Ocean+Shore+Conservation

Ocean Shore Conservation By: Tanner A. and Gabriella D.

The ocean shore biome needs to be conserved and protected. Due to the amount of trash, the ocean shorelines are being constantly polluted by beach goers. Littering is a main problem which can result in the dying of many animals in the ocean; every year several animals, such as dolphins, get their noses caught in plastic rings, which can result in starvation of the animal. Another thing that has effected the ocean shore biome is oil spills which can result in death of many of the animals found along the ocean shoreline. Oil spills can also pollute the water and plant life found here. A lot of times people only seem to look at the harmful things that we are doing to the environment and not the beneficial things. A group of people in Delaware have been planting Cape American Beach Grass on sand dunes along the ocean shore to help prevent them from toppling over. This group has been helping conserve the ocean shoreline since 1990.

One of the very large problems, oil spills and mining, needs to be addressed by humans. Humans are using oil too much and too fast, and oil is found in places where oceans used to be (usually near current oceans). Increased demand for oil makes mining and transportation hasty, resulting sometimes in mistakes spilling oil all over the shore. The mining itself is bad for this biome, and needs to stop. Humans need to find alternative energy sources to stop using so much oil (and natural gasses), so we can stop mining and transporting this oil so often.

Another huge problem is litter, however regular and innocent it seems to be. Trash can get stuck around animals and kill them. Not all of this litter comes from inshore, but enters this biome through the ocean. Garbage can travel around the world this way, always ending up on the shore. The simple solution to this problem is to stop littering. Trash cans are there for a reason.

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