The ecosystem that has more area than all of Earth’s land masses combined is the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is an oceanic biome that is located between the Americas, Asian and Australian continents. It is the largest of the world’s five oceans ocean and is approximately 63.8 million square miles full of saltwater, ecosystems, and organisms. The ocean is an average of 13,000 feet deep and covers more than 30 percent of the Earth’s surface. These are just a few defining characteristics of the Pacific Ocean and there is so much more other information on the Pacific Ocean including the abiotic factors, biotic factors, human activity, impacts on the ecosystem and the solutions.
In the Pacific Ocean, there are many important abiotic factors …show more content…
Humans are negatively affecting the Pacific Ocean with the activities they’re doing or have done already. Burning fossil fuels and polluting, are one of the many activities performed that make greenhouse gasses and the result is global and ocean temperatures to rise. On an average, each day people in the U.S consume about 19.4 billion barrels of petroleum products. This is only in the U.S and that’s a lot of crude oil which is a carbon-based substance that affects a number of gasses used. In the article “Corals Are Dying on the Great Barrier Reef” by Brian Clark Howard, it states “As the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rises due to emissions of fossil fuels, more of the gas is dissolving in the ocean. That is lowering the pH of the water, or making it more acidic, which can make it harder for reef-building...” This proves that the gasses that are released make ocean temperatures to rise which causes coral …show more content…
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world that is 63.8 million square miles and it would be very sad if it all just disappear because of humans and their actions. Humans have been impacting the ecosystem with all the polluting and burn of the fossil fuel humans do. The activities that humans do has created ocean temperatures to rise and the result is coral bleaching. Coral bleaching has made the Great Barrier Reef go under a lot of stress and it could possibly die very soon. This is why humans should do something that can reduce more bad events from happening. Humans don’t have to do huge things to help make a change they can just do small steps that make a difference. For example, when humans use less gasoline, save electricity and encouraging others to do the same it can help the global temperatures from rising anymore. These small, easy steps can make a big difference for the environment that we’re living
In the Pacific Ocean, there are many important abiotic factors …show more content…
Humans are negatively affecting the Pacific Ocean with the activities they’re doing or have done already. Burning fossil fuels and polluting, are one of the many activities performed that make greenhouse gasses and the result is global and ocean temperatures to rise. On an average, each day people in the U.S consume about 19.4 billion barrels of petroleum products. This is only in the U.S and that’s a lot of crude oil which is a carbon-based substance that affects a number of gasses used. In the article “Corals Are Dying on the Great Barrier Reef” by Brian Clark Howard, it states “As the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rises due to emissions of fossil fuels, more of the gas is dissolving in the ocean. That is lowering the pH of the water, or making it more acidic, which can make it harder for reef-building...” This proves that the gasses that are released make ocean temperatures to rise which causes coral …show more content…
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world that is 63.8 million square miles and it would be very sad if it all just disappear because of humans and their actions. Humans have been impacting the ecosystem with all the polluting and burn of the fossil fuel humans do. The activities that humans do has created ocean temperatures to rise and the result is coral bleaching. Coral bleaching has made the Great Barrier Reef go under a lot of stress and it could possibly die very soon. This is why humans should do something that can reduce more bad events from happening. Humans don’t have to do huge things to help make a change they can just do small steps that make a difference. For example, when humans use less gasoline, save electricity and encouraging others to do the same it can help the global temperatures from rising anymore. These small, easy steps can make a big difference for the environment that we’re living