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Ohkay, I am doing a science report on THERMAL POLLUTION and I was just weondering, does anyone know what it affects? like certain animals or areas of land/water? xO ali
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um lets see:
thermal- heat
pollution-pollution
so i'm guessing that it is going to affect fish and seabird migration patterns and probably penguins who happen to live on ice shelves
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Hey. I did a google search for it, and this is a small summary of what I came up on it:
Thermal pollution can be very harmful to aquatic organisms because of their requirements for survival. For example, cold blooded fish need to live in temperatures no higher than 24 degrees celsius. The extra heat in the water means that the fish's metabolism now needs to work faster. Since its metabolism is now working faster, it also needs more oxygen to meet metabolic demands. The result is that the fish has more difficulty surviving because oxygen is less soluble in warm water than cold water.
Zooplankton are another type of organism afffected.
Hope this helps. =)
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