Words: 374
As human, would you like to sleep in trash or a pool of oil? Neither does the marine life. One of he most recent contaminations was Up’s oil spill they created. More than 8,000 birds, sea turtles, and marine mammals were found injured or dead in the six months after the spill, says the NFW (national wildlife federation). As humans, we are our own worst enemy. The reasons why some animals are extinct or endangered are because people hunted them too much. The same goes for the ocean.
If you’re over fish sharks, whales, or fish there will be a long term affect that will cause them to become endangered or even extinct. This oil spill will have a long term effect on the surrounding fish and ultimately have an unbalanced food chain. If a certain fish dies off, then the superior fish will have to look for new food and essentially mess up the whole order of the food chain. “It was an accident” cannot be an excuse anymore. People need to be aware of the damages they cause to marine life and how things can vanish.
That old saying “you don’t know what you have until it’s gone” applies to this scenario perfectly. People throw their trash, cigarette butts, and even banana peels where ever is convenient for them without realizing the damage they are causing to nature. Another huge effect is the great pacific garbage patch. This includes an island made up of plastic and Heimlich sludge that just sits and collects more trash. Because of this, there is literally no marine life within miles because this trash island has killed them off.
Our beaches are some of the most serene and peaceful places to go, but how can it if it has trash all over the place? The beach and the ocean is a beautiful place just like the snow top mountains or a flowing creek. There should be more organizations that help not only clean the beaches but the ocean that most people can’t pick up. With cleaner beaches is makes not only San Diego a more beautiful place but they rest of the world that has beaches.