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How Does Plastic Pollution Affect Marine Mammals?

362927 — 2018-10-19 19:45:26 UTC

By Ruby Galuszka and Giselle Cruz

Claim

362927 — 2018-10-22 05:42:38 UTC

-Plastic pollution is harmful to marine mammals

Evidence #1

362927 — 2018-10-22 05:42:59 UTC

-Marine plastic pollution has impacted 43% of all species of marine mammals

-These impacts were entanglement, drowning, starvation, infection, suffocation, and ingestion

Evidence #2

362927 — 2018-10-22 05:43:08 UTC

-It is estimated that there are 15-51 trillion pieces of plastic in the ocean

-There isn't a single square mile of ocean not polluted by plastic

Evidence #3

362927 — 2018-10-22 05:43:17 UTC

-Plastic waste kills around 100,000 marine mammals every year

Reasoning

362927 — 2018-10-22 05:43:39 UTC

-The evidence proves our claim that plastic pollution is harmful to marine mammals because such a large percentage is affected with fatalities   (Evidence #1) from all of the trillions of pieces of plastic in the ocean (Evidence #2). 100,000 of these mammals die, proving how much plastic pollution affects them. (Evidence #3)

Citations

362927 — 2018-10-24 02:18:42 UTC

Evidence #1:
https://www.cleanwater.org/problem-marine-plastic-pollution
Author: N/A
Name of Website: Clean Water Action
Evidence #2:
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/ocean_plastics/
Author: N/A
Name of Website: Ocean Plastics Pollution
Evidence #3:
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/Ocean_Factsheet_Pollution.pdf
Author: N/A
Name of Website: The Ocean Conference

Types of Marine Mammals

362927 — 2018-10-24 04:37:15 UTC

-Polar Bears
-Walrus
-Sea Otter
-Dugong
-Seal
-Sea Lion
-Porpoise
-Manatee