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What is World Oceans Day?World Oceans Day is held on 8th June every year.
The event encourages people around the world to be reminded about how important our oceans are and to:
• learn and find out more about them;
• think about how they can help to protect them;
• celebrate our oceans.
Threats to Our OceansPlastic PollutionEvery year, millions of tonnes of plastic enter the world’s oceans causing harm to many of the creatures living there.
The plastic causes harm to many of the creatures living there and lasts for 100s of years, meaning the danger stays around for that long too.
Did You Know…?The world has five major oceans:
• Atlantic Ocean
• Southern Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Arctic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
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Did You Know…?71% of the Earth’s surface is covered by ocean.
Climate ChangesAs global temperatures rise due to global warming so do the temperatures of our oceans.
These rising temperatures can threaten and harm marine life, such as coral. It slows down the growth of the coral and makes them more prone to disease. As a result, every year, large areas of coral reefs are dying.
World Oceans Day ThemeEach year, there is a different theme for World Oceans Day. The theme for this year is ‘Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean’.
Innovation means to come up with new ideas.
Sustainable means to keep something going.
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What Can We Do?There are many things we can do to help our oceans, including:
• use less energy to help reduce global warming;
• use less plastic so it doesn’t end up in the oceans;
• go on organised beach cleans (if you live near the beach);
• learn more about charities that look after the oceans.
The focus is on thinking up new ideas to try and help protect our oceans.
One way is looking into how we can reuse plastic so that we stop wasting it. For example, plastic is now being used in some countries to make new roads!
Another way is trying to find ways to stop global warming. This will help to slow down the melting of ice caps.
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What is World Oceans Day?World Oceans Day is an event held every year on 8th June and it encourages people around the world to think about our oceans and how important they are. It also gets people to think about what can be done to help protect our oceans as well as to celebrate them.
Threats to Our OceansPlastic PollutionEvery year, up to 12.7 million tonnes of plastic enter our world’s oceans. It escapes from landfill sites, floats down our drains, ends up in rivers and makes its way into our oceans.
The plastic causes harm to many of the creatures living there and lasts for 100s of years, meaning the danger stays around for that long too.
Our OceansThe names of the world’s five major oceans are:
• Atlantic Ocean
• Southern Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Arctic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
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Did You Know…?Over 70% of our planet is ocean, which is home to 300,000 known species and about one million unknown species of plants and animals.
Climate ChangesAs global temperatures rise due to global warming so do the temperatures of our oceans.
Increasing ocean temperatures threaten and harm marine life, such as coral, by slowing down its growth and making it more prone to disease. As a result, large areas of coral reefs are dying, destroying the habitats of the aquatic life that lives there.
World Oceans Day ThemeThe theme for World Oceans Day 2020 is ‘Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean’.
Innovation means to come up with new ideas.
Sustainable means to keep something going.
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The focus is on researching new ways to help protect our oceans.
Scientists and environmentalists are looking into how we can reuse plastic. For example, in some places, plastic is being used to make new roads!
They are also finding out about new methods in which we can clear plastic from our oceans.
Another way is researching how to halt global warming to help slow down the melting of ice caps. For example, using electric cars will mean less harmful gases being released into the air by cars that use petrol.
What Can We Do?There are many things we can do to help our oceans, such as decreasing our use of plastic and going on organised beach cleans (if you live near the beach). We can also try to reduce our carbon footprint to help minimise global warming and learn more about charities that look after our amazing oceans.
Carbon footprint - The amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere because of the activities of an individual or organisation.
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What is World Oceans Day?World Oceans Day is an event held annually on 8th June.
Many countries have commemorated this special day since 1992 to celebrate all that the ocean gives us and to raise global awareness about the importance of our oceans. World Oceans Day also helps us learn and discover more about our oceans and how we can change our behaviour to help protect them.
Threats to Our OceansPlastic PollutionEvery year, up to 12.7 million tonnes of plastic enter our world’s oceans. It escapes from landfill sites, floats down our drains, ends up in rivers and makes its way into our oceans.
Did You Know…?The ocean is where life began over 3.5 billion years ago.
Oceans cover over 70% of the Earth’s surface and are home to 300,000 known species and about one million unknown species of plants and animals.
The world has five major oceans:
• Atlantic Ocean
• Southern Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Arctic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
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Climate ChangesThe oceans of our world soak up some of the Earth’s heat and help to spread this heat more equally around the globe.
As global temperatures rise due to global warming, so do the temperatures of our oceans.
Increasing ocean temperatures threaten and harm marine life, such as coral. It slows down the growth of the coral and makes them more prone to disease. As a result, every year, large areas of coral reefs are dying, destroying the habitats of all the aquatic life that lives there.
Other threats to coral and coral reefs include pollution, coastal development, fishing and the using of coral for jewellery and souvenirs.
World Oceans Day ThemeEach year, there is a different theme for World Oceans Day. The theme for this year is ‘Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean’.
Innovation means to come up with new ideas.
Sustainable means to keep something going.
It’s not only the single-use plastic, such as plastic bottles and straws, that are a threat to our ocean. The plastic waste that is invisible to the naked eye, such as the microbeads in cosmetics and the fibres in clothing and even in teabags, are also a threat. A lot of plastic collects where marine life feed.
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The focus will be on highlighting the technology and scientific research being used to help protect our oceans and all the living things in it in the future.
Examples of the innovations that scientists and environmentalists are looking into include how we can reuse plastic so that we stop wasting it - finding out about new methods in which we can clear the plastic from our oceans and trying to find ways to reduce global warming.
What Can We Do?There are many things we can do to help our oceans, including:
• reducing our carbon footprint by driving less, unplugging devices and recycling more;
• decreasing our use of plastic so that it doesn’t end up in the oceans;
• going on organised beach cleans (if you live near the beach);
• learning more about charities that look after the oceans.
Carbon footprint - The amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere because of the activities of an individual or organisation.
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