Question How effective is the protection offered by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, in order to preserve the marine environment? ... Although the Convention on the Law of the Sea is not exclusively an environmental treaty, this essay focuses on the effectiveness of the protection given by UNCLOS III to marine environment. ... " (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982). ... Pollution by Dumping at Sea and Land-Based Pollution The first (1) article of the Convention on the Law of the Sea, provides a clear concept of dumping as "any deliberate disposal...

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Global warming also causes the sea level to change as a result of oxygen levels in the earth's atmosphere. ... Scientists can estimate the magnitude of the sea level rise given the thermal expansion of seawater and the melting of ice associated with sustained global warming by monitoring mountain glaciers around the world, NASA observations, commercial forecasting by Accu-Weather, and satellite photographs. ... NASA photographs have proven that the level of sea ice has declined by two percent in ten years. ... The sea level has and will continue to rise at the rate of the temperature r...

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Many of them lead to another, some of the evidence includes: sea level rise, global temperature rise,warming oceans,shrinking ice sheets,declining arctic sea,glacial retreats,extreme events,ocean acidification,decreased snow cover, etc. ... Some facts about the evidence are: Sea level has rose 6.7 inches in the last century which is double of the last century, the temperature of the earth has been rising since 1880 and the warmest years have been in the last 12 years, the top 700 meters of the oceans have warmed .302 degrees since 1969,etc.. ... In the current day, which can probably be seen ...

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The world needs an educated persons who will save it, keep it clean and clear, so parents' rule is providing a good environment for their children. ... "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" (Nelson Mandela). We need the persons who will change the world for a better life. ... Numerous sea-going creatures get hurt from this waste and there is so much plastic and other refuse in our seas. 300 billion pounds of plastic is created around the globe, and just a part is reused, while a large portion of the rest wind up in the seas. Some of the d...

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Several current trends clearly demonstrate that global warming is directly impacting on rising sea levels, the melting of ice caps and significant worldwide climate changes. ... The water shortage will cause a demand in the investment of water filtering plants around the world. ... Global warming has made a tremendous impact on the world due to "mother nature's fury" of natural disasters. ... Protective measures to head off coastal flooding from rapidly rising sea levels will be costly. ... It's costing the world billions and billions of dollars to confiscate the damage it ...

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Each year, the human population around the world increases and with it the degree of excessive consumption that leads to the waste of materials into the sea. ... The estuarine system supports resident species, migratory, and also to the external, coming from one of the 3 mouths which has the system to the sea. ... It has unique Conditions in pH, nutrients, temperature due to the mixing of fresh and salt water and serves as a settlement area and sediment retention; material that does not go to sea, where it could affect corals (Laureano, 2011). ...

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One of the world's top tourist destination and Thailand's Capital, Bangkok, often referred as "the City of angels",is the place where I grew up. ... It is now The continuing land subsidence could submerge our city in a salt sea. ...

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