User:Mimitee123/Human impact on marine life

The ocean can be described as the world's largest ecosystem and it's home for many species of marine life. Different activities done and caused by human beings such as global warming, ocean acidification, and pollution affects marine life and its habitats. For the past 50 years, more than 90 percent of global warming brung on by humans has been consumed into the ocean. This results in the rise of ocean temperatures and ocean acidification which is harmful to many fish species and causes damage to habitats such as coral. With coral producing materials such as carbonate rock and calcareous sediment, this creates a very unique and valuable ecosystem not only providing food/homes for marine creatures but also having many benefits for humans too. Ocean acidification caused by rising levels of Carbon dioxide leads to coral bleaching where the rates of calcification is lowered affecting coral growth. Additionally, another issue caused by humans which impacts marine life is pollution and the use of plastics. The process by which humans use and get rid of plastic can officially be marked as an Anthropocene which can be described as a time period where humans directly have an influence on what goes on in the world's environment.