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The Ocean Life & Environment
"No water, no life. No blue, no green" said Sylvia Earle, an American marine biologist. I wondered around YouTube to find legendary Sylvia Earle who was the first female chief scientist of the U.S National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who was also named Hero of the Planet in 1998 on Time Magazine. She talked about how because of thr abuse from humans have done to the ocean we may all one day die. Whatever happens to the ocean, will eventually effect us all. In the past 50 years we have taken, ans eaten more than 90 percent of the fish in the sea. As well as coral reefs are disappearing in an extreme fast rate more then ever before. She is one of the few people who are trying to make an end on the suffering of the end of the world. Which is basically going to be caused by the damage in our oceans.
My First Trip to the Beach: On September 16, I went on my first trip in a very long time to the beach! After taking my first few classes of Oceanography I went to the beach with a new mind set. I had fun at first enjoyed the water waves, sand beneath me, and all the little crabs underneath the wet sand. After I started to notice all the trash that was around. I picked up as much as I could before I had to do other things. I first saw a face mask and a paper straw cover. And then I saw beer bottles and juice containers abandoned near the pier. Plastic cups on the sand. I then realized just this small amount of trash I found is a very very very small percentage of what is out there. Trash from selfish people left behind after partying. I noticed on that pier people throwing stuff and spilling drinks into the ocean. It made me so so sad. I do plan to go back and pick up so much more. It makes me so sad that when it comes to in real life scenarios most people turn the other way when it comes to the severe damage of trash pollution on our oceans.
Trash on the beach can cause horrible damage to our oceans and life as we know. Trash from human behavior. Trash from the beach is can travel throughout the worlds oceans and rivers, accumulating overtime. The debris of the trash, how is physical habitat, threatens aquatic life, and also transports chemical pollutants. As trash, accumulates habitats can be modified such as light levels may be reduced an underlying waters and oxygen levels may be depleted. It is estimated a plastic debris affect at least 267 species globally, including 86% of sea turtles, 44% of seabirds and 43% of marine mammals. It’s so sad that these sea creatures mistake some trash debris, thinking it is food. For example, sea turtles consume, plastic bags, and other debris that appears similar to prey that they feed on such as jellyfish. Humans can also be hard by aquatic trash, becoming entangled in that’s in Lyons was swimming or diving. Or being injured by sharp debris on the beaches. But it’s nothing compared to the impact. It has on the ocean and marine life.
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