Whales and Pollution
By: Brendan Roberson 3A
what/how are the pollutions affecting the whales
- Noise Pollution
Whales use their sense of hearing for many purposes; such as hunting for prey, navigation, migration, and distinguishing the members of the same species, but with so many artificial sounds in our oceans its difficult for whales to distinguish them all.
- Littering
Littering can also lead to death of whales and many other organisms because of toxic substances in trash ( oil, detergents, pesticides, trash) that once eaten by whales can often lead to their deaths.
- Water Pollution
water polluted with nutrients can lead to huge growth of toxic algae which when eaten by Whales may cause serious diseases and death.
Noise Pollution
harmful or annoying levels of noise
Oil Pollution
An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment primarily because of humans.
an estimated 300,000 whales die because of fishing activities and pollution each year