Oceans produce approximately 80 percent of the oxygen our planet needs to support animal life. pollution that reaches the ocean through dumping, oil leaks, runoff, and other processes interferes with that oxygen production and poses a real threat to the oxygen content in our atmosphere. if the oxygen content decreases, it is likely that carbon dioxide will increase. this could have dramatic consequences for life as we know it. which does this passage indicate causes a decrease of oxygen in the atmosphere?

Pollution of the ocean waters

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The oceans have always been and still are the largest producers of oxygen on Earth. This is due to the enormous amount of producers that live in them. The producers have the ability to take the carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, and release oxygen as a side product once they perform photosynthesis and respiration. The humans though use the oceans for dumping things in them, some of which are very dangerous, such as the oil spills, the plastic things, rubber, technological waste. They manage to hurt or even kill off the producers, thus reducing the intake of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and decrease the releasing of oxygen in it.

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"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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