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Marine pollution

Marine pollution occurs when substances used or spread by humans, such as industrial, agricultural, and residential waste; particles; noise; excess carbon dioxide; or invasive organisms enter the ocean and cause harmful effects there. The majority of this waste (80%) comes from land-based activity, although marine transportation significantly contributes…

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Marine pollution

Nodes289
Edges288
Triples141
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00692
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Marine pollution

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related to Laws and policies · 41
Marine pollution → Act, Ad Hoc Open-Ended Expert, America, Atmospheric Administration, Convention, Federal Water Pollution Control, Group, Harry Truman, In, In August, In December, International Convention, International Maritime Organization, It, Law, Marine Debris Research, Marine Litter, Marine Protection, MARPOL, Microplastics
related to history · 20
Marine pollution → After, Although, Atomic Energy Commission, British, California, Energie Atomique, French Commissariat, In, Irish Sea, Jacques Cousteau, Law, Marine, Mediterranean Sea, Most, Santa Barbara, Sea, Torrey Canyon, United Nations Conventions, United States, Windscale
related to Plastic pollution · 11
Marine pollution → Approximately, Around, Eighty, Global, It, Marine, Microplastics, Recently, Switzerland, The, United Nations Ocean Conference
related to Global goals · 8
Marine pollution → By, Goal, In, Sustainable Development Goal, Sustainable Development Goals, Target, The, United Nations
related to Ship pollution · 6
Marine pollution → Additionally, However, In, Oil, PAHs, Ships

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pollution ocean marine plastic noise water oceans runoff debris sea also fish waste food cause toxic environment life many nitrogen

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agricultural runoffinstance ofThe pollution often comes from nonpoint sources0.80text
wind-blown debrisinstance ofThe pollution often comes from nonpoint sources0.80text
and dustinstance ofThe pollution often comes from nonpoint sources0.80text
bottlesinstance ofranging in size from large original material0.80text
bagsinstance ofranging in size from large original material0.80text
down to microplastics formed from the fragmentation of plastic materialsinstance ofranging in size from large original material0.80text
this occurs particularly in developing nationsinstance ofPollution0.80text
lanthanuminstance oflead as well as rare earth elements0.80text
yttriuminstance oflead as well as rare earth elements0.80text
discarded fishing nets capturing animalsinstance ofThis increased water pollution has caused serious negative effects0.80text
concentration of plastic debris in massive marine garbage patchesinstance ofThis increased water pollution has caused serious negative effects0.80text
and increasing concentrations of contaminants in the food chain.Plastic pollutionMarine plastic pollution is a type of marine pollution by plastics ranging in size from large original material such as bottlesinstance ofThis increased water pollution has caused serious negative effects0.80text

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