4th hour 8/20/18 Ocean Pollution Research Paper Ocean pollution is a major environmental disaster, that’s harming our environment and every living thing on Earth. Mankind does not even realize they are the major cause of it, even though there are many other factors that are apart of it. So many species in the ocean are becoming extinct because of things humans do every day. Oceans keep the world and us alive the least people can do is take every precaution possible to keep the oceans clean. Water is
Usually, water pollution means the presence of several substances in water that built up to the point that they cause problems for animals and people. Some inland waters can clean up certain amount of pollution harmlessly. For example If we pour a cup of black ink into a river , the ink would quickly disappear because of the larger volume of clean water of the river. However the ink is still in the water but in such low concentrations that it is not visible. So at these low concentrations the chemicals
Plastic has become an important and useful part of our world. In the Great Pacific Ocean Gyre there is six times more plastic than plankton, which is the main food for many ocean animals. By estimation eighty percent of the plastic originates from land; floating in rivers to the ocean or blew by the wind into the ocean. The remaining twenty percent of the plastic originates from oil platforms and ships (Facts). The Great Pacific Garbage Patch should be reduced by the following three ways: reduce
Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies, such as lakes, rivers, ponds and oceans (“What Are the Causes of Water Pollution in Africa?” web). Water pollution in Africa are caused by mining, agriculture, deforestation, or urbanization. The higher ranked people in Africa tend to not realize how their sewage from toilets or showers can result into water pollution. Most Africans rely on agricultural to live but little do they know; water pollution is also caused by agriculture
sometimes called the littoral zone, is the oceanic biome that is constantly between the tides. Meaning sometimes this area will be covered with water and sometimes it will not be. In contrast the epipelagic is the oceanic biome at the very surface of the ocean, it is the first layer of the sea (Castro & Huber). The Abiotic features for both biomes will be explored next. The intertidal zone is submerged and exposed during the day twice due to the tidal period. The upper zone is the zone that will be exposed
considered to be pandemic and migratory species that are found in larger quantities in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. In this paper, secondary data were collected to investigate the diet of those found in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. The results indicated that they ate prey from different species of fishes, cephalopods, and crustaceans. Their lives are threatened by pollution, and bycatch in tuna longlines, however they will continue to exist because they are migratory specie. Introduction
the issue that Surfrider Foundation is advocating for is saving fish from ocean pollution. We can infer that this ad is specifically calling attention to seafood risks because the only real food portrayed is rice, and rice is not grown in the ocean. The iconic mapping and metonymy of seafood allows us to reach the visual metaphor of TRASH IS INGREDIENTS OF SUSHI. The metaphor of
Our world’s coastlines and oceans are becoming more and more severely saturated with polluted plastics every day. These plastic pollutants present themselves with much diversity and can range from microscopic debris to large and obstructive macroplastics. In regards to the amount and concentration of plastics in a given region, this data can be rather difficult to accurately quantify due to the sheer scope and mobility of the debris. Plastic is still a relatively new technology, with mass production
An estimated 300 million tons of plastic are found in the world’s oceans, thrown by people. But the plastic is not just floating on the surface. It is even inside the stomachs of crustaceans that live on the deepest ocean floor, Sacramento Bee reported. The extent of plastic invasion demonstrates how far humans have damaged the ecology with their wrong sanitation habits. The only directions where the plastic thrown into the ocean would end are washed back on the shore or sank to the deep sea, Dr
and our lives are getting more and more modern everyday as technology advances are increasingly improved to make things better. And along with that, we are facing more and more problems about our surroundings, especially when the troubles about pollution and its effects on our environment are becoming worse than ever. So what is the environment? According to the Internet, it is defined as the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. That does include major