Marine Pollution

Collaborate: As a team, review each team member’s Week One NOAA Activity Part One: Ocean Exploration mission and findings.

Select one team member’s mission that specifically relates to issues from marine pollution to use as the foundation for this assignment.

Select an environmental agency that could directly benefit from the research conducted in the mission.

Create a 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint® presentation that includes the following items. Online Campus students must submit a 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint® presentation with presenter notes. Be sure to include the following in your presentation.

A brief description of the chosen environmental group and their mission statement

A brief description of the type of marine pollution addressed in the mission

Which region the pollution is prevalent

How the pollution is affecting the surrounding ecosystem

What measures can be taken to avoid this type of pollution in the future

How the findings from the mission can aid the environmental group in reducing reoccurring occurrences of this form of pollution

Include any references as needed