Research Paper On Ocean Pollution

Ocean pollution is one of the worlds worst types of pollution. What can we do to stop it?
Imagine drifting through the sea, looking down and seeing the vast ocean full of trash and dead fish all the way to the horizon. The smell of death fills the air as a large wave, full of garbage, comes crashing down towards you and your boat. Sadly this is not the future, nor an imaginary place, it is the world we live in today. This place I describe is called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which is about 172,973,767 sq acres and is as big as Texas. The garbage patch was predicted in 1988 by Charles Moore, but no one took action to prevent this disaster. All this garbage was sucked in from rivers and lakes and created one big patch in the Pacific Ocean. Today millions of seabirds and marine animals die each year because of our output of garbage. Eventually the polluted water will evaporate and come back in the form of acid rain. …show more content…
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