Marine Wasteland Oceanic Pollution Discussion Essay
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Marine Wasteland Oceanic Pollution Discussion Essay
Type at least 150 words and include at least ONE internet source to support your reply. Cite your sources using MLA format. Provide a substantive comment about whether or agree or disagree with their argument, note anything you found interesting about their post, and do a little further internet research about their post (cite any sources you use, including websites).
- While it is hard for me to take a strong stance on the statement because I do believe individual people are waking up to the role, they play in polluting our planet, I do think corporations are prevailing over individuals, because they are able to destroy ecosystems without regulations or punishments.
Corporations only see things as ways to make more money, and they will do anything it takes to increase their profits, even if it means hurting other organisms – and their own employees. Since the practices of corporations go unchecked, they are able to overfish and pollute the ocean with plastic and oil. Twenty corporations have created “over one fifth of the ocean acidification that occurred since 1965” (Bennet). When ocean acidity rises, it threatens smaller organisms like plankton, shellfish, and coral which are essential parts of the ocean food web. Without these organisms, the whole ocean ecosystem is at risk.
Corporate greed has also allowed companies to dump plastic and other pollutants in the water. Individuals are so used to having plastic packaging around everything that they do not pay attention to the harm single-use plastic is doing. In March of 2019, a whale washed up in the Philippines with 88 pounds of plastic in its stomach. Every year, an estimated “8 million tons of plastic enter the world’s ocean.” Imagine how much plastic other organisms and animals, like fish, have ingested plastic, and then are sold to people for food?
In Ocean of Life, Roberts describes how corporations’ practices of overfishing have decimated the ocean. These practices have “transformed life on the seabed, converting three-dimensionally complex habitats rich in coral, sponge, sea fan, and seaweed into endless, monotonous expanses of shifting gravel, sand, and mud” (Roberts 49). While corporations may be making money now, they are creating a “marine wasteland” (Roberts 55).
Roberts argues that “most of the world’s major fishery species have been reduced…by 75 percent to 95 percent or more” (Roberts 50). So why are companies not changing their ways? When they disrupt a complex ecosystem, it increases the chance of disease outbreaks, harming the product (the fish) and the consumer (us). Fishers are having to work “17 times harder” to get the same number of fish as people in the 19th century (Roberts 45). How is this good for business?
If human decency will ever triumph over corporate greed, we must impose new regulations that put the environment first (which will also end up putting humans first), and create new fishing and manufacturing practices that are good for the planet and for business.
- priceless postcard it’s been called while some more technical scientists classified them a ureilites, a rare stellar stone coming back from the earliest days of the solar system. But wait, there’s more, these diamond-pocked parcels were dubbed as Alma-Ata Sitta and are now known to be not just from our solar system, but from a world that no longer exists, a ghost planet! This ghost planet is no bigger than Mars and is smaller than Mercury and might have existed 5 billion years ago which had joined with other so called lost planets to form an early version of our solar system!
- Then the lost planets collided violently with each other and actually formed Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. After additional research scientists found that the diamonds were formed under intense pressure that only a planet like Mars or Mercury could exert. The final conclusion from the scientists was the diamonds are true hard evidence that proto-planets existed and are a sparkling validation of the Protoplanet Hypothesis.
