The Deepwater Horizon spilled in excess of four million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. These oil companies discovered they are far from being equipped for accidents such as this. Even though, this killed copious amounts of marine life. In addition, boats and other water vessels powered by fossil fuels kill more marine life each year with the chemicals they dump in the water. Why not stop using oil? Money would be the deciding factor. Organic pollution ingested by the bottom of the food chain is another issue, since it moves up the food chain. They are discovering high levels of these contaminants in the Bottlenose Dolphins. In addition, the dolphin’s first offspring are dying at disturbing rates. Mercury is producing similar …show more content…
Several of these airborne spores come from plants and fungi. Disease epidemics have slaughtered countless marine life around the world. Some of these epidemics happen naturally while others occur by virtue of man. Can these outbreaks be related to stress? After all, stress causes the immune system to be more susceptible to disease. One disease that has obliterated seal population a few times is canine distemper. Subsequently, toxic pesticides are breaking down immune systems of marine life. Injured animals that are more susceptible to climate change and warming waters have not help matters either. In addition, warming waters cause stress on marine life adding to their …show more content…
Whereas, smaller animals that can reproduce younger and quicker seem to be the ones that have adapted. Overfishing has become a problem with no end in sight. This is because there are countries that do not care about sustainability. They appear to be more motivated by greed. Jellyfish is an animal that appears to flourish no matter what the situation and now with their predators on the decline they will flourish even more. On the other hand, stressors have been mentioned a few times, so far. Marine life would probably adapt if confronted with only one stressor. However, this is not the case. It usually is two or three stressors at a time. This is a devastating blow. One species disappearance can affect other species. For example, if one species predator disappears that species below it on the food chain will flourish. Consequently, the flourishing species food source will begin to