Life Bellow The Water by Alberto Marques

Spills in the sea

albertoml2004_ — 2023-10-31 12:23:11 UTC

Spills in the sea and the significant environmental threat.

- When spills are released into marine ecosystems, it harms marine life, disrupts ecosystems, and damages coastal habitats.

- The immediate impact includes the death of fish, birds, and other wildlife, as well as contamination of water and shoreline.

Solutions.

Prevention: includes stricter regulations for oil drilling and transportation, as well as the development and use of safer technologies.

Preparedness: involves creating and practicing emergency response plans, while response efforts focus on containing and cleaning up spills promptly using specialized equipment and methods.

Public awareness and support for sustainable practices: also play a crucial role in addressing this environmental challenge.

Destruction of the Marine Flora

albertoml2004_ — 2023-10-31 12:25:58 UTC

This problem can result from various factors including:

Pollution.
Climate change.
Human activities like overfishing and coastal development.

These ecosystems provide crucial habitats for numerous marine species.

Solutions.

Implementing and enforcing sustainable fishing practices.
Reducing pollution through better waste management,
Adressing climate change by decreasing carbon emissions.
Establishing marine protected areas and promoting responsible tourism can contribute to the conservation and restoration of marine flora. International cooperation is essential to address these issues on a global scale.

Raise of the water temperature

albertoml2004_ — 2023-10-31 12:26:49 UTC

Video about overfishing

davidcarvajalm12 — 2023-11-12 23:12:27 UTC

Spills in the sea

alonsocasadocristiano7_ — 2023-11-12 23:55:52 UTC

One of the main ecological problems of these plastic islands is that they fuse with plankton, the micro-organisms essential to life in the oceans and the source of the food chain. Fish feed on these plastic particles and these, in turn, end up in our kitchens.

Destruction of the Marine Flora

alonsocasadocristiano7_ — 2023-11-13 00:04:32 UTC

Industrial activities emit pollutants that can limit the ability of fauna and flora to reproduce and grow. Climate change produce and increase the sea temperatures and acidification of the oceans.

Destruction of the Marine Flora

alonsocasadocristiano7_ — 2023-11-13 00:12:47 UTC

Some of the fertilisers used on crops near the Mar Menor (Murcia) end up in the sea , causing eutrophication of the water and leading to a lack of oxygen in the water. 85 % of the total amount of nutrients reaching the Mar Menor is estimated to come from industrial agriculture.

Raise of the water temperature

alonsocasadocristiano7_ — 2023-11-13 00:25:37 UTC

Over the past century, global warming caused by human activities that emit carbon dioxide has led to a global average temperature increase of approximately 1°C. The most vulnerable marine organism to temperature change is coral. The marine organism most vulnerable to temperature change is coral. Bleaching of reefs, i.e. the loss of their symbiotic algae, occurs with even the slightest persistent rise in temperature. Bleaching slows the growth of corals, makes them more prone to disease and can cause mass reef die-offs.

Destruction of the marine flora

gomeziazzettav — 2023-11-13 04:17:31 UTC

Possible solutions to avoid plastic in the sea:

Produce less plastic products.

Buy sustainable sea products.
Use biodegradable products on beaches.
Do not throw garbage on the beaches.
Travel the sea responsibly.
Do not buy products that affect marine life.
Reduces CO emissions and energy consumption.

gomeziazzettav — 2023-11-13 04:30:24 UTC