The Importance Of Pollution In Henderson Island

When ever you go to the beach, do you ever think about what can happen to an animal and the water when you leave a wrapper in the sand or a plastic bottle in the water? If you think about it, even a small piece of plastic can harm a fish. The fish could mistake it for food. This could potentially kill the fish. There are other things that people d that pollutes the ocean. An oil spill from a boat can get fish sick (Doc.2). Also, solid waste, plastics, glass, and foam (OI). Marine life can get trapped in any of these items (OI). There are many things we can do to prevent this, like, reducing plastic waste in stream, improve solid waste management, and increase, capture, and reuse (Doc.1). These are just a few of the many things we could do to

When you think of problems in the world today, water pollution isn’t one that would normally come up. In fact it is one of the worst problems in the world today. Water pollution, by definition, is the contamination of streams, lakes, underground water, bays, or oceans by any substances harmful to living things. All living things contain water and most need water to survive, so water pollution is a big problem. If severe, the pollution can kill off birds, fish, and any animals that use the water source. In some cases even killing an entire species.

Leaving plastic on the beach or throwing trash on the floor can cause it to go into the ocean, creating a dangerous environment for marine life especially since plastic never goes away, it can only get smaller. People do not realize that the trash that they throw on the floor , even if someone lives inland, can end up in the ocean. One of Algalita's sponsored programs called Plastic Debris Rivers to Seas inform, “Nearly 80% of marine debris comes from land-based sources.(4) Most of the land-based debris is conveyed to oceans via urban runoff through storm drains. The main sources of plastic and other types of anthropogenic (human-made) debris in urban runoff include: litter (mostly bags, packaging and single-use disposable products), industrial discharges, garbage transportation, landfills, construction debris, and debris from commercial establishments and public

One of the issues that is currently harming the ocean is the presence of pollution. Studies have shown that over the past thirty years, people have increased their use of plastics and synthetic materials and recently it has become even more abundant (Laist). The amount of plastic debris that has entered the ocean is partially due to people 's inability to properly dispose of plastic and waste. This has immeasurable effects on the physical ecosystem, as well as the creatures who inhabit it. While plastic is very buoyant, it takes a very long time to degrade, and it is usually eaten by

“Around 260 million tons of plastic is produced every year, approximately 10% of this ends up in oceans. This litter is frequently consumed, often with fatal effects, by marine animals and birds who mistake it for food. The Trash Vortex of the Northern Pacific ocean is a patch the size of Texas consisting of trillions of pieces of decomposing plastic.” (Geer) Water pollution often directly correlates with other natural recourses that is being harmed by the same

Water Pollution has been an increasing problem over the last few years. Pollution comes from many different things; agricultural, urban runoff, industrial, sedimentary, animal wastes, and leeching from landfills/septic systems just to name a few (Resources). The reason why pollution has increased over the years is because the rise in population and the advancements in technology the society has made. If society plans on having their resources here for many years to come they are going to have to make some drastic changes in the way they treat the earth, and these changes will have to start with their pollutants (Foundation).

Dating back hundreds and hundreds of years ago, the act of dumping into waters has been practiced without any thought into the possible damages this could inflict on the ecology of the marine life present. The dumping of garbage and sewage in these waters is detrimental to the species that inhabit it, it can destroy their habitat, and it can destroy themselves as organisms (Chenery AM. et al. 2005). Since these organisms are usually fully submerged in these waters, there is nothing protecting them from being surrounded by polluted waters that could potentially harm them. For the past couple of decades though, and in many areas of the world, people have begun to notice and understand these problems and have begun setting out laws and required permits to do anything remotely close to dumping in waters (Chenery AM. et al. 2005). However, this is only but a single step in a process working towards cleaning and keeping both oceans, and in-land bodies of water, including their organisms, safe from human waste.

