The Ocean's Future is in Trouble

Throughout many decades there has been a huge environmental problem, not only putting marine life at risk but also human health. Ocean pollution is a big threat to the habitat and still today we haven’t stopped throwing trash, chemicals or toxins into the oceans. During the 1940’s, a technical service of the Army dumped a lot of chemical warfare into the sea, believing the type of gas will dissolve in the water becoming harmless in minutes. At that time, fishermen were able to catch a lot of fish, it wasn’t until they were out of luck and all they could see were dead fish floating on the surface. Many people think that oil spills and trash are the only types of ocean pollution, but they’re also forgetting about chemical, bacterial and thermal pollution. Polluted seas can be the cause of many diseases or infections, especially if people don’t take big measures like telling their kids not to “accidentally” drink water from rivers or lakes when swimming. Marine animals are a big part of our food chain if they carry diseases or toxins we’re also in big danger. Today, there have been many people who have been trying to stop others from polluting the oceans, but they still haven’t been able to convince the whole world to end ocean pollution. The government, instead of wasting money on unnecessary things like building walls or building more towers and creating more trash they should build trash contractors that will help with the trash floating around in the seas. There are

Oceans cover approximately 75% of Earth 's surface and are vital to this planet and the people who inhabit it. Oceans provide food, natural resources, and recreation for nearly everyone in this world. Unfortunately Oceans have been receiving mass amount of pollutants including oil spills, toxic waste dumping, and industrial dumping. These pollutants will have negative impacts on the wildlife in the ocean, as we are seeing already with the Coral Reefs, and soon enough it will begin to affect our lives as well.

Solid waste like bags, foam, and other items dumped into the oceans from land or by ships at sea are frequently consumed, with often fatal effects, by marine mammals, fish, and birds that mistake it for food.

Pollution and the human effect on marine ecosystems has been an issue for decades. Human impact can be found in the most remote places in the oceans in the form of floating trash, habitat destruction, and invasive species. More people should be much more careful about how they treat this wonderful world that we call home and protect what is given to us.

Society tends to blame the fisherman for the trash that turns into marine debris. They are wrong. According to the California Coastal Commission, “Only 20% of the items found in the ocean can be linked to ocean-based sources, like commercial fishing vessels, cargo fish or pleasure cruise ships. The remainder (80%) is due to land based sources like litter (from pedestrians, motorists, beaches visitor), industrial discharges (in the form of plastic pellets and powders), and garbage management.”. Fisherman and other trained workers in the oceans are not the only

Everything in this world we use comes from the ocean in some way. The air we breathe, the water we drink, even the products we use day to day, would not be possible without the ocean. That's why the issue of ocean pollution is so important and needs to be addressed as soon as possible. We depend on the ocean for so much in our life, without it we would surely become extinct. People seem to think that since the ocean is so large and vast, we can dump as much waste as we'd like into it and it will never have an effect on us. However, since we've been polluting the ocean as far back as Roman times, the evidence of ocean pollution becoming a major problem is all too clear.

There are four named oceans in the world: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic. Roughly 70% of the earth’s oxygen is produced by marine plants and only 27% by rainforests. Over 80% of ocean pollution comes from land based activity. This activity can include, but is not limited to, burning oil and not recycling plastics. With knowing those statistics, people should undoubtedly be more concerned with our ocean’s health and well being than what they currently are. Yes, there are a copious amount of websites that accept donations but there are other ways that do not involve breaking the bank to save and protect the oceans. By using reusable plastics, reducing our carbon footprint, and buying ocean-friendly products and food, the oceans dying process could not completely stop, but slow down drastically.

