Oceans are Filled with Trash

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Air & Water Pollution

What is Pollution Doing to Earth?

Pollution, like water and air pollution, are creating a process known as the Greenhouse Effect. This is causing the climate to change and get warmer, which affects the homes of many organisms. For example, the polar ice caps are melting which is making sea levels rise. Many other things can happen, but we have a chance to slow it down and clean up what we have done to Earth.

 

Here are some Ways Humans have Impacted Oceans

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.


The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an island of trash larger than twice the size of Texas.

Innocent animals are dying because of humans polluting their oceans.


Innocent animals are dying because of humans polluting their homes.

Pollution is harming coral reefs, where many species of animals live.

Pollution is harming coral reefs, where many species of animals live.

Causes & Effects

There are many ways humans increase global warming.

There are many ways humans increase global warming.

Humans increase global warming by doing many activities. For example, burning fossil fuels (like coal, oil, and natural gas) is important to many of us for electricity, heating, and transportation.

Humans impact the normal Greenhouse Effect with activities that we do daily.

Humans impact the normal Greenhouse Effect with activities that we do daily.

Many human activities increase greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere, This results in global warming, which the increase of temperature. This affects oceans because the surface temperatures of the oceans rises and increases the sea level. This leads to changes in the climate patterns around the world.

There are many Organizations Already Helping

The Ocean Cleanup

The Ocean Cleanup

This nonprofit organization aims to rid the oceans of 90% of the plastic pollution they have due to humans. For more information, go to https://theoceancleanup.com/ or click on the button.

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There are many other organizations which aim to help the ocean become cleaner. Here is a list of a few of them.
  • Ocean Conservancy

  • Oceana

  • Surfrider Foundation

What Can We do to Help?

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Join river and beach cleanups

There are many cleanups around in communities. These help the ecosystems around the affected area.

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Recycling

Recycling helps the oceans by keeping the plastic we use out of the oceans.

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Grow a Natural Garden (without fertilizers)

Fertilizers eventually end up in bodies of water and harm the organisms living there.