Ocean Pollution
Imagine you are in boat and you are paddling through a sea of plastic, you look around and frantically try to get to land but you can see no land, no life just rubbish for miles and miles. Unfortunately this is not the past or the future it is now in some places.
My name is Isabel and I am going to talk to you about ocean pollution.
How much pollution is going into the ocean and what is it?
1.4 million kilograms of rubbish enters the ocean each year and thousands of tons of waste is dumped into the ocean on a daily basis. The biggest sources of pollution are land based sources such as oil, dirt, septic tanks, farms and motor vehicles. When I say farms what I mean is all of the cows pollute the waters by doing their business in the rivers that lead out to the seas. Mainly all of the waste comes from the sewage pipes which run throughout the grounds leading out to the oceans because people put their rubbish in the drains. There is a great rubbish patch in the Pacific Ocean which is all of the rubbish from different seas are joining together as one big patch in the ocean.
What happens to the animals?
Well 1 million seabirds and 100,000 sea mammals are killed each year by pollution. How this happens is either: the animals get covered in oil, they get tangled in the rubbish or they swallow the waste and get killed! If this keeps happening I will scream at everyone even random people if they litter! Did you know a sperm whale was found dead on the coast of Spain. After an autopsy, they discovered that the whale had swallowed 17 kilograms of greenhouse supplies such as sheeting, rope and flowerpots that had been discarded into the Mediterranean ocean.
How can we stop pollution?
One for starters we can stop chucking stuff in the drains and put your litter in the bin, I mean that is what bins are for aren't they? And two someone needs to invent plastic bottles and other plastic waste edible for the sea creatures so if you throw waste away (which you still shouldn't do) the creatures can eat it and still not die. Our lives also depend on the sea and rivers because where do you think our water comes from? If our water isn't clean then what will we drink?
