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- 3. Who is affected? -Animals - Plant life - Humans
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- 5. How much garbage isthere really?
- 6. What can wedo to help?
- 7. Facts about marine pollution ●Animals like turtles can think plastic bags are jellyfish and try to eat them which can cause blockage in the stomach and will result in death ● If someone eats a fish contaminated because of pollution they may become fatally ill ● The biggest source of marine pollution is land ● Excessive nutrients from sewage outfalls and agricultural runoff have caused “dead zones”, places with very little amounts of oxygen which can not support marine life and may result in ecosystems collapsing ● There are close to 500 dead zones covering more than 245,000km2 which is about the size of the UK ● Annually about a million seabirds are killed due to plastic debris and about 100,000 marine animals ● Scientists believe that if we keep on how we are, our children may never see dolphins and certain fish
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- 9. Bibliography: First image: www.pacificoceanmarine.com%2FmarinePollution.htm&ei=ECdWVb6XC4qHyATm9IHwDA&bvm=bv.935640 37,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNFkSoED4q7CsfNXYflq1m3vy7tNNQ&ust=1431795854023587 Second image: http://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-teaching/our-research/centre-compassionate-conservation Thirdimage: http://imgbuddy.com/plastic-in-ocean-animals.aspFourth image: http://imsurfriderdrafts.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F03%2Fpage%2F4%2F&ei=7yxWVdO8BdiyyATMyoGwD g&bvm=bv.93564037,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNH9TOlH9m_eI-J_ITwUJAxr_mg3eg&ust=1431797093412432 Fifth image: oceanworld.tamu.edu%2Fresources%2Foceanography- book%2Foilspills.htm&ei=NDBWVbXGHIyvyASomYHoDQ&bvm=bv.93564037,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNGUElJv KrpvF_zhXmrXvjFvEe4Kng&ust=1431798194743636 Sixth image: ocean.nationalgeographic.com%2Focean%2Fphotos%2Focean- pollution%2F&ei=fzFWVemGDs6dygTp6oHADg&bvm=bv.93564037,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNH2EuQV7M1lTuc a_ie6Uzm47Hq9Vg&ust=1431798524996003 Facts & info: http://www.seeturtles.org/ocean-plastic/ & https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-pollution
Editor's Notes
- #3 Marine pollution -Marine pollution - The pollution of a body of water resulting in the harm of the community of living things in the water e.g. Ducks eating plastic, sea lions caught in discarded nets, dolphins getting caught in plastic soda holder The pollution of a body of water resulting in the harm of the community of living things in the water e.g. Ducks eating plastic, sea lions caught in discarded nets, dolphins getting caught in plastic soda holder
- #4 Animals aren’t the only things affected when the ocean is polluted. Our drinking water is also affected and the plant life can be killed by the chemicals in the water.
- #5 Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, whales, and other marine mammals, and more than 1 million seabirds die each year from ocean pollution and ingestion or entanglement in marine debris.
- #6 In the Pacific Ocean, the North Pacific Gyre is home to the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”, a large area that is approximately the size of Texas with debris extending 20 feet (6 meters) down into the water column. It’s estimated that this “plastic island” contains 3.5 million tons of trash and could double in size in the next 5 years. Researchers have also estimated that for every 2.2 pounds (1 kilogram) of plankton in this area, there is 13.2 pounds (6 kilograms) of plastic.
- #7 Well one is just don’t throw away garbage into the ocean and if you see something like a fishing net floating around pick it up. To help make up for the water lost due to pollution help with the UNICEF tap project where unicef will donate enough water for one day of living to a child in need for every 15 minutes you don’t touch your phone. Donate to a marine conservation charity like seeturtles.
- #8 Animals like turtles can think bags are jellyfish People can become fatally ill from eating fish of a polluted area The biggest source of marine pollution is land Sewage outfalls and ag. runoff can create dead zones Close to 500 dead zones = to size of UK 1 mill. seabirds killed every year because of plastic debris Our kids will never see dolphins and certain fish