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ECOFACTS
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Pollution can be described as the introduction by humans of substances or materials that decrease the quality of the environment.
There is only ONE ocean: all the seas and oceans are connected so that what we throw. empty or dump in one place may inevitably affect a shore or seabed elsewhere.
Everything that enters a stormdrain goes directly to the ocean. That includes litter, used oil, antifreeze, sewage, toxic chemicals, pesticides, etc.
Fourteen billion pounds of garbage are dumped into the world’s oceans every year, most of it in the Northern hemisphere.
Dumping one quart of motor oil down a storm drain contaminates 250,000 gallons of water.
Three and a quarter million tons of oil enter the oceans of the world each year.
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YOU DO THE MATH!!!!
3.25 million Tons = how many quarts?
One quart contaminates 250,000 gallons of water.
How many gallons of water have been contaminated during the years you have been alive?
How many gallons of water have been contaminated during the last 50 years?
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71% of the earth's surface is covered by the ocean.
The oceans continue to get saltier due to gradual processes such as the erosion of the land, wearing down of mountains and the dissolving action of rain and streams. These processes carry minerals to the sea.
A glass of water with one teaspoon of salt has approximately the same salinity as the ocean.
Over half the population of the United States lives within 100 miles of the coast.
The size of a wave depends on three factors: the distance along the open water over which the wind blows, the strength of the wind, and the length of time the wind blows. If all three of these factors are large, the waves will be large.
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