Human Impacts on Ocean Ecosystems
Exploring negative and positive impacts have on the ocean
5 negative impacts humans have on the ocean
1.People being careless and throwing trash and waste on the street letting it flow to a watershed and eventually into the ocean
2.Oil from ships spewing into the ocean a 100 gallons at a time
3.Pollution from factories turning into acid rain over the ocean and polluting the ocean
4.Over using fertilizer to where it flows into rivers and eventually into the ocean
5.Collecting fish faster than they can reproduce
5 positive impacs humans have on the ocean
1.Cities influencing residents to recycle and prevent littering
2.companies joining efforts to clean up oil spills or donating money to help
3.Using bikes and electric cars to lower the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere
4.Using less more effective fertilizer so it doesn't flow into a watersheds
5.Using smaller nets and throwing back pregnant fish