World Ocean

The ocean, a curious home for a galore of variant creatures filled with wonder. With creatures bigger than humans, and others smaller than the tips of an eyelash. Nowadays, humans are incredibly interested in traveling into outer space to discover new territories, but Earth has an entire other world right underneath the water's surface. Ever since I was young, I had an infatuation with marine life and ecosystems. This exorbitant and ominous body of water can occasionally look entirely dull from

such as global warming. The oceans of the world seem to be under attack from mankind and nature itself. Global warming is causing the melting of the polar ice causing the level of the oceans to rise. Garbage patches of plastic particles are floating in huge areas with some settling to the ocean floor. Acidification of the ocean water from fertilizer use is causing large so called dead zones where oxygen deprivation kills off plant and aquatic life. Many areas of the ocean have been dumping grounds

Ocean litter “The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it”, Robert Swan. Pollution has been around for as long as there has been man-made products. Ocean litter is just one of the multiple types of pollution. Ocean litter affects the entire world and can happen in many ways, it causes severe problems and needs to be stopped. We are using the ocean as a landfill and it does no good to the ecosystem or the economy. Pollution is a major issue and needs to be

With ocean pollution’s rapid growth, concerns about the negative effects of ocean pollution have led to increased research. It is shown that “more than 4.8 million metric tons of plastic waste enters the oceans from land each year” (An Ocean of Plastic). As that number is already large it continues to get bigger. Majority of the litter dispersed into the ocean came from land because of human activity. Whether it is intentional or nonintentional, the waste released into the ocean is because of humans

seventy-one percent of Earth is covered by oceans. This massive body of water provides homes to millions of species of marine life. Over the years, the amount of fish has decreased rapidly due to the practice of overfishing. Overfishing has become such a massive problem that if there is no stop put to it, it could destroy the ocean’s and the Earth’s future. Fortunately, an organization named Oceana was founded for the sole purpose of saving the oceans. Due to the overuse of fishing, the population

The Oceans are the most diverse biomes in the world, for they cover 71% of the planet. Life in the ocean evolved 3 billion years prior than land, and it still has over ¾ of all the habitats on Earth. Humans have always posed threats to the delicate marine environment, yet it still is thriving. Without the marine biome humans and other animals alike would not be in existence, for evolution of the first life would never have occurred, and we would not have a strong enough atmosphere to support life

Over the past year, 12 percent of the oceans reefs have become bleached due to ocean acidification. Ocean acidification and in turn coral bleaching, is due to carbon pollution causing global warming, this makes the oceans warmer, thus making them more acidic. Coral reefs and shellfish cannot survive these levels of acid in the water. In particular the Great Barrier Reef, one of the seven natural wonders of the world, is suffering from this bleaching. The Great Barrier Reef has been declining in recent

Bryce Andersen McCarthy Period 1 5 April 2017 Water Pollution Water pollution has been an issue for decades here on Earth. Wildlife that lives in or near the ocean are being harmed because of all the trash and waste in the water. For Example: 70% of industrial waste are being dumped into water. Because of all this industrial water, 64% of lakes are not clean because of water pollution, 44% of streams are not clean because of pollution, and 30% of bays are not clean because of water pollution. In

The oceans are a critical part of all living things survival. Earth is made up almost entirely by oceans, about 70% of the earth’s surface is covered in water. About 97% of all water on earth is contained in our oceans, and about half of all the air we breathe is provided by plants and organ-isms that live there (Laurence, 2010). Our oceans are key in providing home to small organisms creating the base of our food chain. Though marine habitats are being destroyed by a number of different factors

Looking out in the deep ocean many thoughts come to mind one being fear, fear of the unknown in the ocean, but should we really be fearing the ocean or should it be fearing us? Humans play a very main role in the world. We are the ones in charge of keeping the world safe and preserving it. As humans we need to work very hard to prevent things from happening. The daily things we do can really effect the world around us without even knowing. From the things we eat to how we through out things we need