Seabird

Every day, there are over 700 marine animals who are exposed to plastic garbage (Lacurci, J., 2015). This leads to having over 100,000 marine animals and one million seabirds die due to the plastic garbage in the water every year (Facts About Marine Litter). Entanglement is a huge issue with the increasing amount of plastic debris in the ocean. The 3 animals that most commonly get entangled in debris are sea turtles,…

The Netherlands, located in northwestern Europe, is commonly addressed as “Holland” when talking about the provinces. The two provinces of Noord and Zuid together make up Holland. The geography of Holland (the Netherlands) in Europe is deemed unusual by many in that much of its land has been reclaimed from the sea, with almost 25% of its land at or below sea level, while remaining protected by dikes. The European part of the country can be split into two areas: the low and flat lands in the west…

Animals are affected by so many man made problems and because of the problems humans make animals go extinct or are slowly dying. Sea turtles are vulnerable to ocean pollution at all stages of their life from being eggs to swimming in the ocean. Toxic metals may concentrate in the liver and the kidney of sea turtles. Pollutants can cause immediate harm to sea turtles through direct contact or over time it builds up in their tissue and can lead to immunosuppression resulting into disease or…

Introduction In the present decade alone, there have been 47 oil spills around the world with at least 500,000 tons spilled. Many coastal economies are heavily dependent on ecosystem services such as tourism and fisheries. It is estimated that the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill will have caused the loss of $8.7 billion in revenue and 22,000 jobs for the commercial fishing industry in the Gulf. (Natural Resources Defense Council, 2015) New methods of preventing oil spills and reducing…

“If Nature isn’t kept healthy, humans won’t survive,” (naturespeaking.org). This simple issue, which is continually compounded each and every day, it turns out isn’t so simple at all. The evolution of our species seems to have brought us, as a human race, to a place full of entitlement. What we want – we take. Have we become too selfish? Will there be a point where we have taken too much and given too little? When will it become too late to give back? These questions are all too familiar…

Oil Drilling Regulations British Petroleum(BP) had a massive oil spill on April 20, 2010. In the BP Oil Spill, more than 200 million gallons of oil was spilled into the Gulf of Mexico for a total of eighty seven days, making it the biggest oil spill in United States history. The initial oil rig explosion killed eleven people and injured seventeen others (“11 Facts”). The spill killed hundreds of animal, plant life and destroyed the environment. BP was penalized up to forty billion dollars in…

For my senior project, I decided to research water pollution, and how it affects ocean life and its inhabitants. I will be answering questions that I have about water pollution and how it 's affecting our oceans. The reason I’m doing my project on this topic is because I find it very interesting, and I also want to bring awareness to this issue. It 's a worldwide problem that needs to be addressed, because if we continue to do nothing, I believe that ocean life as we know it will go extinct.…

crocodilians. It is a significant predator of Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, eggs and hatchlings (Bennett 1999). Many islands surrounding the Cape Coral peninsula serve as breeding and nesting sites for American crocodilians, chelonians, and seabirds. Some of these species are of significant conservation status, including the brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, which was previously listed as an endangered species from 1970-1985, and the presently endangered American crocodile,…

Packaging is significant both to consumers and producers. To the consumer, excellent packaging means good storage of products; thus, preventing them from contamination(Schafer, 2015). For instance, no one would want to eat poorly packaged food that may be subjected to contamination. The consequences may be dire and costly. Different materials have been used for product packages, but plastics lead the way in terms of the most frequently used packaging material by many industries globally. A large…

Why is pollution such a dangerous hazard in the United States? Many people today are now realizing how big of an issue pollution is and how to either stop or prevent it. The word pollution is simply defined as, "the action or process of making land, water, air, etc., dirty and not safe or suitable to use" according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. There are several acts that America has taken to fight pollution, but more work still needs to be done. In the United States, pollution has…