Threats to reefs and how to deal with them [2]

The second main threat is marine pollution.

Marine pollution is caused by many things, from littering on the beach, to oil spills from ships. To do your part, just stop littering when visiting the beach, and help by volunteering in a clean-up at a beach. The effort needed is small, but the rewards are large.

As for stopping ships from dumping unwanted substances into the ocean, not much can be done as common citizen, but, if governments are willing to look into the matter, I believe that it can be easily solved.