Endangered Indian Seas and Shores

Today 8^th June is World Oceans Day and hence we need to aware of the grave issue of urban ecology changes detrimentally plaguing the 7500km long coast line of India. The bi annual monsoons in India (reversals of direction of winds South West Monsoons and North East Monsoons) aid in dispersing the pollutants. Each and every day tons of chemicals, pesticides, detergents, phenol, mineral oils etc enter the sea polluting it.

Developments along the coast line can be destructive unless done with scientific studies. When we build a port it breaks this natural movement of sand (like what your feet senses when dipped in the sea water at a beach). If it goes on there will only be rocks, not beaches left.

Recently during the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX), a huge cloud of atmospheric pollution covering some 10 million square kilometers of the Indian Ocean—an area approximately the size of the United States was discovered.  The dense, brown haze mainly consisted of soot, industrial wastes from unburned fossil fuels. Mostly they have come from areas of Indian continent and surrounding areas where there are hardly any ways of controlling the pollutant emissions from the growing industries.

Cleaning of tankers at seas, offshore drilling operations and accidents to tankers produce oil spills. We have to aid by stopping indiscriminate disposal of sewage, plastic and harmful effluents. Any pollution of the ocean affects the tropical marine life and sea plant life. The subtle environmental dangers produced by rising levels of uncontrolled emissions, urban development and water disposal should be tackled. We need to gather momentum and form groups with people with expertise in ecology conservation and work towards protecting our environment.