Point of View # 63

The Oceans & Fossil Fuel

1. Plastic production

2. Plastic doesn't decompose

3. Plastic breaks into small pieces

4. Plastic projections

5. Plastic is harmful to marine life

6. Plastic is made out of fossil fuels

7. Phytoplankton

8. Zooplankton

9. Runoff

10. Hypoxia

11. Dead zones

12. Fertilizer and natural gas

13. Phosphorous and nitrogen in runoff

14. Gulf dead zone

15. Oceans absorb heat

16. Ocean heat chart

17. Rate of ocean heating

18. Sea level rise

19. People depend on fish for protein

20. Marine ecosystem degradation

21. Lobsters

22. Marine diversity

23. Oceans absorb CO2

24. Ocean acidification projection

25. Ocean acidity and shells

26. Blooms and acidity

27. https://www.npr.org/2023/03/07/1161196476/un-high-seas-treaty-international-waters

28. The death of a New Zealand wetland and lake