Vanishing Oceans

What is it about the ocean? Is it the beauty above or the life down below? The sound of the ocean makes you relaxed, and stress just blows away, but sometimes the ocean can get hurt, just like us. Our ocean is being destroyed by our actions. Pollution, fishing nets, buildings, oil, and much more, are hurting the ocean and its marine life. This makes us wonder what we are really doing to the ocean each day. We have to try and protect the ocean, its coasts, and all of its wildlife.

Without the ocean, life wouldn’t exist on earth. Ecosystems are collapsing as marine species are driven towards extinction. Fish, which are disappearing by the minute, provide us with food. We need certain foods to survive, and the ocean provides them, and many more resources we use in everyday life. When over fishing, many marine animals are caught or tangled in nets and can’t go up to get the air that they need. Dolphins and whales are two of the major mammals being tangled in this situation. Over 1000 mammals in nets die each year because we choose to not care about their lives as well as ours. Without them, we lose our research, our entertainment, and in some cases these mammals are very helpful. They have the right to live just like us; life wouldn’t go on the same without these creatures by our side, willing to help. Our coastlines are being turned into a dump, with increasing loads of toxic waste being thrown into the ocean each day. This can cause damage to the water we drink, marine life, the resources we use, and even us. Oil has been found covering every inch of helpless birds along the coast, and when building or riding cars over the beach, turtle nests are crushed, and the small innocent turtles never get to see the ocean that they have longed to see for quite some time. The disappearance of the ocean could mean the loss of many lives, including ours.

All this is happening, and will continue to happen because we choose to do it, which is why we should try our best, more then ever, to help protect the ocean and everything in it. There are many simple ways to help as well. When fishing in the ocean, be careful of how much fish you catch, and what you catch, Join a wildlife saving foundation to be a part of saving the place we call home, and the next time you are about to just throw trash anywhere, think before you act, because that one little piece of trash can cause a lot of damage. The ocean is God’s greatest gift, the least we can do, is protect it. So, what is it about the ocean? Is it the swaying palm trees, the pounding waves, or the fact that you need to help and it needs to start now.


By: Alessandra F