Open+Ocean+Conservation

Michael T.

= Negative impacts on the Open Ocean =

A negative impact people have on the Open Ocean biome is pollution. Humans are pouring toxic waste into oceans around the world and it is affecting the food we eat such as, shrimp, fish, and lobster. One of the most harmful chemicals in the ocean is lead world. It harms many plants and animals and is hazardous to our health. When toxic waste harms an organism, it can be passed down the food chain. Cars also pollute the ocean. You may have noticed the smoke that comes out of the back of the car. This smoke does go directly into the ocean, it ends up in Acid Rain and then it ends up in the ocean.



__** Positive Impacts on the Open Ocean **__

Humans provide a positive impact on the biome. Oil is spilled by drilling construction. This oil releases toxins into the water that kill the organisms, and their environment. Humans clean up the oil by skimming it off the surface of the oceans water or filtering the water. Humans will disperse the oil into smaller droplets to limit suface and wildlife damage.some of the wildlife species that are coated in the oil are cleaned to keep the environment alive.

Problem 1

A large problem that effects the Open Ocean is caused when people dump waste products into the ocean. This waste is from human factories polluting the water or when lawn fertilizer washes out into the ocean. This fertilizer and organic waste creates CO2 in the water. This chemical kills the organisms in the environment. This problem has been a concern for many years. some ways around are...

1: People are being fined for any illegal dumping.

2: Congress passed a law that only certain people with a permit could dump waste.

3: There are precise guidelines to get one of these permits.

4: Congress prohibited all industrial waste dumping.

5: Only dump waste far away from human contacts.

= Problem 2 =

Another problem people need to know about is boating. Boating pollution is the pollution that comes from the boat’s engine when it is running, and it pollutes the water, killing animals with the chemicals in the exhaust from the engine. The engine gives off excess gasoline, which pollutes the waters and ends up killing the animals. In order to make as little pollution as possible, what everyone can do to help is:

1: Only turn your boat on all the way when you need to 2: Don’t take your boat out if you don’t need to  3: Be sure to store and transport gasoline in places where there isn’t any direct sunlight because the gasoline will evaporate, and all of the gases that have been evaporated will pollute the air. 4: Every year, buy new or cleaner marine engines for your boat



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