The Impact of Global Warming on the Nature Around Us
As global warming is getting worse so is the nature that surrounds us. More and more trees are getting cut down and more roads and buildings are going up. People litter all over the place, but what they don’t realize is, most of that trash ends up in the ocean. Our beaches are becoming dirtier and trash filled. As a member of the Surfrider foundation, I preach to keep our beaches clean. Cleaner beaches and a cleaner ocean make more a better environment because the ocean makes up about 70% of the world. As a human, would you like to sleep in trash or a pool of oil? Neither does the marine life. One of the most recent contaminations was BP’s oil spill they created. More than 8,000 birds, sea turtles, and marine mammals were found injured or dead in the six months after the spill, says the NWF (national wildlife federation). As humans, we are our own worst enemy. The reasons why some animals are extinct or endangered are because people hunted them too much. The same goes for the ocean. If you’re over fish sharks, whales, or fish there will be a long term affect that will cause them to become endangered or even extinct. This oil spill will have a long term effect on the surrounding fish and ultimately have an unbalanced food chain. If a certain fish dies off, then the superior fish will have to look for new food and essentially mess up the whole order of the food chain. “It was an accident” cannot be an excuse anymore. People need to be aware of the damages they cause to marine life and how things can vanish. That old saying “you don’t know what you have until it’s gone” applies to this scenario perfectly. People throw their trash, cigarette butts, and even banana peels where ever is convenient for them without realizing the damage they are causing to nature. Another huge effect is the great pacific garbage patch. This includes an island made up of plastic and chemical sludge that just sits and collects more trash. Because of this, there is literally no marine life