The Pacific Ocean is home to thousands of marine life animals. It extends from the Arctic Ocean to the southern ocean and connects North America to Asia and Australia. Of all the oceanic divisions, the Pacific Ocean is the largest. It is 65,436,200 square miles wide and 3800 feet deep and covers about 30% of earth's surface.
The Pacific Ocean is being harmed by human cause. One example is global warming. Everyday we are worsening global warming which is making the ocean warmer and rise. Global warming puts carbon dioxide into the ocean which damages the coral reefs which are home to thousands of different species of fish. We can stop this by using less gases. For example, walking instead of polluting the air with cars. Another way we are harming the ocean is with trash. All of the trash that we don't throw away mostly ends up in the ocean, especially plastic. When the trash gets in the ocean, marine life get caught in it and they eat it and die from it. Also, when the fish eat plastic, there are traces of BPA (an artificial chemical in plastic) still in the fish when we eat it. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, there is something called the Pacific Ocean garbage patch which is an area of trash, about the size of Texas, floating in the water. In landfills, before the trash if burned, some of it could blow a way and end up in the ocean. The simplest way to fix this problem is to minimize the amount of trash going in the ocean. If everyone Throws trash in the garbage can, recycles what could be recycled (paper, plastic, glass, etc.), and composts, there will be less trash in the Pacific Ocean. When people go fishing and use large nets and leave them in the ocean, the marine life get tangled up in them and can't get out. Leave your fishing nets in the boat, not the ocean.
The Pacific Ocean is being harmed by human cause. One example is global warming. Everyday we are worsening global warming which is making the ocean warmer and rise. Global warming puts carbon dioxide into the ocean which damages the coral reefs which are home to thousands of different species of fish. We can stop this by using less gases. For example, walking instead of polluting the air with cars. Another way we are harming the ocean is with trash. All of the trash that we don't throw away mostly ends up in the ocean, especially plastic. When the trash gets in the ocean, marine life get caught in it and they eat it and die from it. Also, when the fish eat plastic, there are traces of BPA (an artificial chemical in plastic) still in the fish when we eat it. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, there is something called the Pacific Ocean garbage patch which is an area of trash, about the size of Texas, floating in the water. In landfills, before the trash if burned, some of it could blow a way and end up in the ocean. The simplest way to fix this problem is to minimize the amount of trash going in the ocean. If everyone Throws trash in the garbage can, recycles what could be recycled (paper, plastic, glass, etc.), and composts, there will be less trash in the Pacific Ocean. When people go fishing and use large nets and leave them in the ocean, the marine life get tangled up in them and can't get out. Leave your fishing nets in the boat, not the ocean.