Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 1 • About 70% of the earth’s surface is covered with water. • Ninety-seven percent of the water on the earth is salt water.. • Two percent of the water on earth is glacier ice at the North and South Poles. • Less than 1% of all the water on earth is fresh water that we can actually use. • We use this small amount of water for drinking, transportation, heating and cooling, industry, and many other purposes. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 2 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 3 • Everything is made of atoms. • An atom is the smallest particle of an element, like oxygen or hydrogen. Atoms join together to form molecules. • Water is made of Oxygen and hydrogen Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 4 Solid water—ice is frozen water. When water freezes, its molecules move farther apart, making ice less dense than water. Liquid water is wet and fluid. This is the form of water with which we are most familiar. We use liquid water in many ways, including washing and drinking. Water as a gas—vapor is always present in the air around Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 5 us. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 6 What is Water Cycle ? • The cycle of water movement from the atmosphere to the earth and back to the atmosphere through condensation, precipitation, evaporation, and transpiration is called WATER CYCLE • The continual cycle of water between the land, the ocean and the atmosphere. • The water cycle, also known as the hydrologic cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface ofIGCSEthe Earth. Guru HYDROSPHERE 7 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 8 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 9 Evaporation • This is the first stage of the water cycle. • The Sun's rays heat the water on the surface of the earth in rivers, oceans and lakes. • This makes the water change into water vapour. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 10 Condensation : After evaporation, condensation occurs. Water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid, forming clouds The process that causes these changes is called condensation. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 11 • Precipitation : Precipitation occurs when so much water has condensed that the air cannot hold it anymore. The clouds get heavy and water falls back to the earth in the form of rain • Collection After precipitation comes the stage of collection. The raindrops fall back into the lakes, rivers and oceans or are absorbed by the land. This process by which rainwater gathers on earth is called collection. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 12 • Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, icebergs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. What is Fresh water ? Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 13 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 14 • Still, the statistical summary gives a basic perspective on the ten richest countries in terms of the world’s total freshwater resources, estimated at some 55,273 cubic kilometers per year (ckpy). Water Rich Countries Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 15 Brazil… (14.9% of world total) 2. Russia… (8.1%) 3. Canada… (6%) 4. United States… (5.6%) 5. Indonesia … (5.1%) 6. China… (5.1%) 7. Colombia … (3.9%) 8. Peru … (3.5%) 9. India … (3.5%) 10. Democratic Republic of Congo … (2.3%) 1. 2017 Report Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 16 WATER POOR COUNTRIESThe oil-rich Middle East is home to a disproportionate number of water-poor countries Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 17 1. The world’s population is growing by about 80 million people a year, implying increased freshwater demand of about 64 billion cubic metres a year. Why is Water an Increasingly Strategic Resource? 2. By 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world population could be under stress conditions. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 18 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 19 What is Water crisis? Water crisis is a general term used to describe a situation where the available water within a region is less than the region's demand. The major aspects of the water crisis are allegedly overall scarcity of usable water and water pollution. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 20 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 21 • A global crisis 1. 884 million people in the world do not have access to safe water. This is roughly one in eight of the world's population. 2. 2.6 billion people in the world do not have access to adequate sanitation, this is almost two fifths of the world's population. 3. 1.4 million children die every year from diarrhoea caused by unclean water and poor sanitation Water CRISIS Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 22 What's the problem in Water?: 1. The population is growing rapidly, putting more pressure on our water supply (demand is increasing) 2. The amount of water is effectively reduced by pollution and contamination (supply is decreasing) Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 23 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 24 What are the Solutions? • Improvements in the efficiency of water use • Efficient management and modern technology can stretch even scarce water supplies much further. • Water is often wasted because it is underpriced. Direct and indirect subsidies (especially for agricultural use) are still common in both developed and developing countries. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 25 1. Overview of regions suffering crisis impacts 2. 3. 4. Guru The weight of water that women in Africa and Asia carry on their heads is commonly 20kg, the same as the average UK airport luggage allowance. The average person in the developing world uses 10 litres of water every day for their drinking, washing and cooking. On current trends over the next 20 years humans will use 40% more waterthan they do now. (UNEP) Agriculture accounts for over 80% of the world's water consumption. IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 26 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 27 Dam Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 28 What is a dam? • A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. • Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 29 1. 2. 3. Common purpose of Dam 4. 5. 6. Guru IGCSE Power generation Water supply Stabilize water flow / irrigation Flood prevention Water diversion Recreation and aquatic beauty HYDROSPHERE 30 Which is the biggest Dam in the World? Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 31 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 32 Hoover dam Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 33 • Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevad • Height726.4 ft (221.4 m) • Length1,244 ft (379 m) Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 34 Which is the biggest dam in India? Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 35 Hirakud Dam Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 36 Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km from Sambalpur in the state of Orissa in India. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 37 • Hirakud Dam is the longest man-made dam in the world, about 16 mi (26 km) in length • Height60.96 m (200 ft) • Length4.8 km (3 mi) (main section) 25.8 km (16 mi) (entire dam) Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 38 ADVANTAGES OF DAM 1. Once a dam is constructed, electricity can be produced at a constant rate. 2. Dams are designed to last many decades and so can contribute to the generation of electricity for many years. 3. The lake that forms behind the dam can be used for water sports and leisure / pleasure activities. 4. Often large dams become tourist attractions in their own right. 5. The lake's water can be used for irrigation purposes. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 39 Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam across the Sutlej River and is near the border between Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in northern India. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 40 Bhakra Dam is India's second tallest at 225.55 m (740 ft) high Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 41 DISADVANTAGES OF DAM 1. Dams are extremely expensive to build and must be built to a very high standard. 2. The flooding of large areas of land means that the natural environment is destroyed. 3. People living in villages and towns that are in the valley to be flooded, must move out. 4. The building of large dams can cause serious geological damage. 5. Building a large dam alters the natural water table level. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 42 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 43 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 44 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 45 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 46 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 47 Impact assessment of Dam Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 48 • 1.A large dam can cause the loss of entire ecospheres including endangered and undiscovered species in the area, and the replacement of the original environment by a new inland lake. • 2.Large reservoirs formed behind dams have been indicated in the contribution of seismic activity, due to changes in water load and/or the height of the water table. Environmental impact Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 49 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 50 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 51 • 3.Dam can be particularly damaging in seasonal floodplains, affecting deposits of nutrients as well as the lifecycles of species that depend on these fluctuation` for feeding and breeding grounds. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 52 2.Human social impact • It is estimated that to date, 40-80 million people worldwide have been physically displaced from their homes as a result of dam construction Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 53 Dams - blessing and curse? Over 48,000 large dams are in operation worldwide. And more are being built to provide drinking water, irrigate the land, produce hydropower, and prevent floods. Yet today: Over one billion people do not have access to safe drinking water More than double that number lack basic sanitation Two billion people have no access to electricity. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 54 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 55 What is Flood? 1. A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. 2. Flooding may result from the volume of water within a body of water, such as a river or lake, which overflows or breaks levees, with the result that some of the water escapes its usual boundaries Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 56 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 57 • Riverine 1. Runoff from sustained rainfall or rapid snow melt exceeding the capacity of a river's channel. 2. Causes include heavy rains from monsoons, hurricanes and tropical depressions, foreign winds and warm rain affecting snow pack CAUSES OF RIVER FLOODING Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 58 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 59 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 60 • Coastal 1. Caused by severe sea storms, or as a result of another hazard (e.g. tsunami or hurricane). 2. A storm surge, from either a tropical cyclone or an extra tropical cyclone, falls within this category Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 61 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 62 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 63 EFFECTS OF RIVER FLOODING Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 64 There are many after effects of a flood. Much of it is quiet deadly. These effects of a flood are divided into three key categories which are : 1.Long-term Effect: 2.Secondary Effect: 3.Primary Effect: Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 65 • 1.The long term effect of flood basically includes the Economic effect. A flood can result in an economic hardship for the flood hit area. This results in rebuilding costs, decline in tourism etc. • 2.Secondary Effect includes contamination of water, diseases because of unhygienic water. • 3. Primary effects includes physical damage to everything and casualties amongst people and livestock Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 66 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 67 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 68 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 69 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 70 Some immediate effects are: Primary Effects 1.Loss of human life 2.Damage to infrastructure 3. Livestock carried away 4.Communication disputes Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 71 • Short term effects 1.People in need of medical treatment 2.Homeless people 3.Shortage of safe drinking water 4.Food shortage Long term effects 1.Repair of infrastructure 2.reclamation of farmland 3. Restore public services Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 72 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 73 • Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes, rivers, oceans, and groundwater). Water pollution occurs when pollutants are discharged directly or indirectly into water bodies without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds. What is Water Pollution? Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 74 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 75 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 76 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 77 • Types of Water Pollution • Without getting too technical, water pollution is a result of various things, but usually leads back to these sources: 1. Industry 2. Agriculture Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 78 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 79 • Industry 1. There are three main ways that industries contribute to water pollution. 2. They pollute by disposing of waste directly into waterways, emitting toxic gases that cause acid rain and changing the temperature of water with their disposals into waterways. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 80 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 81 • Agriculture pollution • Its common for farmers to use fertilizers and other chemicals on their crops to help them grow. • Some application methods – such as pesticide spraying by aeroplane – lead to pollution of adjacent land, rivers or wetlands. • Due to inappropriate water management and irrigation technology, fertilizers and pesticides also commonly run-off from fields to adjacent rivers and lakes and contaminate groundwater sources Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 82 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 83 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 84 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 85 Guru 1. Spread of disease: Drinking polluted water can cause cholera or typhoid infections, along with diarrhea. 2. Affects body organs: The consumption of highly contaminated water can cause injury to the heart and kidneys. 3. Harms the food chain: Toxins within water can harm aquatic organisms, thus breaking a link in the food chain. 4. Harms animals: Birds that get into oilcontaminated water die from exposure to cold water and air due to feather damage. Other animals are affected when they eat dead fish in contaminated streams. IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 86 Consequences of water pollution Effects on Ecosystem Water pollution has effects on both physical and chemical properties of water leading to hazardous effects on the dependent life forms in water. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 87 Effects on Human Life 1. 2. 3. 4. Water pollution can cause certain waterborne diseases like diarrhea, typhoid, cholera, and jaundice. These can be caused due to the dumping of human wastes and sewage water. Drinking contaminated water for longer period of time can damage the liver and kidneys of a person. Toxic water can result in causing skin disorders, ulcers, tumors etc. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 88 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 89 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 90 1. 2. What is Eutrophication? 3. Guru The process by which a body of water acquires a high concentration of nutrients, especially phosphates and nitrates. These typically promote excessive growth of algae. As the algae die and decompose, high levels of organic matter and the decomposing organisms deplete the water of available oxygen, causing the death of other organisms, such as fish. IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 91 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 92 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 93 • 4.This bloom of algae disrupts normal ecosystem functioning and causes many problems. • 5.The algae may use up all the oxygen in the water, leaving none for other marine life. This results in the death of many aquatic organisms such as fish, which need the oxygen in the water to live. • 6.The bloom of algae may also block sunlight from photosynthetic marine plants under the water surface. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 94 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 95 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 96 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 97 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 98 1. Water related diseases are the most common cause of deaths. 2. Water-borne diseases are infectious diseases spread primarily through contaminated water. 3. Though these diseases are spread either directly or through flies or filth, water is the chief medium for spread of these diseases and hence they are termed as water-borne diseases. What is Water related Diseases? Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 99 Water-Borne Diseases Water-Based Diseases 3 TYPES WATER BRED DISEASES Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 100 WaterBorne Diseases • Water-borne diseases are "dirtywater" diseases those caused by water that has been contaminated by human, animal, or chemical wastes. • Water borne disease- CHOLERA Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 101 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 102 • 1) Water-Based Diseases Water-based diseases are caused by aquatic organisms that spend part of their life cycle in the water and another part as parasites of animals. 2) These organisms can thrive in either polluted or unpolluted water. 3) Water based disease- BILHARZIA Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 103 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 104 • The carrier breeds in water and spreads disease by biting its victim. WATER BRED DISEASES • The disease of this type which affects most people worldwide is malaria, transmitted by mosquitoes. • Water bred disease- MALARIA Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 105 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 106 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 107 Diarrhoea 1) Diarrhoea remains the most prevalent water related disease in India. 2) It mostly affects children under the age of 5and often leads to death. 3) Diarrhoeal infection is spread through food and drinking water that has been contaminated. 4) Symptoms of diarrhoea include, severe dizziness, loss of consciousness, dehydration and pale skin, little or in some case bloody stool. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 108 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 109 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 110 Cholera 1. Cholera is a water related disease 2. Cholera strikes when one ingests water that is infested with the Vibrio Cholerae bacterium. 3. Symptoms of cholera include watery bowels and fever in certain cases. 4. Cholera can happen to both children and adults. