Central Idea: Understanding the consequences of pollution helps communities to protect the ocean.

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Consequences of pollution

Laws of the ocean

Since 1989 it has been illegal to dump plastic into the ocean .But nowadays it still happens because of strong wind or accidents and even storms that washes the trash from land into the sea .To add most plastic waste that was dumped before 1989 is still remaining in the ocean.

The most known impact in the ocean is the ingestion, suffocation and entanglement of hundreds of marine species. In addition, a lot of these substances, like plastic and others, are known to be carcinogenic and to interfere with the body’s endocrine system, causing developmental, reproductive, neurological, and immune disorders in both humans and wildlife. Water is uniquely vulnerable to pollution. Known as “universal solvent,” the water can dissolve a lot more substances than any other liquid in the entire earth

The pollution is getting worse and worse and it's destroying our oceans. The monumental impact of pollution is far-reaching. We are taking a closer look at the recent causes of ocean pollution, it is a step we can take to fight it. Our oceans are being polluted. And being destroyed by us. Unfortunately a lot of trash and other types of pollution gets in the ocean every year and it is destroying the biggest part of the planet which is the ocean.

Tons of plastic goes into our oceans every year.

When the wind carries the pollution into the ocean it is a big problem. Items like plastic bags and Styrofoam containers boxes do not decompose so the whole marine environment is affected by these things and other materials. A lot of animals die because they swallow plastic and other things that prevent them from breathing and when we fish then we have to clean them before eating.

There is so much pollution in the ocean and it is really serious.

The most visible ocean pollution and that hurt the marine life the most is plastic the sea creatures are suffocating and ,hundreds of marine animals are entangling in the trash that we dumping in the water

Pollution entering our oceans from both man-made and natural activities is affecting marine ecosystems throughout the world. And the danger isn’t just to marine animals: most of the pollutants that enter the ocean come from the land, according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. Animals often eat these pollutants which means humans will as well.

Scientists have estimated that up to 100,000,000 metric tons of plastic trash are in the world’s oceans.

Plastic

The hungry sea turtles are confusing their favourite food, jellyfish, to plastic because the plastic looks similar to jellyfish when it is floating, because of that turtles are swallowing bites and pieces of plastic that is blocking the way to real food and that is why many turtles are starving to death .

Black oil

Crabs are getting covered with black tarry oil and hundreds and thousand of other sea animals are suffering the same .Seabirds have unknowingly landed their wings on the thick sticky liquid that sunk them to the bottom of the ocean that leaded them to suffocate them to death while their lifeless bodies are being crashed into the rocks.

Information from: national Geographic kids-extreme ocean or natgeo.com/info by sulviaa.e,savetheocean2016.wordpress.com and assignmentpoint.com,arcadia.com

Action

Our action was making brochures. The brochure was about how we can stop ocean pollution and how it affects us and the marine animals. We have already given all our brochures and now we hope that they understand why our oceans are so important.

Interviewed: Stephane Arekion