Marine pollution

polluted. The book Oceans a Visual Guide defined pollution as “The introduction of substance, material or unwanted heat energy from human activities that adversely affect an ecosystem” (Hutchinson and Hawkins 210). Sylvia Earle, an American marine biologist, explore, and author has a Master of Science and Doctorate of Philosophy, mentioned that some people don’t know or care about the changes that the ocean is going through because of the pollution. People don’t understand that without the ocean…

With only 71 percent of the earths body of water, we have 96.5 percent of ocean resources to meet our current expectations of having a blissful experience along the coastlines. Although this may be true, lately we as consumers are destroying our oceans sustainable body of water, and the sea creature’s life expectancy. Henceforth in the county of Los Angeles specifically, the sustainability of ocean waters are being contaminated by the toxicity of waste being dumped by consumers. Under the…

transportation, recreation, waste disposal, cooling and drinking water and is potentially a source of energy from tidal and wave power. Many of these activities pose an environmental threat to coastal systems, both physical and biological, through pollution, siltation, dredging, infilling and a host of other activities that alter the way natural systems operate (Masselink and Hughes 2003). Ironically, armor is supposed to be a protection factor when in fact, it can have both ecological and…

Water is everywhere, in the air and overall Earth. About 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water but the ocean holds about 96.5 percent of all Earth’s water. Because the ocean is big, a great variety of marine life are being heavily affected by different sources that harm their habitat. In 2016, numerous dead whales have been washed up on shore in different parts of the world. More than 20 whales died on Mexico’s Gulf of California coast. A dozen whales were washed up on the…

global killer: pollution. This is an issue that affects every continent, country, city, and person on Earth. It affects not only people, but the environment and animals as well. Pollution is becoming an issue that citizens can no longer push aside because soon the effects of pollution will no longer be fixable. Although many think that there are bigger issues to deal with, pollution is the most important due to the magnitude of the damage it can do people, nature, and wildlife. Pollution is the…

Ocean pollution is one of the worlds worst types of pollution. What can we do to stop it? Imagine drifting through the sea, looking down and seeing the vast ocean full of trash and dead fish all the way to the horizon. The smell of death fills the air as a large wave, full of garbage, comes crashing down towards you and your boat. Sadly this is not the future, nor an imaginary place, it is the world we live in today. This place I describe is called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which is…

In the global perspective of the harm of pollution. The 5 most effected countries in the world are China, USA, India, Russia and Japan. As I speaks in a global perspective, even though pollution has benefited the world a lot but at the same time charmed it even more. China is ranked the most polluted area in the world on average, this country produces 10,375 million metric per year, this causes extreme harm to it’s citizens. Beijing is the most polluted out off them all, citizens were PM 2.5…

That’s almost half of today’s population! All over the world, pollution continues to grow and get worse. Every…

Radioactive pollution is affecting our oceans greatly today. There are numerous reasons why radioactivity and radiation are bad for both you and the environment. Radiation consists of several particles, gamma rays, alpha particles, and other elements that can easily penetrate the human body. When they make their way into your body the biological cells which make up your body are damaged and may decompose, cause fatal cancers, and or genetic defects in future offspring. The more radiation one is…

permits are only granted if the materials that are being dumped may not degrade unreasonably or have the potential to harm humans or the marine environment. The Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act (MDRPRA), is an act that was established to identify, determine sources, assess, reduce, and prevent marine debris and its harmful impacts on the marine environment. 4. (10 points) What is ghost fishing and, what are two possible impacts of it? Ghost fishing is when commercial…