There are many different aspects that contribute to ocean pollution. ... When the ocean waters are polluted, the food and water that the whales ingest are infected and, in turn, infect them. ... One of the big contributors to ocean pollution is oil. ... Industrial, agricultural, household cleaning, gardening, and automotive products regularly end up in water. ... The sei whale lives in the waters all over the world, and is endangered because of the pollutants in the water. ...

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Pollution is a major problem concerning our beaches. ... A National Resources Defense Council report on water improvement, in which water is tested annually, showed that a record number of beaches had been shut down nationwide and advisories for swimmers were posted. ... If we do not try to stop beach pollution, we will constantly be subjected to raw sewage, floating garbage, fecal bacteria, oil spills, and many other types of waste. ... If any form of bacteria is present in the water, the public is notified immediately. ... "One thing that people still get mixed up is water quality vers...

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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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As a result of there being more intense heatwaves, in urban areas air pollution can get worse increasing the chance of getting heart attacks, strokes, and asthma attacks. ... That is bad for us because of the problems that we already have with water management and conservation. ... Because of the heavy rain that we are getting from global warming, pollution, sediments, and nutrients into our only drinking water which our entire lives depend on. ... Also our fresh drinking water will be contaminated by the saltwater and it would become undrinkable. ... A study conducted by the United States Env...

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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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Water makes up the largest part of the biosphere, the Marine biome is larger than all other water and land biomes put together, it covers nearly 75% of the Earth's surface. ... It does not change because water does not heat up or cool down quickly. ... Many companies, especially the ones that are near rivers and lakes, use the surrounding water as dumps. They dump tons of oils, acids, and scraps into the world's water every year. ... Even though big companies are trying, they still are giving off pollution, if not into the water then into the air. ...

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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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This evaporated water will eventually return to the earth as rain or snow. ... First, as the surface water of the oceans gradually warm, the seawater will expand. This phenomenon is known as thermal expansion - as water is heated, it expands and takes up more space. ... As the ice covering these lands melts, huge quantities of water will flow into the oceans. ... Warm temperatures can increase air and water pollution, which in turn harm human health. ...

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Everyone must work together to stop the pollution and destruction of our coral reefs and the environment around it. Corals are animals, not plants and have very specific requirements for light, temperature, water clarity, salinity and oxygen. ... This happens when the water level is low, exposing the reefs too much more light than needed. ... The sedimentation that comes after the runoff of water stripes the corals and exposes them to disease. ... These animals have a very low tolerance to temperature or water condition changes. ...

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