The History of Pollution in the Ocean

How the Health of the

Ocean has changed.made by- Yumi, Luis, Didrick

W A T E R P O L L U T I O N I S A H U G E P R O B L E M

O I L S P I L L S

oil spills is wasted spilled oil that hurts the oceans/marine life

706 million gallons of oil spilled into the ocean EACH YEAR

N O T T H A T P R E T T Y & H A R M F U L

-706 million gallons of waste oil enter per year into the ocean

-adult fish experience reduced growth if contact with oil

-damage to eye/loss of vision

-poisons and interrupts food chain

-mass mortality/contamination of fish/long term ecological affects

H U R T S E V E R Y B O D Y

B I O A C C U M A U LT I O N

Bioaccumulation is a gathering of substances, such as pesticides, or other chemicals.

When a small fish eats waste and then a bigger eats the small fish, the waste ends up in the bigger fish.

All that waste ends up IN US!!

W E N E E D S H A R K S

S H A R K F I N S O U P

G L O B A L W A R M I N G

ice is melting because of global warming and oceans are rising while the human population is growing

-some fish/plants can only live in some temperatures (bad food cycle)

-about 30% of CO2 is absorbed by the ocean in the last 200 years.

-the heat from sun affect the ocean

D Y N A M I T E F I S H I N G

E X P L O S I O N I N W A T E R - K I L L I N G F I S H A N D T H E E N V I R O N M E N T

C O R A L D Y I N G / P O L L U T I N G W AT E R