Threats

Over short or long all remnants of human civilisation end in the sea and on beaches. Furthermore there is a multitude of human activities from surfriding to oil drilling which influence the sea and ist creatures.

One way - and much further: 
Garbage in the sea      

Invisible and unhealthy: 
Poison in the sea

Almost suffocated from nitrogen: 
Eutrophication of the Northsea

Exotic litter on the beach

Picture informations:

Author(s) Claudia Mohra
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Industrialisation of the seas: 
Offshore-industry

They plow and harvest without sowing: 
Fisheries

Free-riders of globalisation: 
Neobiota

The earth suffers from fever:   
Climate change

War games in coastal waters: 
Military activities

Sticky, black and deadly: 
Ölpest

Ducks don’t see the fun in it:   
Water sports

Not only footprints in the sand: 
Tourism on the beach

Further informationen about factors threatening the Waddensea can be found here (in german language):

http://www.schutzstation-wattenmeer.de/wissen/bedrohungen/