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Mother nature exacerbates pollution through climate change and sea level rise. Hurricanes and tropical storms can pick up garbage and deposit it on beaches. Wave action also accounts for more litter being discarded on beaches as debris travels within oceans and gets deposited on shorelines. Heavy rainfall in recent times due to weather systems like the ITCZ has led to flooding that drains garbage and potential water pollutants to beaches.

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Mother nature exacerbates pollution through climate change and sea level rise. Hurricanes and tropical storms can pick up garbage and deposit it on beaches. Wave action also accounts for more litter being discarded on beaches as debris travels within oceans and gets deposited on shorelines. Heavy rainfall in recent times due to weather systems like the ITCZ has led to flooding that drains garbage and potential water pollutants to beaches.

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Mother nature

While pollution is inherently caused by anthropogenic activity, mother nature’s grasp can
draw in such activity by its cycles. The effect of climate change and global warming brings
exacerbates pollution. Sea level rise can lead to removal of beach mass surface area and
this in turn means that there would be greater pollution.
 Hurricanes and tropical storms
For instance, hurricanes and tropical storms are prevalent in the Caribbean region and while Trinidad
has not been directly affected by a hurricane in recent time the potential effects can be disastrous.
High windspeeds can pick up garbage and deposit them at beach sites leading to pollution
 Wave action
Ironically, wave and ocean action can account for more litter being discarded on the beach. Debris
and refuse materials that are improperly disposed of can travel great spans of distance within the
ocean. Sometimes, it is possible for it to be dislodged or deposited at beaches due to the ocean’s
currents and the action of the waves. This would lead to an increase in the solid waste on the beach as
the tides may deposit miscellaneous garbage on the beach’s shores.
 In recent times for the 2018 rainy season, there has been an increase in rainfall due to the presence of
certain weather conditions such as the ITCZ (intertropical convergence zone)
Weather systems and heavy rainfall
This band of rainfall for a long duration led to the flooding of a lot of areas in Trinidad. The problem
of this for Chaguaramas is that the waters filled with garbage eventually drains to the beach. As the
old adage goes “all rivers lead to the ocean.” Not only would the bay and waters be subjected to solid
waste but there may also be water pollution in the event that floods bring any dissolved chemicals.

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