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    Over 80% of ocean pollution comes from land runoff. Almost 90% of floating materials in the ocean are plastic, and marine debris like plastic kills over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals and sea turtles each year. There are two main types of ocean pollution: nonpoint-source pollution which comes from many diffuse sources and is hard to control, and point-source pollution which comes from specific identifiable sources like oil spills, factories, or wastewater pipes. While humans have harmed ocean resources, international treaties and volunteer cleanup efforts are helping to conserve and protect oceans.

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    Over 80% of ocean pollution comes from land runoff. Almost 90% of floating materials in the ocean are plastic, and marine debris like plastic kills over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals and sea turtles each year. There are two main types of ocean pollution: nonpoint-source pollution which comes from many diffuse sources and is hard to control, and point-source pollution which comes from specific identifiable sources like oil spills, factories, or wastewater pipes. While humans have harmed ocean resources, international treaties and volunteer cleanup efforts are helping to conserve and protect oceans.

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    Over 80% of ocean pollution comes from land runoff. Almost 90% of floating materials in the ocean are plastic, and marine debris like plastic kills over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals and sea turtles each year. There are two main types of ocean pollution: nonpoint-source pollution which comes from many diffuse sources and is hard to control, and point-source pollution which comes from specific identifiable sources like oil spills, factories, or wastewater pipes. While humans have harmed ocean resources, international treaties and volunteer cleanup efforts are helping to conserve and protect oceans.

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    Facts on Ocean Pollution

    Over 80% of the pollution


    in the ocean is runoff from
    the Land
    Almost 90% of all floating
    materials in the ocean are
    plastic
    Marine debris, especially
    plastic, kills more than one
    million seabirds and
    100,000 mammals and sea
    turtles every year

    EXAMPLES OF Ocean Pollution
    Polluted by toxins

    Polluted by garbage
    Types Of Pollution

    Oil Spills Fertilizers

    Sewage Pipes Chemicals


    Nonpoint-Source Pollution
    There are many sources of ocean pollution. Some of these
    sources are easily identified, but others are more difficult to
    pinpoint.
    Nonpoint-source pollution is pollution that comes from many
    sources rather than just from a single site.Most ocean pollution is
    nonpoint-source pollution. Human activities on land can pollute
    streams and rivers, which then flow into the ocean and bring the
    pollutants they carry with them.
    Because nonpoint-source pollutants can enter bodies of water in
    many different ways, they are very hard to regulate and control.
    Point-Source Pollution

    Water pollution caused by a leaking oil tanker, a factory,


    or a wastewater treatment plant is one type of point-
    source pollution. Point-source pollution Point-source
    pollution is pollution that comes from a

    specific site. Even when the source of pollution is known,


    cleanup of the pollution is difficult.
    Oil Spills
    Because oil is in such high demand across the
    world, large tankers must transport billions of
    barrels of it across the oceans.
    If not handled properly, these transports can
    turn disastrous and cause oil spills. Figure 5
    shows some of the major oil spills that have
    occurred off the coast of North America.
    Figure 5
    Saving Our Ocean Resources
    Although humans have done much to harm the
    ocean’s
    resources, we have also begun to do more to
    save them. From international treaties to
    volunteer cleanups,efforts to conserve the
    ocean’s resources are making an impact
    around the world.
    Garbage Dump
    There are several garbage
    oceans across the world but the
    biggest as large as the size of
    Texas is the Great Pacific
    Garbage Dump.
    These Dumps Can be dangerous
    to out animal wildlife and
    eventually effect our fish that we
    would eat in that area.
    RECOURCES
    http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANE
    T/HTML/peril_oil_pollution.html

    http://www.noaawatch.gov/themes/oilspill.
    php

    http://ocean.si.edu/gulf-oil-spill

    http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/oce
    ans101104.cfm

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