Even if you do not live near the beach, you can still protect the water quality by learning how pollution in your local stream or watershed affects water quality at downstream beaches. You can use the links provided to find out about volunteer programs and opportunities as well as state, federal, or local programs for protecting the quality of the water in your neighborhood and at the beach. Participate in a beach, river, or stream clean-up event in your area and make a difference!
By removing trash and other debris from around your local waterway, you are helping to keep your water clean and safe from pollution! How the Oceans Went Out of Whack Under natural conditions, carbon dioxide is continuously transferred between the ocean, atmosphere, and continents in a delicately balanced process known as the carbon cycle.
CO2 is pulled from the Houses swept away by floodwaters; record drought, wildfire and hurricanes; melting ice caps and the hottest summer on record — how can anyone doubt global warming?
Photographer James Balog, once a skeptic, sets out to prove it through his Extreme Ice Survey, capturing photographic evidence of melting, disappearing glaciers. Filmmaker Jeff Orlowski documents the lengths to which Balog goes to prove his point — including kicking off his boots to plunge into the icy water for one chilling shot in Chasing Ice.
Despite a bum knee, Balog hikes ice caps in Alaska, Iceland and Greenland, placing specially developed cameras that will endure During most of August, Ballard's research team on board the EV Nautilus have concentrated on the unique geological makeup of the Eratosthenes Seamount, one of the largest features on the eastern Mediterranean seafloor.
Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are speeding up the already fast From Alaska to the Andes, glaciers all over the world have been retreating for decades, What if you could build a brick fence in your backyard that would offset a portion As geochemist James Lawrence Powell continues to prove, the only people still debating Microbeads are tiny pieces of plastic used in face and body scrubs that are toxic to marine life.
Squalene is an ingredient found in moisturizing products that is gathered by killing sharks. Pretty easy so far right? Here are a few additional ways to keep our oceans and beaches clean and encourage others to do the same! There are so many organizations, businesses, and charities that help raise awareness and donate money towards protecting the ocean.
Be choosy about where you shop, and look for ways to give back. Here are a few ideas to get you started:. But all of those examples represent bad ethical practices when it comes to marine life and the oceans.
There are so many other great souvenirs to take home, so skip these and buy something else. Things that go down the sink drain or toilet eventually end up in lakes, rivers, and the ocean. So make sure you dispose of them properly! Here are a few things not to flush or drain:. One of the best things you can do to save our beaches and protect the ocean is to stay informed. Sometimes all it takes is a little extra effort to make a smart choice. Here are a few resources if you want to learn more:.
This year, donors have helped to fund urgent monitoring of beach closures during the COVID pandemic, expand our support for volunteer water quality monitoring, and create groundbreaking data sharing resources for scientists. Join the Swim Guide community today. Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old more than 7 days old to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable.
Historical Status When swimming season is over or when a beach's water quality data has not been updated frequently enough weekly it goes into historical status. Special Status We may manually set the status for a specific beach if we have concerns about the sampling protocol, if there is an emergency, if monitoring practices don't exist or have recently changed, or other reasons that render this site "special.
Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency. Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable. See the beach description for more information regarding their special status. More Articles Like This.
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