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    This article, “Oceans of Pollution” is written by Dahr Jamail. He presents this article with many details to support his argument. Two main topics with support are used, which is how plastic is causing a great pollution affecting the fertility rates of the fish because fish can ingest tiny sizes of plastic therefore harming the creatures. As well, another topic in this article is the dead zone affecting the ocean, caused by natural environment, climate changing the temperature and human factors.

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    As our Oceans begin to saturate from Human’s carbon dioxide pollution, its marine inhabitants suffer as a consequence of our ignorance. Rises in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels result in ocean acidification affecting the marine life inhabiting areas such as coral reefs, which are also being bleached by the change in carbon dioxide levels. Current studies led by marine biologists suggest the ocean's carbon dioxide levels are off balance and are destroying the marine ecosystems, by stunting fish

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    Essay On Ocean Pollution

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    ecosystem. Bodies of water such as oceans, lakes, rivers, and seas cover nearly 70% of the earth, which makes them a very valuable asset to the human population (Mambra 2017). Oceanic pollution has been an ongoing problem for years, but it is increasingly getting worse. Main causes of ocean pollution are ocean dumping, land runoff, oil spills, littering, ocean mining, and noise pollution. The dumping of waste into the ocean is the most common cause of ocean pollution because this has been known as the

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    Cause Of Ocean Pollution

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    the Earth’s surface is water. The oceans are home to many animals like dolphins, sharks, jellyfish and much more. However, due to the pollution, the sea life is suffering. Ocean, marine, pollution is “the spreading of harmful substances such as oil, plastic, industrial and agricultural waste and chemical particles into the ocean” (Rinkesh 1). The pollution in our oceans is increasing every day; Therefore, it is important we take control and decrease the pollution in the water. There are many causes

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    the environment harming oceans. The ocean's ecosystem can not handle the extensive impact of today’s agriculture. The acidity of the ocean continues to increase, making the ocean’s ecosystem unstable for marine life. In order to restore oceans back to their original state, the government needs to adopt policies to help oceans face today’s agriculture. Today’s agriculture is producing high levels of nitric and sulfuric acid, which is being released into the air and ocean. The production of these

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    Pollution is a highly increasing, man- made issue that is continually degrading the quality of the environment. Ocean pollution, industrialization and air pollution are intertwining significant causes to large degradation of the health status of our oceans, air, and people. Polluting one landmark of the Earth creates an even more dangerous lasting impact on the others. Pollution is continually becoming an issue that could potentially become irreversible if immediate actions are not taken. It is urgent

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    Pollution is tearing the world apart weather it is the carbon dioxide that is pumped into the atmosphere by cars and other machinery, or deforestation and depletion of natural resources but a secret killer is on the loose. Scientists say that there is more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic in the oceans and that number is rising rapidly. Charles Moore’s idea of a cleaner ocean is to stop plastic dumping, The Ocean Cleanup and Richard Grant deepen his idea worth spreading by providing facts about

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    the whole entire world. The oceans holds almost sixty percent of our oxygen that not only we the people need to survive but creatures too. In the past four decades the population of sea creatures have nearly declined by fifty percent. A reason that could be a huge cause for the declination of the population is pollution. Pollution is the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects. Pollution in the ocean can be oil spills, agricultural

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    Pollution is causing our entire ocean ecosystem to go downhill. While many people are oblivious to that statement, there are also many good minded people who can see the truth. The amount of trash that is being put into our oceans, even intentionally, is mind blowing. “There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean. Of that mass, 269,000 tons float on the surface, while some four billion plastic microfibers per square kilometer litter the deep sea” (Ocean Trash). All of that trash

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    makes me appreciate the ocean a lot more than most. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1.4 billion pounds of trash a year ends up in our oceans. This enormous number does not belong to our beautiful blue oceans that take up more than 70 percent of earth. If this doesn’t catch your attention right away, then how about our oceans being slowly destroyed as we move on with our daily lives might help you become aware. For starters ocean pollution is when direct or indirect

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