Pollution from land goes into rivers and streams, which then flows out into the ocean. The polluted water is changing the condition of the great barrier reef in a negative way. When sediment and other pollutants enter the water, they suffocate coral reefs, speed the growth of damaging algae, and lower water quality. Pollution can also make corals more prone to disease. Along with sediment and chemical pollutants there are many other materials that get dumped at sea. This includes metals, glass, wood, plastics, and also nuclear waste. Some studies estimate that roughly seven billion tones of litter is put into the ocean every year. Quite a large quantity of this litter is from plastics. Plastics are one of the largest issues for ocean ecosystems as it can take several decades for plastic to decompose. Ingesting plastics is fatal, and around one million seabirds around the world die every year because of the

My logical points revolve around the fact that water pollution is a bad thing. Humans depend on clean water for drinking, bathing, and doing recreational things (especially the people of Iowa with all of the activities they do on the river during the summer months). Much of the pollution problem

In the documentary “Inside the Garbage of the World”, the main social problem being explained is that there has been a great influx of plastic and other type of garbage in oceans and their beaches. This buildup of pollution has largely affected the wildlife population ranging from animals on the beaches to the creatures of the ocean. In oceans, what is called ‘garbage patches’, a large buildup of garbage that flow to one area in the oceans, are being created. Approximately 50 percent of all plastic sinks to the bottom of the ocean floor but about 2 times that much is actually already on the ocean floor. In fact, according to the documentary, there is a garbage patch that is to the left of California that is the size of half of the United States. Each year, about 4.7 million tons of plastic goes in the ocean a year and it is estimated that by 2050, there will be another 33 billion tons of plastic added to the present amount. Eighty percent of the current pollution comes from the land. According to marine researchers, twice as much plastic debris is one the ocean floor than it was 10 years ago. In the futures, plastic will break down into smaller pieces of plastic, creating a bigger problem from the habitat. This plastic pollution is one of the leading cause for beach and ocean inhabiting creatures be extinct because animals are mistaking these plastic pieces for food. When scientist began to dissect beach animals such as birds, they discovered that at least fifteen pounds of

Some trash on their way to collect into the gyres find their way onto islands in the middle of the ocean. The Midway Atoll is a major littering ground for this forgotten trash from, “a motorcycle helmet, a mannequin’s head, and an umbrella handle,” to “coffee lids, water bottles and bags,” that pollute this once beautiful island (CNN 3, 5). Another huge concern is about the animal life that plastic affects. The plastic breaks down into tiny shards that the fish and other animals eat, they get eaten by the predators, and the plastic gets transferred to the predator. One predator are the birds that live on the midway atoll. They found “thousands of birds’ bodies rotting … endless tiny shards of plastic…as if plastic was the bird’s diet,” (CNN 11, 13). People daily

When I was young, I always think that most of trash gets burned or goes into landfills which are not healthy for our environment. Trash is not just a problem in the local places and on the side of the road; however, trash also gets thrown from islands into rivers or lakes that flow into oceans. Actually, most ocean trash comes from rivers or lakes. My biggest concern about ocean trash is that 80 percent of ocean trash is made of plastic. As you know, the average time for plastic to completely degrade is at least about 450 years. Some plastic can even take up to 1,000 years to biodegrade. This is a huge problem for both humans and wildlife. Plastic and other junk can be very harmful to birds and other animals that live on the shore. Because

We 're treating the oceans like a trash bin: around 80 percent of marine litter originates on land, and most of that is plastic. Plastic that pollutes our oceans and waterways has severe impacts on our environment and our economy. Seabirds, whales, sea turtles and other marine life are eating marine plastic pollution and dying from choking, intestinal blockage and starvation. Scientists are investigating the long-term impacts of toxic pollutants absorbed, transported, and consumed by fish and other marine life, including the potential effects on human health.

People knowing more about the effects that littering has on the ocean environment will hopefully encourage them to pick up after themselves and others to help make the world a better place. As time progresses forward, people are getting more and more lazier to clean up after themselves. Most of the time, the trash that is left on the ground will eventually find its way into the sewers. According to “Water Pollution an Introduction,” 80% of water pollution comes from land which gets to the ocean by the sewers. Another piece of evidence from that source is that the trash that finds its way into the ocean, will often take a fish’s life because the trash will get into the gills of the fish and suffocate it. Organizations all around the world hope

Humans have a lot of influence on the environment. Cutting down the trees, using up water, and polluting the air has been a common effect by humans. Not only do they hurt the environment, but also they hurt the animals they are living with too. The trash can end up in the oceans which harms the animals that live there. Marine debris can be characterised as any solid material that is disposed into the marine environment or Great Lakes (). Putting waste in the waters is sadly a common everyday thing.