HOW DO POLLUTION AFFECT OCEAN AND OCEAN ANIMALS

WHY DO SOME ANIMALS EAT PLASTIC

1. Animals like Sea turtles, Whales, and Birds mistake trash for food.

2. Toothed Whales use sonar clicks to hunt, and plastic can bounce back and mimic prey

3. Oil spills and farm chemicals flow into the Sea and make Fish sick

1. Plastic affects the ocean by toxic chemical Accumulation

2. As the Algae breaks down, it releases a Sulfur Chemical smell (Dimethyl sulfide)

1. Its important to clean the Ocean because its to protect Marine life

2. Fertilizer runoff causes large algae Blooms that suck Oxygen out of the water

1. When trash is dropped on city streets or parking lots, its washed by rain into streams

2. Improper waste disposal, street litter, and Overflowing trash cans

1. Up to 80% of Marine pollution starts on land then to rivers and oceans

2. Millions of Metric tons of plastic enter the Ocean yearly

3. Marine Mammals and sea turtles die each year from eating plastic

4. Larger items break down into tiny particles that are eaten by small fish