Ocean Dbq

The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a fictional memoir written by Neil Gaiman. The story took place in contemporary England. The protagonist, also the narrator, was a 7-year-old boy who later became friends with Lettie Hempstock. She was an older girl living at the end of the lane. The narrator and Lettie Hempstock experienced a series of fascinating adventures. The antagonist, Ursula Monkton, appeared to be a friendly and good-looking nanny, actually tried to control the world. She was revealed as a monster towards the end of the book. During the confrontation with Ursula, the narrator saw enormous amounts of things that he had never seen before, and gained courage by stepping up to dangers. However, Lettie was severely injured in a fight

Humans are supposed to co-exist with the ocean and take care of it. Even though it is easier to just ignore and forget about what is happening under the surface of the ocean, people should want to so do their share to take

Earth's oceans are dying. “About 80% of the ocean around the world is polluted with chemicals industrial and residential waste, all of which comes from the land” (“Marine Problems…”).  Pollution is mainly coming from the people. Marine pollution should be stopped because it is the cause of many problems and if something is done about it, people will see an increase in sea life and healthier waters. It makes its way into the ocean and kills marine life. Ocean pollution is affecting the way of fisherman and their everyday lives. It is also very bad on the community because pollution is very bad on tourism. Ocean pollution should be stopped because it is poorly affecting marine life, it is not good for fishermen, and is very bad on tourism.

People disrespect and pollute the ocean. They do this because they are either from underdeveloped countries, don't care, think because they litter a little bit it doesn't matter, they know about it and don't do anything about it, and sometimes causes for it are on accident, some of the damage to animals is from populated and developed countries. When people put animals in danger of pollution they tend to die down. The animals are at threat. Hopefully people can change their ways.

The oceans face many types of pollution every day, every second. The ocean is our greatest ecosystem and out most valuable resource. A common misconception is that the rainforests are the lungs of the planet however, the majority of our oxygen is made via the algae in the sea. The oceans feeds, hydrates, and provides us with oxygen; ironically enough, despite its monetary value to mankind, it is what is treated the worst. For ages we have been dumping our trash, chemicals, and waste into the oceans with no fear or regret, almost an “out of sight- out of mind” mentality. People once and still assume that the oceans are so vast that all of the pollution is diluted and would be dispersed through out, going unnoticed. However, dilution is a myth and an idea that renders ocean dumping to be less impactful. Even so much of the man made pollution is becoming even more concentrated and have entered our natural food chain. However vast the waters of the ocean are, they are not meant to house all of these external factors. There are many alternatives to marine pollution including recycling, finding alternative trash dump sites, cutting down on harmful chemicals for agriculture, and most importantly having the ability to recognize when a problem is developing and counter act, immediately.

Oceans cover approximately 75% of Earth 's surface and are vital to this planet and the people who inhabit it. Oceans provide food, natural resources, and recreation for nearly everyone in this world. Unfortunately Oceans have been receiving mass amount of pollutants including oil spills, toxic waste dumping, and industrial dumping. These pollutants will have negative impacts on the wildlife in the ocean, as we are seeing already with the Coral Reefs, and soon enough it will begin to affect our lives as well.

People are still dumping garbage in the ocean and putting nuclear waste at the bottom of it. These acts kill multiple species of animals. which results in the lack of biodiversity in the ocean. An entire coral reef and its inhibitors like fish and sea sponges can die all because of one oil spill or pile of garbage. Once that coral idea the fish living inside of it will die or have to be moved because there home was lost. Some people say, “But we don't have to rely on the ocean to survive why does it matter?” The reality is that humans do rely on animals in the oceans. If the animals that eat other animals from the ocean die then a lot of land animals will be killed. Unfortunately for some people this isn't good enough, so lets introduce the economy. The economy is directly affected by the ocean. If there are no more fish to catch then the economy of the US would drop majorly especially the state of

