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Marine Environment
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Marine Environment
Discusses human & industrial pollution, effects, alternative solutions and the need for change in public's lifestyle.
2,250 words (approx. 9 pages) |
12 sources |
1989
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"Two thousand miles from the American mainland, a young hawksbill turtle is found stranded on a Hawaiian beach. George Balazs, a sea turtle biologist from the National Marine fisheries service, details what he found in the turtle's gut: ". . . a plastic Ziploc bag, about eight inches square. It contains a mass of garbage, . . . a golf tee, shreds of bags and sheeting, bits and pieces of monofilament line, a plastic flower, part of a bottle cap, a comb, chips of styrofoam and hard plastic, dozens of small round pieces" (Norris, 1986, p. 19).There has been a rising trend in using the marine environment as a dumping ground for our wastes, thereby increasing the mortality rate of important marine wildlife. Unfortunately, pollution of the marine environment has brought about many (...)"
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