As time passed I learned the term “Marine Pollution” , but it wasn’t because anybody taught me it, it was because I began noticing it as I would visit the beach. I would notice more and more trash in the waters, or hear about oil spills frequently. I have witnessed died marine animals on the coast due to an over consumption of trash, which is provided by us. The plain fact is that we have come to a point where we have so gravely polluted our oceans, we cannot 100% fix this problem. We have created “trash islands” that are 3x the size of france, but we still have an opportunity to work from where we are and help to improve the situation and not allow for this to get any worse. Some of the top ways to reduce ocean pollution are, stopping the use of single-use plastic, recycling, participating or creating river/beach cleanups, supporting bans/organizations etc. What I mainly want to focus on for my part is beach cleanups, and informing people on this topic and what easy actions they can do to

According to sun-sentinel.com, Palm beach Florida had 112.8 million visitors last year. Just imagine how many people visited the beaches all around the world and imagine how much pollution was left behind by these people. To help the ocean as tourist we need to pick up our trash! Almost all public beaches have trash cans to dispose of our trash and if not, we can bring something to carry our trash until we can properly dispose of our trash when available. According to onegreenplanet.org, sea turtles, seals and sea lions, sea birds, fish, and whales and dolphins are all suffering greatly and dying from tourist trash.

There are growing numbers of problems involving marine debris in the United States for the past few years. There have been excessive amounts of waste and dross that washed up to the West Coast from the 2011 Japanese Tsunami, as well as other places, in recent years. Even though voluntary groups and other organizations are trying to clean up the ocean, the debris keeps coming, as if it has an endless current of waste. People are frustrated of how much the ocean is being polluted; after months of cleanup services, by obtaining hundreds and thousands tons of garbage, the ocean is still contaminated with debris.

Recycling and going green has been at the forefront of everyone's mind for the last 10 years. It has become a major concern to able to preserve the planet and reverse some of the damage that society has been inflicting over the last two hundred years. Everyone's concerned with emissions and electric cars but the world is in fact over two-thirds water. So naturally what society should be concerned about should be the oceans in the pollution and negative human impact that people have placed on them. Part of the problem as an initial estimate of the amount of plastic is not accurate. Not to mention incredible environmental and ecological effects the plastic has on marine life. Ocean plastic has reached a critical level where human intervention needs to take place.

The oceans face many types of pollution every day, every second. The ocean is our greatest ecosystem and out most valuable resource. A common misconception is that the rainforests are the lungs of the planet however, the majority of our oxygen is made via the algae in the sea. The oceans feeds, hydrates, and provides us with oxygen; ironically enough, despite its monetary value to mankind, it is what is treated the worst. For ages we have been dumping our trash, chemicals, and waste into the oceans with no fear or regret, almost an “out of sight- out of mind” mentality. People once and still assume that the oceans are so vast that all of the pollution is diluted and would be dispersed through out, going unnoticed. However, dilution is a myth and an idea that renders ocean dumping to be less impactful. Even so much of the man made pollution is becoming even more concentrated and have entered our natural food chain. However vast the waters of the ocean are, they are not meant to house all of these external factors. There are many alternatives to marine pollution including recycling, finding alternative trash dump sites, cutting down on harmful chemicals for agriculture, and most importantly having the ability to recognize when a problem is developing and counter act, immediately.

Oceans, the iconic feature of our earth covers almost 70% of the surface. Apart from transportation and communication needs, oceans are a home to millions of species and closely associated with many different human needs, challenges and economies. Literally, they present oceans of

In the article, “The World’s Largest Dump: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch”, it mentioned that the UNEP indicates that today 80% of all marine debris that washes ashore such as trash and toxic matter originally comes from shore based activities such as fun parties at the beaches and picnics. For example the cups that gets blown off the beach in San fransicso then it finds its way to the patch. The inland, rivers and streams carry trash to the sea. Marah Hardt who is fellow from the Blue Ocean Institute, mentions that a lot of people are not aware of the negtive impacts they have on the ocean because they can’t see it. They think its far out there while their waste, garbage disposals, drainpipes, and sewers lead directly to the ocean. Factories dump and Air pollution seeps are just examples of how the oceans become pulleted.

Beachgoers, the ones that love to be in the sun, love to go into shores. Marine debris trashes the beaches everyday and can pose threats to the loving beachgoers that just want to have fun. Beachgoers can reduce this problem by throwing the trash away, and going out and volunteering to help minimize these wonderful sites. Beachgoers would not be themselves if they did not have the ocean. They can help protect their loving sea. Another very important stakeholder are fishers. Fishermen and women love the ocean to fish. There are a lot of generation on generation of fishermen. Marine debris can alter their fishing skills. The debris can get in the way of fishing. Also, the debris can kill the fishes off. The fishermen won’t be able to enjoy fishing because the fishes will already be dead.