Essay
Have you ever seen a picture of garbage in the ocean? Think about the Great Pacific Garbage patch. It is 3 times the size of France. It has 1.8 billion pieces of floating plastic that kill thousands of marine animals a year. Would you feel bad? Polluting oceans is a problem all around the world. It kills marine life and tons of other animals on the shore. Would you help clean it up? Or would you leave it? The ocean is one of the things that matters most. We need your help to save it!

One reason oceans should not be polluted is because when you dump garbage into the oceans it will wash up to the beach shores. For example, when that happens and you go to play on the beach you will have to step on garbage. When you swim in the ocean you will have to swim in the garbage. One possible solution to this is to use less garbage because garbage is either left, burned, or dumped in the ocean. You can also help by picking up trash on the beach.

Another reason oceans should not be polluted is because it kills marine life. For example, when an oil ship crashes into something the oil kills animals and pollutes the ocean so I think oil ships should have thicker bows. Also the garbage in the oceans smashes into marine animals and injures them. Sometimes it gets into the animal lungs and kills them. Then if they keep on dying, marine animals could go extinct. You might be wondering, “why does marine life matter?” Well animals want to stay alive as much as you do. Also killing marine life would mess up the entire food chain. From plankton to sharks and plants. One solution you can do is pick up trash on the beach and don’t litter in the ocean. The ocean is a big part of earth. 71% of the earth is covered in water. Harming the ocean means harming 71% of the earth we live on. Harming the planet we made home.

My final reason that oceans should not be polluted is that it harms the earth when oceans are polluted. Sometimes the garbage releases fumes into the air. That causes global warming. This melts the home of polar bears. You might be wondering, “why do polar bears matter?” Well if all of the glaciers melts, for one, the polar bears would not have a place to live, hunt, or rest. What if you did not have food you would starve and die. Additionally, if all of the ice on the earth melts, there would be major flooding in all parts of the world. Kills the human species as well and that you should care about!

Oceans should not be polluted because it washes onto the shore of beaches, it kills marine life, and it harms the earth when they are polluted. 71% of the earth will PERISH. Animals will DIE. SAVE OUR OCEANS!

Reflection
I picked the topic oceans should not be polluted because I really like the ocean.

One reason I picked the topic oceans should not be polluted is because I want to save the oceans. For example people are throwing debris into the oceans and I want to stop that.

Another reason that I chose the topic oceans should not be polluted is because the oceans are one of my favorite things and I want to be able to see them every time I go to them.

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