PLUNDERING AT THE OCEANS AND CONSERVATION

Water covers 70 percent of the surface of the planet and this majorly oceans. Our earth is a water planet therefore our actions on atmosphere, top soil, deforestation affects our biological relatives in the marine system.

Life begins in our waters, thus oceans. Vast array of living things have their habitats there. The ocean’s habitats are being destroyed and over-exploited for food, thus fish eggs, as well as sale of fish of different sizes, shapes and varieties filling our markets.

Our ignorance of the aqueous world and ecosystem is extremely vast or unlimited. Oceans have been used as a dumpsite for our garbage, sewage, nuclear waste as well as industrial effluents.

Humans living on land tend to ignore what lifeforms beneath the ocean waves. Our activities on land effects and thus ecological devastation affects the oceans and now we are turning and sourcing for our food from the oceans.

Attempts by humans in protection as well as efforts in aid to breed dozens in captivity of either rare or endangered species, is not only too little but also too slow while countering rate of loss. It usually cannot redeem thousands of species either lost or disappearing periodically. It is still a struggle to protect habitats of species recaptured from oblivion.

Reports have in the past suggested that due to great resilience, there is potential for recovery within our natural world and only if we decide to give it any chance.

 

Warm water expands

The most predictable consequence of warming is the effect on the oceans - when water warms, it expands.

Oceans are drastically affected by global warming. Water expands when it warms. Sea levels rise even with a slight increase in temperature of water particles. The currents of the ocean will be changed as well as marine ecosystems affecting plankton populations. Increase in intensity of factors such as tides, storms, erosion, saltwater intrusion in aquifers and corrosion of underground subways and pipes is as a result of warmer oceans.

Most cities around the world are constructed and found near or next to the ocean. It will cost immense to counter the rise of sea level - flooding and its effects. Marine coastline will always be hard hit even with a slight increase in sea level and proving disastrous for humans living there.

A few centimetres of sea level rise affects human societies, especially the human population living in either lowlands or delta as well as on coral islands. Disastrous results experienced.

Humans perceive themselves to have capacity and be able to plan ahead in order to avoid danger; unable to react to this incremental change while satisfying our focus to major disasters – hurricanes and floods. Astonishing speed associated with sea level rise makes it invisible to the majority of people.

Ocean water expanding due to the sea level rise poses a serious threat to lowland deltas as well as coral islands due to flooding. To counter the effects of this rise and protect cities is proving to be expensive.

Severe increase in tides and storms thus unpredictability; weather patterns not consistent.