Marine Pollution
I took this class in the my first semester of my Sophomore year so Fall 2018 with Professor Susan Farady. This class taught me all about the many pollutants that can be found throughout the worlds oceans and learn that there are other things besides “poop and oil” as Professor Farady always said. I explored various areas of marine pollution that I had never known about before, from metal contamination to the toxicity of pesticides. These were very eye opening to me and a want for knowledge as to how we can better conserve and protect our oceans emerged. I know have found that I want to be involved in the conservation as well as the stewardship of oceans. Marine pollution is something that is such a widespread problem that efforts to help prevent it need to be upgraded. I hope that I can learn more to help to do this one day.
Marine Pollution: Official Course Description
“This course will introduce students to the types, sources, and effects of pollutants in coastal and marine ecosystems. We will study the cycle of pollutants such as oil, plastics, pesticides, fertilizers, and wastewater, from initial input in the marine environment, through biological and chemical processes occurring in the ecosystem, to final disposition or disposal. As an interdisciplinary seminar, we will explore course topics by applying a range of legal, policy and socio-economic disciplines. Classes will combine lectures, discussion, small group activities, guest speakers, and field trips as possible. “
Class Work:
This essay was written for my midterm and explains what marine pollution is, what impact marine pollution has on the human population as well as the organisms that live there, ways to address the pollution, and the one thing that troubles me the most about marine debris. This paper allowed me to reflect back on the first half of the book we used for class; Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know by Judith Weis.
Here is a short excerpt:
Link to my Full Paper:
