Global IssuesGlobal Issues

By: Marieka Erb

• How can we helpHow can we helpnot pollute the not pollute the world’s oceans and world’s oceans and keep them safe?keep them safe?

“Maritime Safety and Pollution”

Who is being affected by Who is being affected by this and how?this and how?

• Water Pollution is not just a problemfor divers, surfers, beach swimmers and fishermen.

• If you drink water then it is also your problem!

How pollution travels to the ocean.

Pollution…Pollution…1. *Garbage Dumpingi. Dropping materials into the

water.ii. Garbage, bathing water,

plastics…iii. Can come from Sewage.

i. Pipes overflow & garbage travels to a river or the ocean, or finds a way to the ocean another way.

2. *Oil Pollution.i. 37million gallons of oil

accidentally spilled into the ocean each year.

ii. 60million gallons in ocean each year.

iii. “glues” animals feathers togeteri. Clogs fish gillsii. Blocks sunlight from the

plants.(No Photosynthesis)

iii. Slows down plant and coral reef growth.

• Sewage and Wastewater

• Industrial Waste

• Oil Pollution

• Atmospheric Deposition

• Marine Dumping

• Radioactive Waste

• Underground Storage Leakages

• Global Warming

Animals that are affected…• FishFish• PlanktonPlankton• DucksDucks• BirdsBirds• DolphinsDolphins• CrabsCrabs• SharksSharks• Algae Algae

Recycle Oil, Garbage and anything that you can to help

your earth.

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• Nurdles found on the beach.^^^• A 2001 study of beach debris in Orange

County California found that 98% was nurdles.

• Huge quantities have been found inthe Indian and Pacific Oceans,the Bay of Bengal and offshore waters in the Philippines.

Pacific Garbage Patch

Graphic Art- Plastic Garbage Mass in the North Pacific Gyre Garbage Patch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a4S23uXIcM&feature=player_embedded

The North Pacific Garbage Pactch

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnUjTHB1lvM

Twice the size of Texas

Animals don’t really live there and plants don’t grow very easily. The water there is normally flat calm. No winds.

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