the South Pacific collides with cooler water from the north‚ and this is where the garbage comes together. This gyre is quickly becoming a plastic landscape‚ filled with waste and debris from human disposal. Interesting enough the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is more than just a floating island‚ but also involves debris that is located underwater for miles. Consisting mainly of plastic‚ the Great Pacific Garbage Patch isn’t biodegradable‚ meaning “the microbes that break down other substances don’t
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coast marine debris. Photo: Candace Feit A simple walk on any beach‚ anywhere‚ and the plastic waste spectacle is present. All over the world the statistics are ever growing‚ staggeringly. Tons and tons of plastic debris (which by definition are waste that can vary in size from large containers‚ fishing nets to microscopic plastic pellets or even particles) is discarded every year‚ everywhere‚ polluting lands‚ rivers‚ coasts‚ beaches‚ and oceans. Last year‚ an estimated 150‚000 tons of marine plastic
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environmental issue of polluted oceans‚ the causes‚ and possible solutions. The current environmental issue is littering in the ocean. Everyday hundreds‚ thousands‚ and even millions of trash is dumped into the ocean. Hundreds of marine species eat large amounts of plastic debris. “Yet the question is why so many species from the tiniest zooplankton to whales‚ mistake so much of it for food has never been fully explored” (Parker). Some studies say because of the smell of the algae in the ocean. That very
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and World Report‚ states how the oceans are being polluted by the trash going within it. Another article “Managing Marine Plastic Pollution‚”John H. Tibbetts‚ was published in Environmental Health Perspectives‚ demonstrates how the pollution is greatly impacting the ocean. The article “Trashing oceans” utilizes ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos in a superior manner as compared to “Managing Marine Plastic Pollution” because it holds factual information and draws the reader’s interest. In “Trashing the Oceans
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Today billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences making up about 40 percent of the world’s ocean surfaces. Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles‚ seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ingesting plastic or getting entangled in it. Endangered wildlife like Hawaiian monk seals and Pacific loggerhead sea turtles are among nearly 300 species that eat and get caught in plastic litter. It’s time to
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Marine Pollution Marine pollution has become a major global issue. It is now becoming a serious concern that the ocean will no longer be a safe place for marine life and humans. There is a growing concern that pollution causes serious problems nowadays particularly health problems. This essay will argue that marine pollution should be addressed immediately. Firstly‚ the causes and the effects will be discussed‚ and some solutions to hoe marine pollution can be reduced. To begin with‚ marine pollution
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into our oceans‚ but the people who do it still find ways to get around the rules. They just don’t seem to care about the problems we are going to face in the future with this. The ocean gets polluted in a couple ways‚ waste chemicals and plastic debris. Recycling needs be a big priority in our world. Eighty percent of all the trash in the Pacific Ocean is plastic. I believe that if we don’t do small things like recycle. It will get worse and worse. Therefore we must start by recycling
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propensity of increasingly over-consuming‚ discarding‚ littering and thus polluting‚ has become a combination of lethal nature. Types Plastic pollution on plants. Plastic pollution occurs in many forms‚ including but not limited to littering‚ marine debris (man-made waste that has been released in a lake‚ sea‚ ocean‚ or waterway)‚ plastic particle water pollution‚ plastic netting and Friendly Floatees. A large percentage of plastic produced each year is used to make single-use‚ disposable packaging
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Pacific ocean which is heavily polluted with plastics and other waste. The Pacific Garbage Patch is twice the size of the continental United States‚ stretching almost from California to Japan. Warning 4. Plastic debris in the ocean is responsible for the deaths of over 100‚000 marine animals each year. It is estimated that the Pacific Garbage Patch will double in size over the next 10 years if consumers don’t do something to reduce their use of non-biodegradable waste. Prevention/Solution 5.
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Niamh Leah Frances Edmonstone Imagine one day the whole ocean turning into a giant patch of toxic trash. People have been trashing the ocean for years‚ but now there is too much trash out there and it is destroying the environment and killing the marine life. If we don ’t try to stop this issue from escalating in the near future‚ The Great Pacific Garbage Patches size will increase rapidly and have huge effects on the planet we live on. Charles Moore‚ an oceanographer and a yacht racer‚ discovered
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