Ocean Pollution Chelsea Quackenbush

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Ocean Pollution• Ocean pollution, also known as

marine pollution, is the spreading of harmful substances such as oil, plastic, industrial and agricultural waste, and chemical particles into the ocean.• Land-based sources (such as

agricultural run-off, discharge of nutrients and pesticides and untreated sewage including plastics) account for approximately 80% of marine pollution, globally.

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How much harm is being done?

• One million sea birds and 100,000 marine mammals are killed annually from plastic in our oceans.

What is…

What could be…

1. Use trash can with a lid2. Drink tap water in a reusable bottle3. Be a green boater 4. Write your legislator 5. Clean up the beaches6. Use an ashtray so cigarette butts don’t reach the ocean7. Sort your trash so items can be recycled8. Bring a reusable coffee mug, or shopping bag9. Buy less to reduce the trash in the ocean10. Send letters to companies asking for less packaging

Works cited • www.silencelikethunder.com• knswb.org.au• www.theguardian.com• www.outerbanks.com• www.dailymail.co.uk• www.americanreef.org• www.oceanconservancy.org• www.unesco.org• www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6IP3_aRFtA• www.pinterest.com• www.onegreenplanet.org• saveourshores.org• deviantart.com