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    Everything on earth has a purpose. Like the ocean. The ocean provides more than half of the oxygen in the atmosphere. It is also 97 percent of the Earth’s water. Everything that you wear, eat, and drink happened because of the water provided from the ocean. No matter what it’s hard to live without the ocean. Now what would happen if the ocean was polluted? The seafood that we eat would get infected so we will be eating infected fish, our water would be contaminated and our body can become infected

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    million birds and 100,000 sea mammals are killed by pollution every year. Ocean pollution occurs when harmful substances reach the water. Most of the sources of ocean pollution originate on land, dust, blowing debris, toxins, and particles. Not only does pollution cause harm to animals, it can also cause harm to humans. People exposed to soil pollution have a higher risk of getting cancer including leukaemia. Continual exposure to air pollution harms the lungs of children and may aggravate or complicate

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    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. People are linked to the oceans in many ways that they can understand and others that are not

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    catastrophe for our oceans and marine life? For many years now, all of Earth’s oceans have been harmed by plastic pollution. According to Miranda Wang, “right now, the ocean is actually a soup of plastic debris, and there’s nowhere you can go in the ocean where you wouldn’t be able to find plastic particles” (Wang and Yao 1:50). Careless people assume that since the ocean is so large, dumping plastic into it will never affect us. Each day a piece of plastic waste enters our oceans: “In 2015, engineer

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    and marvelous ocean blue. Enjoying the sunset and hearing the amazing sound of the waves is the best feeling ever. This proves some of the best things in life are free. The oceans are one of the most important natural resources on the planet. The oceans serves as a source of energy and raw materials but due to ocean pollution is causing major consequences to sea animals. Mainly the ocean pollution comes from plastic in the ocean but also, “6.4 million tons of garbage enters the oceans every year”

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    percent of it remains unexplored by humans; the ocean, the lifeblood of planet earth. From its coral reefs to the solitary creatures that lurk in its depths, the ocean is home to numerous amazing creatures, from enormous whales and sharks to tiny fish, each specie serving as an indicator for the oceans health and maintaining the food chain. Unfortunately, all of this is at risk as a result of the neglect and carelessness mankind has shown towards the ocean. Individuals, governments and corporations

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    because of carless people. Ocean pollution has a big amount of effects on the wildlife. There are also a lot of different kinds of pollution, from noise to offshore drilling. There is a lot of different ways that the trash gets in the ocean causing population. Pollution in the ocean is killing animals and endangering habitats; this is also having major effects on tourism. It’s more than just trash in the ocean and it causes more problems than everyone thinks. Ocean pollution has effects on the world

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    Waste             The ocean is a vast, and magnificent body of water; it stretches for miles all over the world. In truth, 71 percent of the earth is water-covered, moreover, 96.5 percent of all the water contained within the Earth is ocean water (water.usgs.gov). Comprised within these bodies of water the Indian, Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic oceans, are millions of sea animals. These animals alike are at a high-danger risk, due to waste and debris throughout these oceans, such as, plastic, metal

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    it sustains. Ocean Pollution also known as Marine Pollution is defined as the spreading of deleterious substances such as human, industrial, and agricultural waste, oil, plastic, chemicals and much more. An article from the NOAA states “Eighty percent of pollution to the marine environment comes from the land.” Humans are responsible for the destructruction of the oceans, therefore it is our obligation within every citizen in playing there part to keep our oceans clean. Ocean Pollution doesn't only

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    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

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