Marine Pollution

From the rappers of our lunch to the chemicals we use to kill bugs, almost all of the waste we produce on land eventually finds its way floating in our oceans. Pollution is the number one marine problem today, with 80% of marine waste being from land-based activities people start to consider  “Island Civilization” as a solution.

As one national geographic article claims, the ocean has been suffering from the hands of mankind millennia, as far back as Roman times. Nonetheless research has recently showed that the damage made over the last 60 years is vast worse than all the previous years combined.

The problem is getting worse every year, due to other factors other than garbage being dumped into the waters but factors such as oil spills and noise pollution. Pollution is not always physical ships, earthquakes and sonar devices carry sound waves for miles, which offset migration, communication, hunting, and reproduction patterns for many marine animals.  

The theory of “Island Civilization” would benefit this environmental issue because every household would be held responsible for their own waste. Hence building a more sustainable community. Most responsibility would be upon those settlements near the shores for they’d be condemned if the oceans got polluted. That’s a perfect scenario of course.

The place that would befit the most from the prevention of marine pollution are all the islands around the world. The floating garbage, contaminated water and poisonous marine life will eventually pollute these small pieces of land. Places like Easter Island, Alcatraz also known as the Prison Island and Greenland amongst many other places.

Source: http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/critical-issues-marine-pollution/