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    originates in coastal areas approximately $700 billion!” (Oceans Impact the Economy) The ocean has a huge impact on economies all over the world. It affects the way the people live their lives and the way that we are all connected. Over 640,000 tons of debris is left in the ocean each year. It traps and kills thousands of animals, which has a great impact on the supply and demand of the economy. So we need to take care of this wonderful gift. The ocean impacts the tourism and recreation, living…

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    Plastic Overtaking Oceans

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    threat the marine life. Derraik argues that marine animals are becoming entangled in the plastic and are ingesting the plastic. Derraik claims Scrubbers, the microscopic pieces of plastic pollution in the ocean, have not been researched of enough to determine their effect; however the figures from the studies that have been conducted they could cause worse effects than regular plastic pollution already does. Concluding, Derraik urges the world to fight back against plastic pollution in marine…

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    The Impact Of Pollution On Marine Wildlife Marine wildlife has been in existence for over million of years. Researchers and Marine Biologists have been trying to show the importance of the studies of how pollution impacts the lives of many marine wildlife and their habitat. It is necessary that we find out what pollution is doing to these poor marine animals and find a way to start making our marine wildlife clean and healthy. The purpose of this literature review is to provide research to the…

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    into the oceans, not including all the oil spills that have occured. All this pollution to the marine life has been not only ruining human lives, but marine mammals lives, eventually leading up to their deaths. Countries all over the world should better enforce their laws about littering on beaches, which is the number one cause of the oceans destruction. Ocean Pollution is the cause of the decline in marine animals in the ocean. Showing that in a report over 267 different…

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    Damage to the Oceans: Marine Pollution The oceans and its wildlife are suffering from irreversible harms. The spreading of harmful materials such as oil, plastic, industrial and agricultural waste into the ocean can damage marine life and even effect people. Pollution comes from many sources such as manufacturing, litter, and even sewage. If we do not make changes quickly then we will suffer from permanent damages to Earth’s largest bodies of water and wildlife. Domestic sewage often finds its…

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    Garbage relates to everything from all kinds of waste whether generated during the extraction of raw materials or after the consumption of final products. It is present everywhere, even in the middle of the oceans. Trash Inc: The Secret Life of Garbage is a documentary film showing the waste produced around the world and the life cycle of trash/garbage. The documentary explains what happens to the garbage when it’s thrown away and its impact on the people and the world. It shows how the waste…

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    violent storms disrupt the lives of many species and affect fragile marine ecosystems” (Dignan 14). This illustrates that ocean animals face climate change because of the change in climate and will slaughter a mountain of animals. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Additionally, Another environmental threat the man of war jellyfish and other ocean animals face is trashy water. In the text, “ Approximately 6.4 million tons of plastic and other debris enter the ocean waters. Abruptly, Previously, this shows…

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    Essay writing is an excellent technique to convey information and express one’s thoughts on a subject matter towards an audience. David Gruber, a marine biologist, performed an informative, yet engrossing TED talk, on October 2015, concerning the fascinating sea creatures that inhabit the world’s unfathomable sea. His utilization of an implicit thesis and strong supporting arguments, multiple literary devices and methods of developments, and his overall purpose and effectiveness of the oral…

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    food by marine animals, and more than a million sea birds and mammals are killed each year by ingestion of plastic. A negative effect of ocean pollution is contaminated drinking water, The risks of your health being negatively impacted by polluted drinking water in a developed country is small in comparison with developing countries. However, it is possible to become ill from contaminated water. While another major negative effect of water pollution is the death of marine animals. Some marine…

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    become this big problem”(Erin Spencer). She even uses a picture of a sea turtle caught in some trash to emphasize just how any animal in the ocean could get caught in our trash. She even goes to bring up Kelly Slater, who has “spent countless hours in marine environments all over the world to see just how some oceans remain beautiful and some get trashed and ruined”(Spencer). She goes further into how Kelly Slater has gotten himself further involved in the movement of saving our oceans with him…

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