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 111 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 112 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 113 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 114 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 115 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 116 Malaria 1. Malaria or Malarial fever is spread by the Plasmodium parasite mosquito that breeds in water bodies like lakes . 2. Stagnant water is another favourite breeding ground for these deadly parasites. 3. Malarial fever symptoms include fevers, chills, headaches and vomiting. Sometimes these symptoms are also coupled with anaemia. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 117 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 118 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 119 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 120 Stay inside when it is dark outside, preferably in a screened or air-conditioned room. Prevent mosquito bites Wear protective clothing (long pants and long-sleeved shirts). Use insect repellent with DEET The repellent is available in varying strengths up to 100%. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 121 Use bed nets (mosquito netting) sprayed with or soaked in an insecticide such as permethrin or deltamethrin. se flying-insect spray indoors around sleeping areas. Avoid areas where malaria and mosquitoes are present if you are at higher risk Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 122 1. The bilharzia snail lives in shallow water in tropical lands. 2. Larvae grow and multiply inside the snail; worms emerge after three to seven weeks. they enter human bodies usually through the soles of people's feet; 3. Therefore people working in fields, are most at risk. the worms grow to maturity and mate in the human body, usually in the kidney or bladder. BILHARZIA Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 123 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 124 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 125 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 126 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 127 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 128 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 129 • The oceans of Earth serve many functions, especially affecting the weather and temperature. • They moderate the Earth's temperature by absorbing incoming solar radiation (stored as heat energy). • The always-moving ocean currents distribute this heat energy around the globe. • This heats the land and air during winter and cools it during summer. Introduction about Ocean Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 130 • Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE The World Ocean or global ocean, is the interconnected system of the Earth's oceanic waters , and comprises the bulk of the hydrosphere covering almost 71% of the Earth's surface. 131 Earth's oceans 1. Arctic Ocean 2. Atlantic Ocean 3. Indian Ocean 4. Pacific Ocean 5. Southern Ocean Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 132 Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the body of water between Asia and Australia in the west, the Americas in the east, the Southern Ocean to the south, and the Arctic Ocean to the north. It is the largest named ocean and it covers one-third of the surface of the entire world. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 133 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 134 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 135 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 136 The Atlantic Ocean is the world's second largest ocean. Atlantic Ocean It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth's surface. The Atlantic Ocean is bounded on the west by North and South America. It connects to the Arctic Ocean through the Denmark Strait, Greenland Sea, Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 137 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 138 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 139 The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions. Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean, smallest of the world’s oceans, centring approximately on the North Pole. The Arctic Ocean is partly covered by sea ice throughout the yea Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 140 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 141 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 142 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 143 Antarctica is the Earth's southernmost continent. It is on the South Pole. It is almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle. Antarctic Ocean About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice. Few land plants grow in Antarctica. Most are moss, lichen and algae. This is because Antarctica does not have much moisture (water), sunlight, good soil, or a warm temperature. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 144 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 145 Similarities and Differences between the Arctic and the Antarctic Environment 1. The Arctic has trees but Antarctic does not. 2. Antarctica is a continent land mass but the Arctic is a sea with edges of other countries in the Arctic circle.. 3. The Arctic has indigenous people and the Antarctic doesn't. 4. The Arctic has tundra forest but not the Antarctic. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 146 Phytoplankton, also known as microalgae, are similar to terrestrial plants in that they contain chlorophyll and require sunlight in order to live and grow. what is Phytoplankton? Most phytoplankton are buoyant and float in the upper part of the ocean Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 147 Phytoplankton Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 148 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 149 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 150 Zooplankton Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 151 • Marine biology covers a great deal, from the microscopic, including most zooplankton and phytoplankton to the huge whales which reach up to a reported 30 meters (98 feet) in length. Life in the Ocean Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 152 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 153 1. Why are protoplankton and phytoplankton important? 2. 