Marine pollution is a serious ocean water resource challenge that can affect human and animal food resources. Unfortunately human activities are the largest contributor and cause of problems resulting from the oceans being polluted. Furthermore, as the human population continues to grow and extend the range of its activities, as well as increase its demands for marine goods and services, the world’s oceans and coasts will be increasingly stressed. In fact, growing coastal populations and overuse of marine resources are the main source of the problem. The pollution linked with rising coastal populations, availability of inadequate treatment infrastructure of sewage and other waste handling facilities is putting at risk human health and

Everything in this world we use comes from the ocean in some way. The air we breathe, the water we drink, even the products we use day to day, would not be possible without the ocean. That's why the issue of ocean pollution is so important and needs to be addressed as soon as possible. We depend on the ocean for so much in our life, without it we would surely become extinct. People seem to think that since the ocean is so large and vast, we can dump as much waste as we'd like into it and it will never have an effect on us. However, since we've been polluting the ocean as far back as Roman times, the evidence of ocean pollution becoming a major problem is all too clear.

Humans are killing the oceans, or are they? There are many opposing viewpoints to the controversial topic of human activities effects on the oceans and its ecosystem being displayed on social media. According to Louise Gerdes the author of Endangered Oceans: Opposing Viewpoints It is not difficult to find different opinions (9). There are many different outputs of media that have different points of view and it can be extraordinarily difficult in deciding which opinion to agree with and which experts seem the most credible (9). With so many concepts, various articles, and so much research out there it is hard to get a strong informed opinion about how human activity is or is not effecting the ocean and its ecosystem. Endangered Oceans: Opposing Viewpoints; goal is to help the average reader form an educated opinion or to help strengthen the opinion of the average reader by supplying opposing views in articles about the topic written by credible people. According to Louise Gerdes all of the articles used in Endangered Oceans: Opposing Viewpoints have credible authors. Two of the articles that stand out are “Human Activities Threaten the World’s Oceans and Coastal Regions” by Anne Platt McGinn who is a senior researcher for the World watch Institute (19) and the article “Human Efforts Are Improving the Condition of the World’s Oceans and Coastal Regions” by Frank E. Loy who is under-secretary for Global Affairs, U.S. Department of state (28).

As the world develops and the human population grows there is more pollution being dumped into the oceans, causing major problems to marine life and ecosystems. Major causes of marine pollution involve non-point pollutants, marine garbage, toxic ocean pollutants and sewage disposal in oceans. From heavy metal poisoning including lead and mercury killing predators such as sharks and whales, to waste getting trapped in the digestive tracts of marine animals, this essay focuses on how human interference causes horrifying problems to the marine life, but also how to fix it. It will also explore the normal activities of people including farming and how this can cause an imbalance in an ecosystem. Everyday activities can cause massive nutrient

What on earth are we doing to our oceans? The ocean is not our personal or “easy” trash can. There were many animals harmed and were even killed by our trash and we do not even think twice about it. Even if you’re just sitting on the beach and you have wrappers around you, they could easily be swept away from you and end up in the ocean. Studies done in the North Sea shows that fulmars, a type of

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Our oceans are in trouble and need help from us. They are being threatened by everything from pollution to overfishing to g. The worst part of the ocean having all these problems is that they are caused by a single species on the Earth: humans. For several years humans have been making new and better technology that improved the lives of the humans, but have actually hurt other species that were having their habitat polluted by toxins given off as a byproduct of the technology that was improving the lives of humans. Most of this started around the industrial revolution when manufacturing and trade was exciting and new to many people (so exciting that they did not think of where to put the waste from the factories and mils. Soon enough America would be threatened with a poisoned water supply that would cause people to worry. However the only problems that the people of this time period knew how to solve was the problem of the physical waste dumping. Research in this time period was not advanced enough to tell the unseen effects of the unseen byproducts (Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere). This lack of knowledge would turn the world and its oceans upside down. One of the first environmental issues (not necessarily formed by pollution) is overfishing and this is something that early settlers knew nothing about they thought that whenever they fished that there were millions of other fish out there and that fishing too much would be impossible. To their utter surprise, what

Pollution may not seem like a very huge deal, maybe because we are so used to it or maybe we don’t pay attention. But a very big part of pollution is in the ocean; “Marine pollution occurs when harmful, or potentially harmful, effects result from the