Topic Sentence :_Many efforts are being put into place to make humans aware of the negative impacts

they have on the ocean in hopes

that they will actually want to make change. ____

“Communicating About “Saving the Oceans” “Plastic Pollution and “Health of the Ocean”
Ocean Health” Potential Solutions”

Schuldt et al Rhodes Wells

Safina and Chasis
How Oceans are “As anthropogenic “The commission “In 1967, the global “Fishing has had
Suffering pressures including recommends primary production of the greatest impact on
climate change, establishing measurable plastics amounted to ocean biodiversity, and
pollution and goals covering several around 23 million tons, the ecologies of many
overfishing affect types of pollutants and but this had risen 407 in areas, such as the North
marine ecosystems better coordination of 2015, which Atlantic. Trophic levels
worldwide, government agencies to corresponds to a and food chains have
corresponding changes address water pollution. compound annual been impacted, e.g.,
in the chemical, It also recognizes the growth rate of around overfishing the northern
physical and biological importance of 8%” (Rhodes 209) cod”(Wells 94)
features of ocean atmospheric deposition
ecosystems threaten the of pollutants into water
productivity of marine and recommends
environments and the addressing it”(Safina
health of the species and Chasis 41)
that inhabit
them”(Schuldt et al 1)
Efforts to Save the “efforts to aggregate “Establishing a zoning FDA has banned use of “Efforts on marine
Oceans massive amounts of program that covers use BPA in baby bottles and protected areas and
information relevant to of particular types of other plastic products in marine spatial planning
ocean health and to fishing gear, with some hopes to prevent further (ocean zoning) are
distill it into a single zones closed to, for issues and possible increasing, especially in
familiar form that example, bottom contamination to offshore regions with
diverse audiences can trawling that can harm humans (Rhodes 33) sensitive habitats, e.g.,
readily the ocean floor”(Safina around seamount
understand”(Schuldt et and Chasis 41) ecosystems” (Wells
al. 5) 198)
Opposition: Why “However, as national US Commission of The author explains “Many changes are
Should This Even and international Ocean Policy and Pew how easily an organism cumulative and long
Matter to Humans? organizations increase Oceans Commission can mistake a piece of term, and some are
their focus on the plight created in order to plastic to that of their irreversible. Ecosystems
of the world's oceans address oceanic own food. Utilizing also have negative and
and the role of prevailing issues in the this, if an organism eats positive feedback loops,
anthropogenic stressors US. Efforts created in that and dies and we as little understood for the
in their degradation, we hopes to utilize the need humans consume that, majority of trophic
anticipate a for change in action that can directly harm levels and
corresponding rise of towards the ocean and us too. It's a never- species”(Wells 196). If
these issues on the set forth the idea that ending cycle that WE people see that a lot of
public agenda and a the oceans are can make a difference these changes can’t be
resulting need for struggling and need the about. reversed, maybe they’ll
messaging strategies public’s help to make a realize how important
that help overcome difference. the expression “there
limited knowledge and are consequences to
feelings of your actions” is.
unfamiliarity”(Schuldt
et al 5)
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