Editorial :)

   I read an article called, "As Ocean Pollution Mounts, "Toxic Slime" Rises Up, Destroying Ocean Life." This article talked about how humans have polluted the ocean so badly that a new form of bacteria has started to form killing off our coral reefs and food supply. Scientist say as this continues, almost all of our food sources will be gone and we will be forced to live off of jellyfish, sea urchins, and squid. Everyone knows that this is happening, but no one has done anything to take care of the problem. People think it's no big deal, but to me, I think this is a HUGE problem.
   One reason why humans polluting our oceans is a big deal is because the ocean is our main food source. I mean a lot of the things we eat today mainly come from the sea. Mostly everyone in the world has had some sort seafood. Fish and other kinds of ocean animals are sold in markets around the world for people in third world countries. If humans keep polluting our oceans, the fish would die off and millions of people around the world wouldn't get food. Also, since we pollute the water, which is the marine life's air supply, we are basically letting them breathe in all the harmful chemicals we put in the water. Once they inhale all these chemicals, it gets in their bodies and stays there. So when fisherman catch them for us to eat, we are actually eating the harmful chemicals we put in their ocean. It's kind of like what goes around, comes around.
   Another reason why humans should stop polluting our oceans is because it causes a lot of marine life to die off. Every animal in the water plays a huge role in the cycle of the ocean's ecosystem, without certain animals, the balance of the ocean would be off. Some animals have been here for many, many years and we're killing them off. Soon, some of these marine animals could be endangered and become extinct. This could lead to a dramatic change in the oceans ecosystem and the food change will start to change as well. So to prevent our animals from dying, we need find a new way to dispose of our waste.
   The third reason why humans should stop polluting our oceans is because we will need it for our future water supply. There is only 3 percent of fresh water in the world, and soon or later we will run out of it. Our best bet is to try and keep the water clean. It will benefit us in the long run because if the water was clean, the fish will be healthier, we could eat them without having problems about them being poisonous,  and we could have more water to be purified.
   As you can see, there are so many reasons why us humans should stop polluting our oceans. We need to stop because the ocean is one of our main food supplies, it kills off marine life, and it could be our future water source. The ocean needs our help, would you be the one to make the change?