Story Of Earth
Human Effects On The Ocean
5 Negative Impacts on The Ocean
-Toxic Waste Can Kill off a bunch of algae also cause serious depletion of dissolvedoxygen supplies for animals. scientists also found higher levels of man made chemicals in marine animals.
-Oil spills can kill a lot of animals like the Gulf Oil spill in 2010.
-Littering Plays a Role in damaging the ocean life
-Overfishing Is Quickly Declining the number of fish in the ocean
-Runoff From fertilizers can create vast dead zones and deplete oxygen from animals in the ocean including fish
5 Postive effects that can fix the negatives
-Artifical Reefs can provide a home for marine animals
-Throwing away trash can help and participating in beach or waterway clean ups can help improve the oceans Ecosystem.
-For oil spills using Dispersants Can break up an oil spill into very small droplets
-Being very much aware of Manufacturing processes and clean alternatives to products