It was literally a dumping ground and it even caught on fire a few times due to the toxic wastes. The phosphorus levels in Lake Erie are increasing due to the pollution causing harm to the fishes that reside in it. In 2014, Lake Erie had so much algae from pollution that it caused the City of Toledo to be left without fresh water. This algae was caused by the excessive amount of phosphorus in the lake. This excessive amount of Phosphorus is caused when the fertilizer is dumped into the lake by farmers.
For many decades, water pollution has been a major environmental issue. "Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies and occurs when pollutants are discharged directly or indirectly into water bodies without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds" (Wales). Lake Huron, which is known as the third largest of the lakes by volume of Great Lakes, (Lakes Huron) water quality has been of major concern. Few major sources identified were faulty septic systems and agriculture. Some of the effects caused by the pollution included: disruption of aquatic life, elevated levels of nitrates and phosphates from polluted underground water, swimming prevention, and numerous outbreaks of Avian Botulism.
When we contaminate our lakes and fresh water sources, comparatively the Great Lakes, we are tarnishing our own drinking water and all living organisms within its community. Pollutants are having a largely negative effect on the ecosystems within the Great Lakes
According to Everglades.org, they’ve “contributed to nearly 70 percent of extinctions in the United States” and are the “primary cause of species endangerment.” The water itself is a major cause of decline to the area, firstly because of poor water management leading to water levels being too low or too high at the wrong times has caused a decline in many species. Secondly, poor water quality has had devastating consequences. The pollution and an abundance of toxins and nutrients has helped to kill off many living things in the
The second reason is because of their relationships with the colonists. The final reason so many people died was because the settlers skills. The first reason colonists died in Jamestown is because of the environment. In Doc A it said that the water became very brackish as the water levels rose. This affected the colonist because they got fish to eat from the river.
The effects of human development have polluted the waterways of the state as well, making it difficult for native fish to survive long enough to breed. Pictured at the end of the document is a model of the food chain in the rivers and lakes of
Because people don't dispose of the plastic bags properly they get into water ways which eventually affect the see life as well as all other animals and living organisms including plants. Chemicals are released in the air causing harm to everyone and everything. The plastic ends up around animals or plants causing suffocation and stress to the living, which results to death. Plastic bags have become such a huge problem because of the large amount of plastic bags on earth. If you were in charge, what plan might you propose to reduce or eliminate their use?
We hear from aquatic ecologists and fisherman as they describe the water’s in the “dead zone” and the lifeless animal life surrounding this area. Nancy Rabalais, an aquatic ecologist, explains exactly why these waters are so dead. All of the fertilizers used in agriculture from Minnesota on down to Louisiana, are concentrated and dumped into this area where the algae multiply due to the high nitrogen and phosphates. This creates an algae bloom that inadvertently lowers the oxygen in the water through its die-off. With low levels of oxygen, marine life can’t survive, and this impacts people that depend on the gulf for their
It is also the nation’s most productive estuary ( Zynjuk, 1995). Although I have seen a drastic decline in fishing, crabbing, bay grasses, and land, this problem has been an issue over a hundred years. It's time for the government and people in general to step up and fight to improve the quality of the water of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Although many people refer to pollution as things we see such as floating debris and garbage, nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorous are the biggest killers of the bay waters. Although these nutrients are essential to maintain plant and animal life, excessive amounts are detrimental.
A large problem is that humans do a lot of damage to our environment by taking down natural resources including trees and water. Humans are a share of the planets ecosystem. This means that everything we touch will cause disproportion of environment. In turn, our actions affect our world and us. The controversy of environmental pollution has affected our security of economic cost, causes harm to our health, destruction to our structures.