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  • Hey there!

  • Welcome to Life Noggin!

  • You know when Mr.Beast asks you to make a video about the ocean, you're not gonna

  • say no.

  • And since the whole team seas initiative is all about cleaning up plastic from the ocean,

  • i figured why not talk about how plastic is affecting the ocean.

  • Each year, the world produces 275 million metric tons of plastic waste.

  • And while only a small fraction of that makes its way into the ocean, it still amounts to

  • a whopping 8 million metric tons of plastic entering ocean waters each year, which is

  • equal to nearly 90 aircraft carriers.

  • To make matters worse, plastic doesn't decompose.

  • One study published in 2019 found that most plastic found in deep waters was more than

  • 15 years old.

  • And once in the ocean ecosystem, plastic waste can have a detrimental effect on the organisms

  • living there.

  • Plastic can have an impact on light penetration and oxygen exchange, altering the balance

  • in the ecosystem these animals depend on.

  • Animals can also become entangled in the debris, making it difficult for them to swim and causing

  • abrasions or cuts.

  • They can also eat pieces of plastic, which can obstruct their digestive system or cause

  • ulcers or ruptures to their gut.

  • Studies have found that fish along the United States' West Coast eat over 12,000 tons

  • of plastic each year.

  • And these fish eventually make it to our plates.

  • One study found that 67% of fish sold in California contained plastic and fibrous debris.

  • While the health risks from eating these fish remains largely unknown, plastics are killing

  • many sea animals.

  • Every year, plastic waste kills over one million seabirds and over 100,000 marine mammals.

  • If you want to help prevent plastic pollution from harming sea life, avoid single-use plastics

  • if you can, recycle properly, hold corporations that are polluting the earth accountable,

  • participate in a beach or river clean-up, and support organizations that are doing the

  • same.

  • One group of engineers and scientists has been working to develop machines to clean

  • up floating plastic waste in the water.

  • These machines include interceptors installed in rivers that direct waste onto a conveyor

  • belt and into dumpsters, as well as boats that tow a catchment system across the ocean

  • surface to collect debris.

  • The group currently has three interceptors installed in rivers and are testing a new

  • large-scale ocean collection system.

  • All of this is pretty cool, and if you want to see more of it happen, you should definitely

  • support team seas, consider donating to Team Seas and maybe we'll SEE less plastic in

  • the ocean.

  • So do you have a favorite sea creature that definitely needs to be protected?

  • Let me know in the comment section below.

  • As always, my name is Blocko, this has been Life Noggin, don't forget to keep on thinking!

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Trapped Inside the Plastic Prison #TeamSeas

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    Sandra に公開 2021 年 11 月 02 日
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