So the oceans are perfect and there are no problems?
Not quite.
Here are seven major issues facing the ocean:
1. Overfishing
- wiping out species (the ones they're catching and the ones that depend on those for survival)
- can cause marine animals to starve
- to recover we need fishing bans
-eating fish because it's healthy
-using fish oil
The Question to Answer: Where do we get our seafood?
2. Predators being killed for their fins
- killing sharks
- they help regulate the number of other species
- overpopulation
The Question to Answer: How do we get rid of the flavor for fins?
3. Ocean Acidification
- the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide naturally, but when we release so much
CO2 in the atmosphere it because overloaded
- the ocean pH balance is dropping
- these pH values existed 35 million years ago
- can no longer support life
The Question to Answer: How do we reduce our CO2 output?
4. Dying Coral Reefs
- support sea life
-global warming is the main cause
- coral bleaching (makes the coral more fragile)
The Question to Answer: How do we stop climate change?
5. Ocean Dead Zones
- areas in the ocean that don't support life because of a lack of oxygen
- growing (over 400 known to exist)
- reducing the amount of pesticides that run into the ocean could help
The Question to Answer: How do we become independent from pesticides?
6. Mercury Pollution
- ends up in our food
- coal plants
- work their way up from animals lower on the food chain
The Question to Answer: What's an energy source to use besides coal?
7. Garbage
- patches of trash in ocean
- animals get hurt/die
- clean ups
The Question to Answer: What do we do with our human waste?
Here are seven major issues facing the ocean:
1. Overfishing
- wiping out species (the ones they're catching and the ones that depend on those for survival)
- can cause marine animals to starve
- to recover we need fishing bans
-eating fish because it's healthy
-using fish oil
The Question to Answer: Where do we get our seafood?
2. Predators being killed for their fins
- killing sharks
- they help regulate the number of other species
- overpopulation
The Question to Answer: How do we get rid of the flavor for fins?
3. Ocean Acidification
- the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide naturally, but when we release so much
CO2 in the atmosphere it because overloaded
- the ocean pH balance is dropping
- these pH values existed 35 million years ago
- can no longer support life
The Question to Answer: How do we reduce our CO2 output?
4. Dying Coral Reefs
- support sea life
-global warming is the main cause
- coral bleaching (makes the coral more fragile)
The Question to Answer: How do we stop climate change?
5. Ocean Dead Zones
- areas in the ocean that don't support life because of a lack of oxygen
- growing (over 400 known to exist)
- reducing the amount of pesticides that run into the ocean could help
The Question to Answer: How do we become independent from pesticides?
6. Mercury Pollution
- ends up in our food
- coal plants
- work their way up from animals lower on the food chain
The Question to Answer: What's an energy source to use besides coal?
7. Garbage
- patches of trash in ocean
- animals get hurt/die
- clean ups
The Question to Answer: What do we do with our human waste?