Ocean Plastic Pollution Or Not, The Show Must Go On
Underwater explorers encounter ghost gear and other ocean plastic pollution, but solutions are coming.
Underwater explorers encounter ghost gear and other ocean plastic pollution, but solutions are coming.
Plastics are becoming habitats for ocean creatures — with unalterable consequences.
It’s easy to lose sight of good news amid the barrage of negative stories about the threats facing the ocean—everything from growing plastic pollution to dying coral reefs. However, there is a lot to celebrate when you look more closely at ocean-related developments.
The scale of the world’s current micro plastics pollution problem can’t be overstated. Plastics, and more importantly their nearly invisible half-broken-down remnants, are now everywhere. They’re in the food you eat, the water you drink, and even often enough in the air you breathe.
More than 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics have been produced by humans since large-scale production began back in the 1950s, according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances.