A basking honu is perfectly happy to be the subject of photographs. To ensure that the turtles are not bothered, volunteers at Laniakea use red rope to mark off a no-go zone, and place signs to keep visitors informed. The turtle in the foreground doesn't get a red rope because even though it's a pretty good sand sculpture, it didn't fool the volunteers.
Why evaporation occurs. Heat (energy) is necessary for evaporation to occur. Energy is used to break the bonds that hold water molecules together, which is why water easily evaporates at the boiling point (212Â° F, 100Â° C) but evaporates much more slowly at the freezing point.
Water pollution causes flooding due to the accumulation of solid waste and soil erosion in streams and rivers. Oil spills in the water causes animal to die when they ingest it or encounter it. Oil does not dissolve in water so it causes suffocation in fish and birds. Water Pollution Facts. Following are some facts on water pollution: 1  Fourteen billion pounds of garbage, which is mostly plastic, is dumped into the ocean every year. 2  The Ganges River in India is one the most polluted rivers in the world with sewage, trash, food, and animal remains.