Tag: oceans
Ocean Oil Pollution
Yesterday in class, we learned about how harmful oil pollution can be on the environment. We never really knew the extent oil pollution would have on the environment until the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound occured in 1989. History: The Exxon Valdez spill occured in Prince William Sound in 1989 when the [...]
Posted: March 9th, 2011 under ConorR, Scribe Post, Unit 11-Water Resources & Pollution.
Tags: oceans, oil, water
Comments: 1
Overfishing our Oceans?!
Today we watched a good bit of the PBS documentary Empty Oceans, Empty Nets. Feel free to click around the movie web site if you want want to explore the issues further. What were the main points? 1. The Problem. Yes, we seem to be overfishing the oceans. In the last 4 years, numerous articles [...]
Posted: March 9th, 2011 under Mr. W, Scribe Post, Unit 11-Water Resources & Pollution.
Tags: fishing, oceans, the Tragedy, water
Comments: 1
Oh Plastic My Plastic: Plastic Pollution in the Oceans
Some scientists have estimated that there is 315 billion pounds of plastic floating in the oceans. There is not an island of plastic, as some rumors say, but more of a soup of smaller particles of plastic and ocean. Out of all the plastic in the ocean, only about 20% originated from ships at sea; the [...]
Posted: March 7th, 2011 under EvanR, Scribe Post, Unit 11-Water Resources & Pollution.
Tags: marine & coastal systems, oceans, plastic, solid waste, water
Comments: 4
