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    Kalai Cacal Mrs. Punzal English 27 September 2017 Name Ocean Pollution The ocean is a great resource for many people and a way of life especially for the people in Hawaii. In Hawaii people fish, dive, kayak, paddle canoe and surf. The ocean provides food for many families and is a consistent place of refuge that holds many memories and traditions. People today are very careless and wasteful and unfortunately much of their actions are causing damage and devastation to the coral reel. Everyone

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    Have you ever wondered what is life like without plastic? Today, all around the world ocean pollution is still active. The community is trying to figure out a great solution to stop ocean pollution. Most of the time no one knows that he or she usually uses water for everything in beverages and food . Well, it seems like when people drink water it's like they’re actually drinking the ocean . People pass by around places that he or she never been to ,could possibly have dangerous things in our waters

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    Environmental issues such as ocean pollution is caused by the careless acts of humans. Ocean Pollution is a serious environmental issue that is slowly killing our largest water source and many innocent sea creatures. Some things we will be looking over is the causes and effects as well as the way it is severely killing and destroying not only marine life, but their homes. One of the biggest sources of pollution is called nonpoint source pollution, which occurs as a result of runoff. (What Is the

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    Ocean acidification is caused when the CO₂ from the air enters into the ocean and bonds with sea water creating a toxic acid called carbonic acid. Carbonic acid reduces the natural pH levels of the water which as a result has been increasing the ocean acidity by 30%. This reduces the calcium concentration in the water, making it hard for crustaceans like crabs and prawns to build their shell. This means that they are more vulnerable to predators, and we can all figure out what happens when an entire

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    Ocean pollution is caused by many factors where society is the major contributor to this problem. The causes are Gyres, Oil Spills and Land Runoffs. In order to keep our oceans clean we should control the amount of trash that is produced. Gyres When something so huge and beautiful like the ocean is threatened by the Garbage Patch it is important to protect it. There is one thing that connects everyone, no matter where they are at, which is the ocean. The ocean is not only home to animals, but it

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    I. What is Ocean pollution and what causes it? A. Ocean pollution, also known as Marine pollution is the negative effects caused by chemicals, industrial, agricultural, or residence waste, entering the ocean. 1. Eighty percent of pollution to the marine environment comes from the land a. One of the biggest sources of is called nonpoint source pollution. (US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2008) b. Nonpoint source pollution entails many small sources like

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    biofermentation with regard to environmental factors will be discussed and evaluated. Ship pollution is a huge source of ocean pollution, the most devastating effect of which is oil spills ("Causes and Effects of Ocean Pollution”). Ship contamination is a gigantic wellspring of sea contamination, the most crushing impact of which is oil Spills. Unrefined petroleum goes on for a considerable length of time in the ocean and is amazingly lethal to marine life, regularly choking out marine creatures to death

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    there a realistic way to end ocean pollution?” I would like to research this topic due to the fact that I find it astounding that the ocean covers 70 percent of the entire earth and it contains 97 percent of the Earth’s water supply, yet ocean pollution does not seem to be a very talked about or important issue. I would like to discover why more people are not caring about this matter and trying to find ways to clean up the ocean. People should care because the ocean effects the lives of all of us

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    for ocean pollution I would have to say, is spring break. Many pictures have been shown of trash covering the ground on beaches and if the trash is not picked up, it will get taken by the ocean. Although, this is not the only place that ocean pollution comes from. Chemicals will runoff from other sources and into the water and pollute it. About water pollution, noaa.gov states, “One of the biggest sources is called nonpoint source pollution, which occurs as a result of runoff” (Ocean Pollution”).

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    The ocean is one of the biggest components of the world’s ecosystem. Today, countless amounts of people are completely unaware of how much of an impact the ocean has on our world. If we continue to destroy our oceans our world can be thrown into dystopia. The ocean is responsible for the food on our tables, and weather patterns. We also might be able to have other world crises be solved if we clean up our oceans, like global warming. The ocean produces half of the oxygen we consume, also one-third

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