3. Guru Photosynthetic phytoplankton are the "grass" of aquatic habitats. Together with aquatic higher plants, they are the basis of freshwater food chains. Phytoplankton, together with other algae and plants, are the source of most of the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere. IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 154 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 155 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 156 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 157 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 158 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 159 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 160 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 161 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 162 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 163 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 164 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 165 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 166 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 167 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 168 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 169 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 170 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 171 • Marine pollution occurs when harmful, or potentially harmful effects, can result from the entry into the ocean of chemicals, particles, industrial, agricultural and residential waste. What is Marine Pollution? Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 172 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 173 OIL POLLUTION Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 174 • Oil spills into rivers, bays, and the ocean most often are caused by accidents involving tankers, barges, pipelines, refineries, drilling rigs, and storage facilities. • An oil spill from a tanker is a severe problem because there is such a huge quantity of oil being spilt into one place. • Oil cannot dissolve in water and forms a thick sludge in the water. This suffocates fish, gets caught in the feathers of marine birds stopping them from flying and blocks light from photosynthetic aquatic plants. What is Oil Pollution? Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 175 • Spills can be caused by: • people making mistakes or being careless. • equipment breaking down. • natural disasters such as hurricanes. • deliberate acts by terrorists, countries at war, vandals, or illegal dumpers. CAUSES OF OIL SPILLS Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 176 Effects of Oil Pollution • Effects 1) Kills marine animals 2) It kills the seabird’s 3) Damages coastal ecosystems, consequences can last decades 4) Economically important species of shell fish and fin fish are easily killed by oil pollution Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 177 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 178 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 179 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 180 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 181 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 182 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 183 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 184 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 185 1. HOW TO REOMOVE OIL SPILLS? 2. 3. Guru Oil spills can be controlled by chemical dispersion, combustion, mechanical containment, and/or adsorption. Spills may take weeks, months or even years to clean up. Dredging: for oils dispersed with detergents and other oils denser than water. Vacuum and centrifuge: oil can be sucked up along with the water, and then a centrifuge can be used to separate the oil from the water IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 186 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 187 TOXIC POLLUTION Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 188 • Toxic pollution occurs when synthetic chemicals are discharged or natural chemicals accumulate to toxic levels in the environment, causing reductions in wildlife numbers, degrading ecosystem functions and threatening human health. What is Toxic Pollution? Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 189 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 190 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 191 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 192 • Toxic pollution occurs as a result of a variety of human activities. Industries and sewage treatment plants discharge wastes which contain toxic substances directly into waterways. • Toxic pesticides are dispersed through the environment by rain running off chemical-treated land and flowing into lakes, rivers, estuaries and coastal waters. • Household cleaning and disinfecting products are flushed into sewage systems and out through treatment plant discharge, CAUSES OF TOXIC POLLUTION Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 193 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 194 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 195 • Consumers can play a role by being aware of manufacturing processes and "clean" alternatives to products. • International treaties can initiate stronger efforts to reduce toxic pollution worldwide. A new treaty banning the production and use of certain persistent organic pollutants SOLUTION Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 196 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 197 • Garbage pollution means littering civic waste particularly household waste into places not designated to dispose it off. • It is mainly caused by mismanagement of solid waste when garbage is not lifted from streets and areas to carry it to landfill sites for its final disposal. • It all happens owing to poor system of either garbage collection or its disposal. What is Garbage Pollution ? Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 198 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 199 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 200 3.Garbage Sources 1. Unregulated dumping of garbage from ships and coastal communities Effects 1. Large pieces of garbage can kill the marine animals 2. Many animals ingest the garbage, which can also kill them. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 201 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 202 Solutions for garbage pollution • The key solution for garbage pollution lies in proper management of solid waste. • Apart from that there are three slogans to address this issue; reduce, reuse and recycle. • In this way garbage pollution issue could be solved with simply community efforts. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 203 Deep water Horizon oil spill Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 204 • The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil disaster, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the Macondo blowout) was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on the BPoperated Macondo Prospect, considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. • Following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which claimed 11 lives,a sea-floor oil gusher flowed unabated for three months in 2010. • The gushing wellhead was not capped until after 87 days, on 15 July 2010.The total discharge is estimated at 4.9 million barrels Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 205 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 206 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 207 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 208 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 209 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 210 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 211 • An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of ocean water generated by the forces acting upon this mean flow, such as breaking waves, wind, temperature and salinity differences and tides caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun. What is ocean current? Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 212 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 213 • Guru IGCSE Ocean currents are of two types Warm & Cold 1) In a warm current the water is warmer than would be expected at the latitude where it is flowing, because it is moving warm water from the Tropic towards the poles. 2) Cold ocean currents flow towards the equator, since they are moving towards form colder area of ocean HYDROSPHERE 214 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 215 The Importance of Ocean Currents • Because ocean currents circulate water worldwide, they have a significant impact on the movement of energy and moisture between the oceans and the atmosphere. As a result, they are important to the world’s weather. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 216 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 217 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 218 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 219 NORMAL CONDITION EL NINO CONDITION Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 220 WORD ORIGIN • El Niño, which is Spanish for "the Boy Child," because it comes about the time of the celebration of the birth of the Christ Child. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 221 • El Nino, an abnormal warming of surface ocean waters in the eastern tropical Pacific, is one part of what's called the Southern Oscillation. Definition Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 222 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 223 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 224 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 225 • When the surface pressure is high in the eastern tropical Pacific it is low in the western tropical Pacific, and vice-versa. • Because the ocean warming and pressure reversals are, for the most part, simultaneous, scientists call this phenomenon the El Nino/Southern Oscillation or ENSO for short EL NINOFORMATION Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 226 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 227 • The extremes of this climate pattern's oscillations, El Niño and La Niña, cause extreme weather (such as floods and droughts) in many regions of the world. • Developing countries dependent upon agriculture and fishing, particularly those bordering the Pacific Ocean, are the most affected. EFFECTS Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 228 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 229 Normal Conditions (Non El Nino) El Nino Conditions Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 230 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 231 An El Nino year in Peru • This effects is very common in Peru, which is why Peruvian fisherman gave it the name El Niño, meaning the Christ child. This happens every 3-8 years. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 232 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 233 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 234 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 235 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 236 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 237 EFFECTS OF EL NINO IN PERU 1. The sudden change in sea water temperature has a dramatic effect on life both the sea on the land. 2. Warm ocean water kills plankton and fish, because its currents are low in oxygen and nutrients. 3. Beaches become littered with washed up dead fish and sea birds. 4. Warm air rises near Peru, causing rain in the northern Peruvian deserts 5. Irrigation works, essential for cultivation in normal years, are destroyed. 6. Mosquitoes and insects multiply in the wet environment Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 238 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 239 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 240 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 241 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 242 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 243 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 244 SOME OF THE WORLD WIDE EFFECTS OF EL NINO IN 1997-98 INDONESIA: Worst drought, Forest fires, No monsoon rains CHINA: Hit by worst drought for 20 years Tanzania: Nationwide crop failure du to drought-3 million suffered for food shortage ARGENTINA: Heavy rains delayed planting of crops Venezuela: Yields of most crops reduce by flooding Jamaica: Worst drought for 40 years Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 245 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 246 What is Fishery? A fishery is an area with an associated fish or aquatic population which is harvested for its commercial value. Fisheries can be wild or farmed. Most of the world's wild fisheries are in the ocean. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 247 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 248 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 249 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 250 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 251 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 252 What is THERMOLAYER? • The thermo-layer is the heat layer in the atmosphere or water, at a different temperature to the air or water above or below it Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 253 1. Traditional fishing ground are located predominantly in the temperature zone of the northern hemisphere due to natural factors. 2. These areas are naturally rich in plankton because of their shallow water. 3. The presence of mineraltransporting ocean currents is also great significance. FISHING GROUNDS Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 254 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 255 Warmer Tropical Waters • In warmer tropical waters ,the nutrients cycle does no function so effectively because a thermolayer occurs because of the lack of mixing between the warm surface waters & the cold deeps Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 256 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 257 1) 2) MARINE SOURCES 3) 4) Guru Marine sources provide about 20% of the animal protein eaten by humans. Another 5% is provided indirectly via livestock fed with fish. 60% of fish consumption is by the developing world. In Asia, about 1 billion people rely on fish as their primary source of protein. The fishing enterprise employs some 200 million people worldwide. IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 258 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 259 1. 