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Content (worth a maximum of 50% of the total points) |
Zero points: Student failed to submit the final paper. |
20 points out of 50: The essay illustrates poor understanding of the relevant material by failing to address or incorrectly addressing the relevant content; failing to identify or inaccurately explaining/defining key concepts/ideas; ignoring or incorrectly explaining key points/claims and the reasoning behind them; and/or incorrectly or inappropriately using terminology; and elements of the response are lacking. |
30 points out of 50: The essay illustrates a rudimentary understanding of the relevant material by mentioning but not full explaining the relevant content; identifying some of the key concepts/ideas though failing to fully or accurately explain many of them; using terminology, though sometimes inaccurately or inappropriately; and/or incorporating some key claims/points but failing to explain the reasoning behind them or doing so inaccurately. Elements of the required response may also be lacking. |
40 points out of 50: The essay illustrates solid understanding of the relevant material by correctly addressing most of the relevant content; identifying and explaining most of the key concepts/ideas; using correct terminology; explaining the reasoning behind most of the key points/claims; and/or where necessary or useful, substantiating some points with accurate examples. The answer is complete. |
50 points: The essay illustrates exemplary understanding of the relevant material by thoroughly and correctly addressing the relevant content; identifying and explaining all of the key concepts/ideas; using correct terminology explaining the reasoning behind key points/claims and substantiating, as necessary/useful, points with several accurate and illuminating examples. No aspects of the required answer are missing. |
Use of Sources (worth a maximum of 20% of the total points). |
Zero points: Student failed to include citations and/or references. Or the student failed to submit a final paper. |
5 out 20 points: Sources are seldom cited to support statements and/or format of citations are not recognizable as APA 6th Edition format. There are major errors in the formation of the references and citations. And/or there is a major reliance on highly questionable. The Student fails to provide an adequate synthesis of research collected for the paper. |
10 out 20 points: References to scholarly sources are occasionally given; many statements seem unsubstantiated. Frequent errors in APA 6th Edition format, leaving the reader confused about the source of the information. There are significant errors of the formation in the references and citations. And/or there is a significant use of highly questionable sources. |
15 out 20 points: Credible Scholarly sources are used effectively support claims and are, for the most part, clear and fairly represented. APA 6th Edition is used with only a few minor errors. There are minor errors in reference and/or citations. And/or there is some use of questionable sources. |
20 points: Credible scholarly sources are used to give compelling evidence to support claims and are clearly and fairly represented. APA 6th Edition format is used accurately and consistently. The student uses above the maximum required references in the development of the assignment. |
Grammar (worth maximum of 20% of total points) |
Zero points: Student failed to submit the final paper. |
5 points out of 20: The paper does not communicate ideas/points clearly due to inappropriate use of terminology and vague language; thoughts and sentences are disjointed or incomprehensible; organization lacking; and/or numerous grammatical, spelling/punctuation errors |
10 points out 20: The paper is often unclear and difficult to follow due to some inappropriate terminology and/or vague language; ideas may be fragmented, wandering and/or repetitive; poor organization; and/or some grammatical, spelling, punctuation errors |
15 points out of 20: The paper is mostly clear as a result of appropriate use of terminology and minimal vagueness; no tangents and no repetition; fairly good organization; almost perfect grammar, spelling, punctuation, and word usage. |
20 points: The paper is clear, concise, and a pleasure to read as a result of appropriate and precise use of terminology; total coherence of thoughts and presentation and logical organization; and the essay is error free. |
Structure of the Paper (worth 10% of total points) |
Zero points: Student failed to submit the final paper. |
3 points out of 10: Student needs to develop better formatting skills. The paper omits significant structural elements required for and APA 6th edition paper. Formatting of the paper has major flaws. The paper does not conform to APA 6th edition requirements whatsoever. |
5 points out of 10: Appearance of final paper demonstrates the student’s limited ability to format the paper. There are significant errors in formatting and/or the total omission of major components of an APA 6th edition paper. They can include the omission of the cover page, abstract, and page numbers. Additionally the page has major formatting issues with spacing or paragraph formation. Font size might not conform to size requirements. The student also significantly writes too large or too short of and paper |
7 points out of 10: Research paper presents an above-average use of formatting skills. The paper has slight errors within the paper. This can include small errors or omissions with the cover page, abstract, page number, and headers. There could be also slight formatting issues with the document spacing or the font Additionally the paper might slightly exceed or undershoot the specific number of required written pages for the assignment. |
10 points: Student provides a high-caliber, formatted paper. This includes an APA 6th edition cover page, abstract, page number, headers and is double spaced in 12’ Times Roman Font. Additionally, the paper conforms to the specific number of required written pages and neither goes over or under the specified length of the paper. |
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