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What is Eutrophication?

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It’s a problem that should matter to you,
whether you live near the ocean or not.

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That’s because it begins wherever people
live, and ends with damage to resources we

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all use, and enjoy.

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It all starts when nutrients get into lakes
and oceans.

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Remember, what’s waste to humans can be
food to plants and other creatures.

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Nutrients feed algae, like they do other plants.

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Algae grows and blocks sunlight.

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Plants die without sunlight.

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Eventually, the algae dies too.

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Bacteria digest the dead plants, using up
remaining oxygen, and giving off carbon dioxide.

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If they can’t swim away, fish and other
wildlife become unhealthy, or die without

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oxygen.

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But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Protecting marine resources starts with sound
agricultural and waste management practices.