Save ocean ,

save marine life

 Importance of Oceans to Mankind
The oceans cover over 70%of the Earth’s surface, carry out
about 50% of global primary production and support the
greatest biodiversity on the planet. They are also one of the
largest carbon reservoirs in the Earth system, holding up to 54
times more carbon than the atmosphere. The oceans therefore:
• Regulate the Earth system
• Supply living and non-living resources
• Provide social and economic goods and services
• It is an important source of food.
• Connects continents and islands
• If we could capture just 0.1% of the oceans kinetic energy
caused by tides , we could satisfy the current global energy
demand 5 times over.
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 Factors causing risk to Marine life
The marine ecosystem gets our attention for different reasons,
the fact remains that consistent increase in the level of
pollutants has degraded water bodies across the world to levels of
irreparable damage and 80 per cent of marine pollution originates
on land, in different forms of pollutant, mostly as a result of
various human activities. However plastics contamination poses
the biggest threat, the list of pollutant to the marine
environment remains long with sewage, pesticides, industrial
chemicals and other garbage.
• Ocean Dumping
• Ocean Acidification
• Oil Spills
• Plastic Pollution
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 Solutions to reduce Ocean pollution
Ocean pollution is a combination of chemicals and trash, most of
which comes from land sources and is washed or blown into the
ocean. This pollution results in damage to the environment, to
the health of all organisms, and to economic structures worldwide.
Here are some practical ways that you can help reduce ocean
pollution:
• Use fewer plastics
• Avoid chemical fertilizers
• Recycle Lower your energy use
• Avoid ocean-harming products
• Eat sustainable seafood
• Reduce your carbon footprint
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 Action plan to be taken
• Don’t use Disposable Razors
• Plastic garbage bags should be replaced
with marine ‘bio degradable’ refuse bags
for disposing-off food waste.
• Reduce Pollutants. Choose nontoxic
chemicals and dispose of herbicides,
pesticides, and cleaning products
properly. Oceans are getting sicker,
let’s do something quicker
• beach clean-ups to reduce debris and The oceans deserve our respect and care,
trash polluting them is not at all fair
• Using supplies that come in reusable or Splash in the water, play in the sand;
if the beaches are clean, life is just grand
recyclable packaging and containers. The sun and the sand makes beaches beautiful;
Link to be opened marine pollution has made their condition pitiful
• https:// Don’t treat oceans as universal garbage cans;
or gods will ruin your bright future plans.
THANK YOU
By Kavya Mehta , IX-A , 23