Research Paper On Ocean Pollution

Ocean Pollution Around 1.4 million pounds of trash enters the ocean. Thats a lot of pollution. What is water pollution exactly? Water pollution is the release of substances, such as chemicals, energy, radioactivity or heat into a body of water. According to these articles, people are starting to neglect and not care about the ocean. Especially the younger generations. Marine pollution is affecting everything, including people, animals and marine life. Marine pollution has become an incredibly server problem in these past few years. With this pollution becoming such a complication, there are multiple variations this pollution may appear. One way this pollution may occur is as sewage. According to the article “Water Pollution” by Britannica …show more content…
Specifically, Sharks and fish have begun to shrink and become smaller. A few animals have adapted better and stayed the same, like the angler fish. Some organisms have not changed in size, but in population. Such as the jellyfish, the jellyfish population would increase dramatically as an effect of an algae blooms. The jellyfish will feed off the algae and would most likely over populate. This is also bad because since the jellyfish are predators. They will kill off a lot of animals that are already struggling because of the lack of oxygen and food. Unfortunately, this pollution doesn't just affect these marine …show more content…
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