution is getting worse in the ocean and more marine life ecosystems are being affected, but there are things that we as humans can do to change this. Imagine a world where we didn’t have to constantly worry about the vicious cycle of humans affecting animals and then animals in turn affecting us through consumption.
By the oceans being polluted not only are animals affected humans are too. What some people don't know is that they are killing of and disturbing offspring by polluting waters. "Ocean pollution results in smaller catches of fish all over the world, either by killing fish directly, preventing them from breeding, or causing birth abnormalities. Seabirds are unable to breed and whales are poisoned. Pollution also seems to be responsible for a new disease among seals. Without even swallowed, plastic can kill seabirds, turtles, and other creatures by trapping them. People drinking water from polluted seas can become sick. Deadly infectious diseases like cholera and typhoid can break out." There are many different types of sizes of plankton everywhere in our ocean waters.
The reason why I chose this topic was because I don’t like seeing trash in the oceans, lakes or ponds just anything. It’s annoying how people don’t know how to take care for stuff. Especially that other people see it not just one or two people but thousands of people see it. When people see that there’s trash all around the area there not going to want to go back to that ocean or that part that they went to because they see that it’s all trashy there and it’s not healthy for humans and the ocean. I just don’t like seeing trash anywhere just all over the place I think it’s gross. So I want to talk about this because I don’t like it and I think it’s a good subject to talk about.