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    dumped 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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    people and environment. Water Pollution affects drinking water which we need to survive. It also affects rivers, lakes, and ocean where sea creatures live. Water Pollution is one of the major problems in our environment. It has been suggested as the leading cause of death and diseases. Water Pollution is the contamination of water with chemicals and different substance that may affect plants, humans or animal health. There are different kinds of water pollution if the pollution comes from a…

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    mile trek for the crew of thirteen included: Captain: Clive Cosby, 5 Gyres founder: Anna Cummins, Communications: Stiv Wilson, Pro-Surfer: Mary Osborne, Expedition Leader: Dale Selvan, Environmental Cleanup Coalition founder: Richard Sundance Owen, Marine Scientist: Bonnie Monteleone, Ocean Activist: Mary Maxwell, 5 Gyres founder: Dr. Marcus Erickson,…

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    days to find a spinning current with tons of chemicals and plastics that will not biodegrade in order to show society how serious plastic pollution is. Throughout the documentary, the VICE team documents the plastic that has polluted the Pacific Ocean. The main argument that is used in the documentary is that most Americans do not think about plastic pollution and its devastating effects. Plastic is used every single day by Americans and has become a very large industry. This means, according to…

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    damage, change in behavior, altered metabolisms and malfunctioning health and ecosystems. This noise pollution can increase the stress of animals and interfere with the sound-based orientation. Biotic and abiotic sounds are the two components of underwater environment produced by fish and mammals in order to communicate and orient. Acoustic masking is one of the main effects of noise pollutions on marine animals. The noise from boating and shipping has an effect on fish and hearing abilities and…

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    Oceans of Pollution is written by Dahr Jamail a journalist from America. He wrote this article to inform the public about how serious the pollution in oceans is getting and just how fast it is growing. The use of logical statistics and quotes show that Jamail has put research into this article to make sure the facts are true. With the amount of people doing research and tracking the dead zones around the world there should be more that humans can do to help with the problem, yet still the…

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    [Hook] Pollution can occurs in many forms, all of which have harmful effects on people and the environment. Most commonplace actions we do in our daily life either enhances or creates pollution. Since pollution is the intermixing of toxins into the environment, it is obviously harmful to people as well since we depend on the environment to survive and continue or daily lives. Out of the many different types of pollution, the main types are water, land, and air. These mainly affect both people…

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    Beaches Persuasive Speech

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    scientists and sailors alike. Today I will explain to you why the amount of debris is so unnerving and urge you to do what we can do to help clean this problem up. Body Need The pollution of our oceans and beaches is causing harm to not only humans but all other living things in the food chain. The majority of marine debris found around the world is made of plastic. The world's more industrialized nations, including the United States, create a huge amount of plastic, and…

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    Red Tide Research Paper

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    and other marine life to sadly die. Because of the toxins created by red tide, skin irritations and respiratory trouble may occur in humans. Red tide is not a man-made virus for marine life, but it can be fueled sometimes by nitrate pollution and sewage dumped by cities causing the red tide to last longer. Florida’s marine life and beach-based businesses are at stake because of sewage and fertilizer run-off. If Florida does not…

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    Littering Argument Essay

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    This could be from the fondness of seafood to the well-being of marine life. The message that the foundation is conveying informs people that they are littering redundantly. They want people to acknowledge what is thrown into the ocean, because it is life threatening. For example, a fish indulges a large piece of plastic…

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