Pollution

http://www.naturalnews.com/001698_oceans_pollution_blue_movement.html

This article that I found talks about a group called the Seaweed Rebels that is working to help stop pollution by mankind. This article points out a couple of the many things humans do to destroy our ocean and other body's of water on earth. The issue in this article is we are effecting the water creatures communication with sound pollution by the navy. The bigger issue in this article is a lot of pollution is created by mankind and a lot of it can be minimized or even stopped. that's if people like seaweed rebels work to find solution to this over all problem. To find more info on this topic you can google water pollution or get hands on and test water and find what is in the water and try to trace it back to where the pollution is coming from to take action.
This being said it connects to our class because that's what we are doing we are taking water samples and observing and testing it to find what is in the water. I would say it ties in to media saves the beach in a huge way because it points out some of the key problems for you already and now you have an idea of what your looking for or what might be creating the problem.