2. 3. IMPORTANCE OF FISH PRODUCTS 4. 5. Guru Fish is one of our most valuable sources of protein food. World wide, people obtain about 25% of their animal protein from fish and shell fish. About 35% of all fish is eaten fresh, chilled or frozen. It is also cured or canned or made into oil and fish meal . Fish and marine products are used as medicine, ground into vitamins, or processed into cosmetics and perfumes, lubricants, varnishes, soap and margarine. IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 260 World fish production(2013) RANK COUNTRY AMOUNT(MILLION TONNES) 1 CHINA 11.3 2 PERU 9.4 3 INDIA 6.3 4 INDONESIA 5.6 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 261 • The sea fish caught fall into two groups, pelagic &demersal. • Pelagic fish live near the ocean surface including herring, mackerel &sardine. • Demersal fish are bottom dwellers, living closer to the floor of the contential shelf • Cod,haddock,plaice. • Other main marine animals are • Crabs, lobsters &crayfish,oysters,cockles & whales TYPES OF FISH Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 262 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 263 1. Overfishing occurs when fishing activities reduce fish stocks below an acceptable level. This can occur in any body of water from a pond to the oceans. 2. The practice of commercial and non-commercial fishing which depletes a fishery by catching so many adult fish that not enough remain to breed and replenish the population. What is Over Fishing? Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 264 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 265 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 266 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 267 Firstly, human demand for fish and fish products has pushed the fishing capacity to four times what is needed to satisfy the needs of the global population What is causing overfishing With a constantly increasing human population total, the demand for fish is growing each year. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 268 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 269 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 270 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 271 Secondly, the way in which fish is caught leads to further unsustainable situations. Guru IGCSE Habitat destruction, by means of dynamite fishing, cyanide fishing and bottom trawling have been used by commercial fishing ventures for year HYDROSPHERE 272 1. The removal of large numbers of a certain type of fish can also lead to a disruption of the local food web, as predators are left with too little food to maintain their population numbers. 2. Reckless overfishing through illicit means can result into a direct damage/contamination of oceans, seas, etc. 3. Food chains – prey-predator relationship will be altered. The ecological balance will be thrown off. CONSEQUENCES OF OVERFISHING Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 273 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 274 Hundreds of thousands of jobs in fishing and related industries were lost in 1990’s Small port communities in remote locations where fishing is the only sources of employment, have been badly hit Long-term physical effects on the ocean ecology – coral reefs, ocean floor, bottom grasses etc. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 275 Up to 100m long Modern New technology - Fishing boats As many as 100 people employed by a company Radar & Sonar to find fish, satellites for navigation & weather data about fish Nets at least 1km wide are trailed that can scoop up 400 tonnes is one gulp Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 276 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 277 • Greenpeace is a nongovernmental environmental org anization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam. • Greenpeace spread to several countries and started to campaign on other environmental issues such as commercial whaling and toxic waste GREEN PEACE Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 278 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 279 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 280 Ecosystems Destruction According to marine ecologists, unsustainable fishing is the greatest threat to ocean ecosystems. Impact of overfishing The practice destroys the physical environments of marine life, and distorts the entire food chain in the oceans. Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 281 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 282 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 283 • Biodiversity Marine life is amazing and balanced with millions of fish species and other marine animals. • Constantly fishing for particular specie like the blue-fine tuna (which is people’s favourite), means soon that kind of fish will be extinct Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 284 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 285 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 286 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 287 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 288 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 289 • Pollution Oil and liquid spills, chemical and solid elements discharged into the water by fishing boats, vessels and trawlers often hurt marine life. • It is very easy to think that the oceans are so big and these are not real threats, but a bit of pollution by thousands of trawlers everyday contribute to something very big and disturbing Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 290 K.GURU CHARAN KUMAR IB ESS Teacher TOK facilitator IGCSE EVM Teacher MYP Teacher IB ESS Paper 1 & 2 Assist Examiner & IB ESS IA Examiner GAT Leader-IB World Student Conference Graphic Designer Photographer Quiz Master Blogger Web Designer Taxonomist Documentary Maker Adobe Specialist School Clicking Club Incharge School Graphic Designer and Field Trip Organizer Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 291 Follow me • Website: http://gurucharankumar.weebly.com/ • My YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Gurucharankumar • Twitter Account: @Greenguru2013 https://twitter.com/Greenguru2013 • Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gurucharankumar/ • SlideShare Link: http://www.slideshare.net/kingcobra2012 • SymbalooEDU link : • https://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/edutools297 • Insta : gurumantra007 Guru IGCSE HYDROSPHERE 292