Category: Environmental Issues

Trash is one of the world’s biggest unsolvable problems, there is just too much garbage and its slowly killing our planet. In Edward Humes book Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair With Trash, he states Americans make more trash than anyone else on the planet, throwing away about 7.1 pounds per person per day, 365 days…

Stop ocean pollution!!! On a yearly basis, thousands of tonnes of plastic and other harmful pollutants end up in the ocean. Where do these pollutants first originate? Where do these pollutants…eventually end up? And why is it remotely tolerated? the pollution in the oceans is killing animals and killing the plants and killing the microorganisms…

Introduction Plastic pollution in the waters has been a massive environmental issue affecting the entire ecosystem. A recent study estimated that a minimum of 5.25 trillion plastic particles are floating within the water bodies, weighing 268,940 tons (Eriksen et al., 2014). Plastic particles are hazardous objects to marine organisms that either become entangled or ingest…

Ocean Trash It is sad that marine animals are suffering because of all the trash humans are putting in our oceans. As a matter of fact, endless flows of trash are entering our oceans. This human-made trash is being released into lakes, oceans, and waterways. Trash enters our oceans when humans litter, industrial leakages, and…

Our ocean is flooded with two main types of pollution: chemicals and trash. Chemical contamination occurs when human activities, notably the use of fertilizer on farms, lead to the runoff of chemicals into waterways that ultimately flow into the ocean. The increased concentration of chemicals, such as nitrogen and phosphorous, promotes the growth of algal…

Abstract: The introduction portion gives a brief explanation of what the Dead Zone is, how its caused, what it causes, and offers my hypothesis stating that this problem causes damage to the seafood industry that will worsen if it isnt addressed. The research method consisted of reading through different scientific case studies found in the…

 Raising awareness of the impacts of microplastics as well as plastics in the ocean and educating people on what can be done to combat this should be a major part of trying to reduce the concentrations of plastics in the ocean. Using evidence from social sciences and psychological studies, to better understand the risk, social…

 Just imagine life without plastic around the world life would be different, most of the objects we use on our daily bases are all made of plastic, and we cannot live without it. But unfortunately, we people in the UAE are throwing plastic waste all over the UAE. Plastic pollution in the UAE is one…

Have you ever looked into the sky at night and seen it so unclear, have you not wondered why the sky doesn’t look like the sky from New Hemisphere? Research states that it is due to pollution in the air. Pollution should be considered a threat to the world because it is adverse to the…

The remains of Jill Scott, a 7-year-old girl, were found last week by the tree line of a farm in Texas. She had been dismembered and partially devoured. Jill Scott was the victim of feral hogs that had invaded the west and southwest. Invasive species such as the Burmese Python, European Starling, Lionfish, and Feral…