Aquatic Ecology : The Science Of Ecology

Water: Pollution affects our water through rain clouds, because if the pollution gets into the rain clouds, it makes the water in the cloud more acidic, and if it becomes acidic enough it turns to acid rain, which is obviously not good to drink, wash, or use.

Land pollution is one of many pollutions humans fight against. Other pollutions like water pollution, air pollution, soil pollution, thermal pollution, radioactive pollution, and more are crucial as well, but I believe land pollution is one of the major types of pollution because its aftermath. Anyhow, land pollution is the contamination of earth’s surface for the people’s misuse of the land. To be brief, there are different types of land pollution such as solid waste, pesticides and fertilizers, chemicals, and deforestation. According to the United Nations, the U.S is one of the top contributors to land pollution, disposing over 110 million tons of waste per year. Land pollution as well causes the Earth to lose approximately 25 billion tons of valuable topsoil each year. Additionally, it takes at least 500 years for a couple

Furthermore, there are many types of pollution; Air pollution is the change of atmospheric chemistry by chemical interference. Water pollution is the change of the quality of water when pollutants are directly or in directly distributed into water. Soil pollution, is the high concentration of toxic chemicals in soil. Thermal pollution is the change of water temperature that affects the aquatic. Light pollution, inappropriate use of artificial light. Noise pollution is the disturbing noise that affects the activity of human and animal life. Visual pollution, for instance telecommunication and electric wires and poles, signboards, garbage heaps and landfills and barren lands and deforestation. And the Radioactive pollution: the emissions of radiations substances to the environment from human

Both share the same salinity, yet oligotrophic lakes contain more oxygen than fish. On the flipside, eutrophic ecosystems have more fish than oxygen, which has more cyanobacteria and require less oxygen. The ecosystems have similar food chains, yet they differ on oxygen resources, thus making species differ from eutrophic and oligotrophic ecosystems. Ponds would be eutrophic, and lakes would be oligotrophic from the fish. Ponds not having a cycle of water flowing differentiates them from each other.

Water pollution has a negative long term effect on aquatic life, humans, and our environment. The effects of water pollution on one of these things is like a domino reaction, where they will all be eventually affected if one is affected. It is estimated that there are 2 tons of industrial waste that is disposed into the ocean every day. Humans are the only contributors to water pollution, therefore what we do will directly impact the environment. Manure, fertilizer, and industrial waste, which reach the ocean via runoffs, or when they get into sewages.

) This occurs because of industrial waste dumped into rivers and other water bodies cause an imbalance in the water leading to severe contamination and death of aquatic species.(Pollution: Causes and Effects) Another form of water pollution is spraying insecticides, pesticides on plants pollutes the groundwater system and oil spills in the oceans have caused irreparable damage to the water bodies.(Pollution: Causes and Effects) Eutrophication, is caused by the daily activities that people do like washing clothes, utensils near lakes, ponds or rivers; this forces detergents to go into bodies of water which block sunlight from penetrating the surface of the water and this reduces the oxygen that animals can get and makes it uninhabitable for aquatic species.(Pollution: Causes and Effects) Water pollution does not only harms aquatic life but it can also contaminate the entire food chain and cause diseases like cholera, diarrhoea if water pollution continues.(Pollution: Causes and Effects) Water pollution can cause ecosystems to severely change or be destroyed.(Effects of Water Pollution) Nutrient pollution from upstreams often flow downhill and even travel miles into other larger water bodies and can affect the types of algae that grows, and this can affect fish and other aquatic animals by absorbing sunlight.(Effects of Water Pollution) “Naturally, the order of ecosystems in that water are affected negatively, as the destruction or introduction of any foreign organism alter

Pollution is a manmade problem, we are the ones responsible for so many natural disasters. The chemicals and all different types of substances we spill into the ground start to become a big from for us in the long run. When these chemicals soak into the ground, air, and water, they all contribute to becoming a bigger part in pollution. These pollutants contain toxins that are destroying our ecosystems and all the living organisms living in them.

Water pollution happens when toxic substances enter water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans and so on. As Well, as getting dissolved in them, lying suspended in the water or depositing on the bed. This degrades the quality of water. Not only does this spell disaster for aquatic ecosystems, the pollutants also seep through and reach the groundwater, which might end up in our households as contaminated water we use in our daily activities, including drinking.

Air pollution is due to industrialization. Since countries began to industrialize, the air has been filled with pollutants from car exhausts, energy production, and factories. Air pollution causes major health problems such as respiratory infections, heart disease, lung disease such as asthma, and even cancer. Water pollution causes a shortage of drinking water and it is a sanitation problem. Water pollution goes hand in hand with the destruction of oceans because we pollute the ocean with trash, ship pollution, and oil spills. The destruction of the oceans also involves overfishing. Population growth is one of the bigger environmental problems because it expands the other issues. Population growth increases strain on the environment because we need more resources like food, clean water, and clean air, which causes an overall resource reduction. Weakening of the ozone increases the ultraviolet light that comes through which causes skin cancer, it can affect crops, and it aids

makes up 70% of the earth so water pollution affects animal life such as the animals

Pollution: human activity influences the natural environment producing negative, direct or indirect, effects that alter the flow of energy, the chemical and physical constitution of the environment and abundance of the species;

The study of life is as interesting as life itself whether the creatures that we study walk on land, fly in the air, or swim in the ocean. Marine biology encompasses the ones that make the seven seas their home. It is the study and appreciation of marine life and their environments. From the sandy beaches to the ocean depths, from the tropical reefs to the polar ice caps, much of the life on earth thrives in the ocean, which affects us on land, too. It is understandable why we, as scientists, explorers, and curious kids would want to know more about what lives in the open sea.

There are many chemical reactions that occur in the environment, mainly in the atmosphere, that are part of a natural equilibrium that affect many parts of life on Earth, including our everyday lives. Pollution caused by natural sources and man made pollutants can have drastic effects on the natural equilibrium of the reactions. Pollution caused by natural sources can have varying effects on the environment. Volcanoes for instance, when they erupt, release gases high into the atmosphere which can cause acid rain, destruction of the ozone and can form a cloud which can cause abnormal changes in weather. Radon is another source of natural pollution which is normally harmless but is intensified in the basement of homes (as homes are very well insulated and the gas accumulates) and as such can cause lung cancer. Finally some man made pollutants such as the release of CFCs into the atmosphere which can destroy the ozone layer and the burning of fossil fuels which can lead to acid rain, global warming (through the greenhouse effect) and smog.

Pollution is very harmful because it is things that can affect the environment or anywhere around the earth. Many humans can cause pollution by dropping things on the floor that can harm the environment or animals that live around that area. Also, natural disasters can cause pollution too because they can sweep trash into places that they are not supposed to be in. Pollution can be a problem because it harms the environment. There is so much trash that can harm the earth. Pollution is also a problem because pollution is taking over animals homes. For example, the animals that live in the sea are losing their homes because of oil spills, also hurricanes because they blow trash in the water. Another example of animals habitat being destroyed is acid rain when the gas and air pollution get in the air it could mix with the clouds and then rain the gas back down which causes acid rain. Acid rain can be a problem for little bodies of water like ponds or lakes

It may effect on Health of Humans because Crops and plants grown on polluted soil absorb much of the pollution and then pass these to us which may cause small or terminal illness.