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    research Journal Australian Marine Life Script: Introduction Throughout Australian’s seas lurks a silent killer. In Australia, rubbish is getting worse with plastic pollution, it is not only heavily used beaches that get affected with so much rubbish floating in the water but everywhere else in the world. The predator is plastic and it’s floating in our ocean and it is coming from the coast. This constant barrier (the equivalent of 136 billion milk jugs each year, estimates a study published

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    and mixing up the mess.The problem is compounded by the aquaculture industry, which uses enormous amounts of plastic in its floats, nets, lines and tubes. The most common floats and tubes found in the deep ocean and on Hawaiian beaches come from huge sea-urchin and oyster farms like the one that created the oyster-buoy island. Those buoys were torn from their moorings by the tsunami that walloped Japan on March 11, 2011. But no regulatory remedies exist to deal with tons of plastic equipment lost accidentally

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    By the year 2050 plastic bottles will outnumber fish in the ocean. Last year a study by the National Academy of Sciences showed that there are over five trillion pieces of plastic currently littering the ocean. Many people believe that throwing away plastic would have negligible impact on humans and animals, this is untrue. Thousands of birds, turtle, seals, fish, and other marine animals die every after entangling themselves in or consuming the tons of plastic currently in the ocean. Plastic is

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    The Ocean Research Paper

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    Man Eating Animals Information on the man eating animals and kinds of animals. The man eating ocean Piranha it can rip you to shreds in less than 30 seconds. The great white shark they kill a hand full of people a year. Another deadly animal is the sea nettle it is a jellyfish that can stun people and fish and its prey and sink its prey. The next killer fish is the man eating viperfish it has huge clear teeth, creepy eyes and skin and can rip you apart in less than 5

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    Abstract: Marine debris was collected and placed into categories at Long Key State Park in the Florida Keys. Data was taken on Thursday, March 26th, 2015. The total number of debris collected totaled at 835 items. The most common type of marine debris collected during this experiment was assorted plastics totaling at 513 pieces (61.43%). Many of the debris collected where small and unidentifiable. Introduction: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) define marine debris

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    Poachers Research Paper

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    The heartbreaking viral video of one Olive Ridley turtle getting a straw removed from its nose made headlines, http://www.care2.com/causes/researchers-pull-plastic-straw-out-of-sea-turtles-nose-in-heartbreaking-effort-to-help.html but the sad truth is the entire species is crying out SOS. The turtles don't need to be saved from plastic -- they need to be saved from poachers. After centuries of overexploitation, Mexico is enlisting the help drones and marines to save the turtles in the beaches of

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    Marine waste has been a problem for some time now. However, it has recently become an issue that is in need of attention. As stated in the article Plastic Island, Midway Atoll is covered in many corpses of dead birds. When researchers examined the carcases, they found that the cause of death was the fact that the birds consumed pieces of plastic, causing malnutrition. 64% of waste in the ocean is created from shoreline and recreational activities (Marine Debris is Everyone’s Problem). Thousands of

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    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. What it means to you Plastic pollution affects every waterway, sea and ocean in the world. When we damage our water

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    the ghosts of notorious pirates, maybe even Blackbeard himself had come back to silence the coastline. My imagination was chuck full of childhood tales—I could picture infamous pirates wielding silver cutlass swords and gallant king’s men battling at sea, but the sand was deserted and even the wind now held its breath. “Bro, we’ve fallen down the rabbit hole or something. I know were not in Pixie Dust anymore . . . but where the heck are we Wonderland?” Mason said in full meltdown mode. “And . .

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    Sewage transfer In numerous parts of the world, sewage streams untreated, or under-treated, into the sea. For instance, 80% of urban sewage released into the Mediterranean Sea are untreated.This sewage can likewise prompt eutrophication. Moreover, it can bring about human illness and lead to shoreline terminations. Dangerous chemicals-Almost every marine living being, from a minor tiny

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