Ocean Pollution
Ocean of Trash
Take Away the Trash
The world's oceans are filling with bottles, wrappers and other flotsam. It is harming our oceans and sea creatures.From everyday litter like plastic bags, food wrappers and drink bottles, to car batteries, kitchen appliances, enormous fishing nets and industrial waste - the trash accumulating in the ocean is turning our beautiful reefs, lagoons and sea-grass meadows into rubbish dumps. It continues to make its way to the most remote ocean places and can remain for generations. Much of our waste products do not biodegrade and many plastics, for example, break down into smaller fragments posing danger to marine life and human health.
air pollution
. When large tracts of land are plowed, the exposed soil can erode during rainstorms. Much of this runoff flows to the sea, carrying with it agricultural fertilizers and pesticides.
soil pollution
Soil contamination can lead to poor growth and reduced crop yields, loss of wildlife habitat, water and visual pollution, soil erosion, and desertification.Ha
zardous waste and sewage spills
noise pollution
concern are the noises generated by underwater communication, military sonar, seismic airguns surveys, seafloor oil and gas processing, and shipping noise, and the impacts on cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises), pinnepeds (seals and sea lions), fish, and marine invertebrates.
Endangered Sea creatures
Every year tens of thousands of marine animals and seabirds die from eating or getting tangled in marine debris - our waste in the ocean.The rubbish you remove makes the ocean safer for marine life and the information you report can help convince individuals, governments and businesses to act against marine debris. sea turtles are being killed from plastic bags mistaking from jellyfish.Over one million seabirds are killed by ocean pollution each year. Three hundred thousand dolphins and porpoises die each year as a result of becoming entangled in discarded fishing nets, among other items. One hundred thousand sea mammals are killed in the ocean by pollution each year
Dive Against Debris
Take Action
Together, we can change and work towards a clean, healthy ocean planet .your local actions can contribute to a clean, healthy ocean.The more you pick up and help the more sea creatures your helping.Reduce the effects of climate change on the ocean by leaving the car at home when you can and being conscious of your energy use at home and work. A few things you can do to get started today: Switch to compact fluorescent light bulbs, take the stairs, and bundle up or use a fan to avoid over setting your thermostat.