The reason water conditions become more favorable for algae is because ocean temperatures are rising due to global warming. ... Toxic waste are poisonous materials that are being dumped by industries (and individuals) into sources of water that flow to the ocean. Toxic waste is the most harmful form of pollution and is destroying many forms of ocean life. ... Carbon dioxide pollution is another pollutant affecting corals. ... Reefs are at risk of extinction due to pollution, rising water temperatures and toxic chemicals. ...

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Like the plants and animals in the forests, many others are going extinct because of pollution caused by humans. ... Many glaciers hold the majority of the earth's freshwater supply but with them melting into the oceans, lack of fresh water will be a major problem. It is said that lack of fresh water on this planet is a looming crisis that is slowly breaking up on an apathetic world. It is further said that 1 per cent of water on this planet is for humans and about 2 per cent of that is locked up in ice that is slowly but surely melting, uselessly, into the oceans. ... Global warming is b...

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Congress also began to take charge and help clean our oceans by passing the Clean Water Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, and the Endangered Species Act. These acts are key laws that help protect our ocean from pollution, over fishing, endangerment and many more issues. ... Our actions such as egg collecting, hunting for sea turtle meat or shells, accidental capture in fishing nets, damage and loss of important habitat, and marine pollution have an effect that makes sea turtles more vulnerable to extinction. ... Pollution from the main land also has a big im...

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They have good vision underwater, but they are nearsighted out of water. ... The Olive Ridley's are endangered because of the pollution in the water, because of illegal poaching of eggs, and because of fish and shrimp nets. ...

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They contribute to the air we breathe, the water we drink, food we eat, and also provide recreation. ... The pollution seen in the ocean is a result of human rubbish that is discarded which then proceeds to float in the ocean. ... Likewise, the Deep-water Horizon BP oil spill, which occurred in 2010, is still present in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil still washes up on the shores of the Gulf and as the temperature climbs the oil in the water and the shore begin to liquefy and bubble within the soils of the Gulf. ... As pollution worsens, it is clear that we are struggling to govern our oceans. ...

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In the last decades the problems of atmospheric change have been gravely advanced by pollution resulting from human activities. ... So warmer ocean water, with added melt-water from glaciers, will rise by twenty inches to five feet in the next 50 to 100 years. ... Salt water will pollute freshwater wells that millions of people use for drinking water. ... Ways must be fond to use irrigation water more effectively. Conservation will also be important for drinking water supplies. ...

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Oil finds a way into the water quite often. ... This is bad for birds, because they depend on being water-resistant, and the oil destroys their natural water-resistant coat, causing the feathers to absorb water, which makes it hard for them to fly. ... Here are some of the protection measures being taken, as quoted from EPA's oil spill protection website, (http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/sfund/oilpp/oil.html) "EPA's Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control plan (40 CFR 112.7), Facility Response Plan (40 CFR 112.20), and Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA '90)". ... The ocean...

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Areas of study include systematics, ecology, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, parasitology, reproduction and development, mariculture, ocean farming, pollution biology, energy resources and conservation. ... Most marine biologists work around the water on the docks or on boats researching marine life. ...

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Sea levels also continue to rise is because the hotter temperature cause the ocean water to expand. ... This could happen in many different islands around the world and if the water keeps on rising as it is, then farming land near the seashores will be flooded and the crops will be destroyed and many farmers will be left without much to live off of. ... that would spread in puddles of water that mosquitoes would drink out of due to the heat. ... Those cities that are not totally wiped out by the water will eventually be hit with hurricanes much more severe than any other one in history. ... We...

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The reaction of carbon dioxide with water forms weak carbonic acid (H2C03) that leads to increased acid levels in the ocean. ... For instance, one study showed that some cold-water reefs to be less sensitive to the ph acidity change when the process occurred slowly. ... Other issues that related to the ocean acidification process and that are also minimizing the life of coral reefs are global warming activities more so due to the industrial activities that emit a lot of CO2, minimize water pollution, dredging destroys the coral reefs and other human activities such as overfishing. ...

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