WaterPollution

Water Pollution

Overview

Major sources, major consequences, broad and then focus on problems, then look at policy and possible solutions (real and proposed; including actual cases)

Major Sources of Pollution

Industrial

• chemical release
• urban development
• factory development

Human Waste

• sewage
• litter

Physical/Chemical

• tourism
  • sunscreen
  • physical damage caused by tourists
• offshore oil production

Environmental Consequences of Pollution in Coral Reef Environments

• loss of biodiversity
• damages to food chains
• loss of habitat
• damage to tourism based economies

Case Study

• Focus on St. John's

Impact

• Fish
• Plants

Additional Research/Study

Potential Future Complications

• ecology
• evolution of types of pollution

Notes

1. "An Overview of Land Based Sources of Marine Pollution." UNEP-Caribbean Environment Programme_Land Based Sources of Marine Pollution. CAR/RCU, 21 Aug. 2001. Web. 24 Feb. 2014. <http://www.cep.unep.org/issues/lbsp.html>.
2. "Status of and Threat to Coral Reefs." International Coral Reef Initiative. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2014. <http://www.icriforum.org/about-coral-reefs/status-and-threat-coral-reefs>.
3. Harder, Ben. "Raw Human Waste Killing Off Coral Reefs?" National Geographic. National Geographic Society, 27 June 2002. Web. 24 Feb. 2014. <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/06/0627_020627_coral.html>.
4. Than, Ker. "Swimmers' Sunscreen Killing Off Coral." National Geographic. National Geographic Society, 28 Jan. 2008. Web. 24 Feb. 2014. <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080129-sunscreen-coral.html>.