Marine debris

The Story of Paka Panda Written by Sytun Baldwin Illustrations by Heather Hillard-Bonds Monday morning, Paka looked over the glacier. He licked his paws, yawned and played with ice. The ice surrounding him, where he often played with Patsy the penguin, was as white as sugar. Now, Patsy, mind you, was a character. She was always laughing, joking, and pulling pranks. That’s why Paka loved her so, because she was full of much fun. Skip, skip, hop-hop, waddle, waddle, all the way to…

Before you put your boat up for sale or look for a boat brokerage firm to sell your boat for you, you are going to need to make sure that your boat is ready to sell. Ideally, you want to make sure that your boat is ready to go and impress any potential buyer who expresses internet in it. #1 Remove Your Personal Items From Your Boat The first thing you need to do is remove your all of your personal items from your boat. You want to declutter your boat just like you declutter your home before you…

We’re getting feedback on our mid-term photo-shoots in today’s class. 
A guy named Rick is currently bragging about his new take on the theme of “jungle” that consists of pictures of girls wearing spotted clothes in what I think is Central Park. Astonishing, really. 
Nobody seems particularly impressed. I glance at Grace from over my folder and I can see her narrowing her eyes, in the way she does when she’s trying not too be too critical. She’s too good to be a teacher. She won a Pulitzer for…

Ocean Pollution Over half of sea turtles have ingested an outrageous amount of plastic and lots of them have even died from the marine pollution that's getting put into the ocean. A lot of animals are getting killed/injured by ocean pollution and its not just litter that's harming them. Many chemicals can also be released from runoff or even marine mammal carcasses. One of the animals that is getting harmed by the litter is sea turtles. A large amount of sea turtles are getting killed by eating…

Submarine waste can range in many different aspects. Cardboard can be stored on board due to less weight; as for cans, they have to be added to the waste streams of the submarine. The combined compacted volume of food contaminated plastic and paper is less than 0.01 ft^3, which means this waste can be stored under the Annex V because of the eliminated storage. Submarines prefer to keep storage in food storage due to precautions to bypass contamination of unused supplies, which is needed for the…

Many people know that trash is a big problem on planet Earth. Trash has become a problem in outer space too. Tons of “space junk”are in orbit around the planet. There are more than 22,000 pieces of junk in space around the earth according to BBC news. And these are just the items that we can see from the surface of the earth by telescopes or radars. There are also millions of smaller pieces of junk that we can’t see. Bits of old space rockets or satellites move around the planet at very high…

The effects of pollution on the ocean Global plastic pollution and consumption has had far-reaching, immeasurable and harmful impacts on marine environments. Plastic is one of the most prominent materials used in manufacture. This man-made, non-biodegradable material is often produced in mass amounts to meet global supply and demand. In effect global plastic pollution has had far-reaching, immeasurable and harmful impacts on the environment. This has led to strategies being undertaken to…

up over time and eventually kill them. Not many chicks make it to adulthood because of the pollution. Water pollution is not only affecting birds. About 3.5 million pieces of new plastic enter the world's ocean daily, which increases the danger to marine life. Plastics such as plastic bags can be mistaken as jellyfish which loggerhead sea turtles love. Microplastics can block the sunlight from reaching plankton and algae which are very important…

Plastic pollution and the effects on the ocean By: Hana Crittenden I have decided to research plastic pollution in the oceans. I chose this topic because every other summer since I was little, my dad's side of the family has a family reunion at the New Jersey Shore. We rented a very nice beach house right on the shore. And I have always loved the ocean so I looked forward to this trip all year. But I have noticed that over the years trash has been building up. And every time I come back to the…

The “Plasticized” video is a chilling reminder of how we take for granted the convenience of single use plastics. Who would have thought that thousands of miles off shore you would find tiny “nurdles” or virgin plastic floating in the ocean? I honestly did not even know that this is what virgin plastic was termed. I had no idea that you could drag the surface of the ocean in the middle of no-where and find this stuff floating. I thought the documentary was well done and it surprised me that…