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LAC2 S1 COMP 8.6 Persuasive Essay 1st Draft R TungFong Ocean Pollution
LAC2 S1 COMP 8.6 Persuasive Essay 1st Draft R TungFong Ocean Pollution
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Ocean Pollution
Water covers more than 70% of our planet. Life revolves around water, it
helps feed the world and provide for millions of lives. We all have to understand that
the ocean’s resources are limited. If we don’t protect the ocean it will eventually be
gone. The ocean is home to most life on Earth, from microscopic algae to the largest
animal on earth, the blue whale. The ocean is threatened by pollution because of
people and sometimes natural causes. In order to protect this other world of life, we
must raise awareness to stop polluting the oceans. It seems to be an easier and
cheaper solution to just use the ocean as a toxic waste dump hoping that the ocean
can filter or recycle itself. Warming temperatures and overfishing are also negatively
affecting ocean waters and marine life. If we don’t act quickly, the sea will have to
suffer the consequences, then the world that we live in may not be as great a world
Before Columbus’s day, People assumed that the oceans were endless, but he
has proved that to be incorrect. Even In the 20th-century people still, believe the
ocean has unlimited resources because of its vast size. It’s only recently that
scientists have come to understand the devastating effects that we have done to our
oceans natural resources. In fact, every day the single-use plastic bags, water
bottles, drinking straws, and all kinds of plastic waste among 40,000 tons of garbage
from the major cities of America alone are dumped in the ocean. We witness this
pollution crisis happening all around the world. Currently, there is only very little
protection for marine life even though our global fish population is a critical source of
food for millions of humans. Overfishing is also a huge threat and can destroy the
balance of the ocean’s ecosystem all over the world. The chemical waste from
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commercial tankers, container ships, offshore drilling, and oil spills have a heavy
impact on the health of marine life as well. This directly affects humans health
Life began in the ocean millions of years ago. But for a very long time, we have
taken the ocean for granted, acting as though it has immutable systems and infinite
resources. We have continuously polluted the oceans waters. This trend has not
decreased but instead, it has increased as time passed. The amount of waste is
likely to increase by an order of magnitude by 2025. We throw about 140 million tons
of plastic into the ocean. Most ocean life is killed by new chemical products that are
not only toxic but also keep displaying the same outcomes wherever they end up.
We must protect the seas and help the ocean heal. If we truly understand and
The management of plastic clearly needs to change. “We currently only have 14
Business in 2015. First of all, we need to start lowering the production of plastic and
begin educating people to cut back the usage of the plastic bags. If we teach our
children to use less plastic and recycle more, it will help improve the environment.
Let us stop abusing our natural resources for even the ocean has its limits.
In conclusion, ocean pollution is a global problem in the world that risk many
organisms. It is important to think seriously to solve all pollution in the sea because it
is a place to keep marine species alive. Encourage recycling and reinforce the law,
use polluter pay principals, take individual action to use environmentally friendly
material. Also, we all have to consider that the ocean is one of the important
sources for humanity. If the ocean is polluted and or contaminated, it will directly
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cause an impact on human health and marine organisms as well as cause habitat
destruction for many living creatures. And we can take action as countries and
continents to make the world less polluted. By working together, we can make