coastal pollution
Seaside environmental degradation
Coastal pollution is contamination of shoreline environments and nearshore waters by human activity.
Sources include sewage discharge, agricultural runoff, industrial waste, oil spills, and plastic debris.
Coastal pollution damages marine ecosystems, kills wildlife, and threatens human health through contaminated seafood and unsafe swimming conditions: Coastal pollution has decimated the oyster population in the bay.
- plasticsMoldable petroleum-based materials
- coral bleachingStress-induced reef discoloration
- waterborne diseasesIllnesses from contaminated aquatic sources
- beach closuresBanning public shore access
- agricultural runoffWater draining from farmland
heavy metals · toxic runoff · ocean acidification · pharmaceuticals · oil spills · pesticides · shipping lanes · fertilizers · habitat destruction · algal blooms · radioactive materials · illegal dumping · dead zones · marine debris · ghost nets · trash islands · Deepwater Horizon · sewage
- pollutionsmog, toxic waste, emissions, factory emissions, sewage
- ocean pollutionoil spills, marine debris, plastic waste, toxic waste, chemical spills
- oil spillsoil spill, oil spills, oil slick, tar balls, oil boom
- water pollutionsewage, industrial waste, contaminants, algal bloom, toxic waste
- mercury pollutionmercury poisoning, mercury exposure, mercury vapor, methylmercury, mercury contamination
- aquaculture problemsdisease, parasites, sea lice, disease outbreak, disease spread
coastal pollutionfreshwater pollution
Tainting of lakes and rivers
coastal pollutionmarine conservation
Protecting sea environments
coastal cleanup · beach cleanup · coastal protection · marine sanctuary
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