Marine Pollution Essay

There are many human activities and industries that causes marine pollution within our oceans. There is not only one source that causes marine pollution, there several other factors involved as well. One source of marine pollution is NOx and SOx, these are chemicals that are found in ship emissions that gets released into the environment through smoke; NOx and SOx are known to be very harmful to marine life (Raunek). Because of the fact that there are many types of ships out there in the ocean, the amount of NOx and SOx that goes into the ocean is plentiful no matter what because wherever the ship goes, these harmful chemicals are left behind, killing and harming almost every marine organism in its way. The next source of marine pollution is runoff and discharge that come from land (ocean.tamu.edu/). The largest discharge that enters the ocean comes from land is sewage, both industrial waste and sewage sludge(ocean.tamu.edu/). For many years, sewage has been dumped into the depths of the oceans. The sewage that has been collecting in the depths of the ocean can cause severe effects on the organisms around it; the sewage sludge can either poison or kill surrounding organisms. In addition to sewage, the oil industry is another source of pollution. The oil industry are responsible for the occasional, yet catastrophic oil spills; the oil industry are also responsible for small oil leaks that occur regularly as well (Bernard). Oil spills such as the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 which affected many people and organisms alike. The 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had killed over 7,000 sea turtles, birds, and dolphins, and that doesn’t even include fish (Park). Because of an oil spill, thousands marine animals may have ingested or breathed...

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...wledges the fact that algal blooms is a detrimental effect of pollution that harms its surrounding organisms and that it must be stopped. Another organization that is helping prevent marine pollution in Ocean Conservancy. Ocean Conservancy does many things that help the marine environment. For one, they hold the International Coastal Cleanup every year, which happens to be the world’s largest volunteer effort to help clean up the ocean and waterways (oceanconservancy.org). Ocean Conservancy also does research and share key facts about the source of trash in the ocean with everyone; includes the public, the scientific community, and even decision makers. Ocean Conservancy has taken several actions to prevent trash from entering the waters, they do this by working with everyone from individuals to businesses to change the behaviors that cause trash within the ocean.