Unit 12-Marine Environmental Concerns
Gateway Project

Topics List

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1. Coastal Population Growth
   
   1. Beachfront stabilization
      
      
      
   2. Estuary/Wetland Loss
      
2. Loss of Coral Reefs
   
3. Oil
   1. Oil Spills
   2. Offshore drilling
      
4. Red Tide
   
5. Coral Bleaching
   
6. Acidification of the Ocean
   1. Carbon Dioxide Emissions
      
7. Water Pollution
   1. Toxic pollution
      
      1. PCBs
         
      2. tributyl tin
         
      3. mercury
   2. Non-Point Pollution
      1. Plastic Trash
      2. Urban Run-off
   3. Point source pollution
      1. Oil Spills
      2. Solid Waste Dumping
      3. Effluent (sewage)
      4. DDT
      5. PCBs
   4. Dead Zones
      1. Eutrophication
8. Air Pollution
   1. Greenhouse Gases
   2. Volotile Organic Compounds
   3. Smog
   4. Acid Rain
      1. SO2
   5. NOx (Nitrogen Oxides)
   6. CFCs
   7. Mercury
   8. Dioxins
   9. Ozone
9. Global Fisheries collapse
   1. Dynamite Fishing
1. Bluefin tuna
   
2. Cod
   
3. Chilean Sea Bass
   
4. Bycatch (Incedental catch)
   
   1. Dolphins
      
   2. Non-seafood fish
      
   3. Etc
      
10. Non-native Marine Species
    
    1. Ballast water
       
    2. Invasive Species of the Ocean
       1. Caulerpa Taxifolia (seaweed)
       2. Zebra Mussel
          
11. Aquaculture (mariculture)
    1. Salmon
       
    2. Tuna
       
    3. Etc
       
12. Ozone Depletion
    
13. Endangered or Threatened Species of the Oceans
    
    1. Marine Mammals
       1. Blue Whale
       2. Bowhead Whale
       3. Finback Whale
       4. Humpback Whale
       5. Right Whale
       6. Sei Whale
       7. Sperm Whale
       8. Stellar Sea-Lion
       9. Carribean Monk Seal
       10. Guadalupe Fur Seal
       11. Hawaiian Monk Seal
       12. Southern Sea Otter
       13. Northern Sea Otter
           
    2. Fish
    3. Clams
    4. Crustaceans
       
14. Global Warming
    
    1. Sea Level Rise
       
    2. Cooling in Europe
       
    3. Climate Change (temperatures of the ocean)
       
    4. Increasing Hurricane Intensity
    5. Spreading of Marine Diseases
       
15. Antarctic Ecosystem Collapse
    1. Penguin Population Decline
    2. Krill Decline
16. Renewable Energy
    1. Tidal Power
    2. Hydroelectric Power
    3. Wave Power
    4. Wind Power
    5. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
17. Space Junk