Environmental Networking Platform for Children and Youth by SAMSUNG E&A
Stay connected with Eco-generation :
| Share 
| 
- Home >
- Our Actions >
- Ambassador report
3
Comments
Marine Life - The Dying Ocean |
|---|
|
by Rock Lee | 27-12-2019 00:05
|
|
Over 1 million marine animals including mammals, fish, sharks, and turtles are killed each year due to a substance debris in the ocean - plastic. Nowadays, plastics are the biggest man-made pollutants in the marine environment. More than 220 million tons of plastic are produced each year, and it is estimated that there are 100 million tons of plastic in our oceans. The building up for plastics in the sea is a process, with plastic 'island's gaining size everyday. The plastics in the urban coast wash out to sea, and are weathered and eroded into very small fragments, known as micro-plastic. The starving marine organisms mistake the plastic bag balloons with water, and micro-plastics as squid or other prey. After eating, the inflammation of the abdominal tissues caused by the presence of nearly 30 kgs of indigestible plastic leads these creatures to their death. It does not affect only sea creatures. It also harms other organisms that don’t live in the sea. Estimated more than a million seabirds, as well as more than 100,000 sea mammals die each year as a result of plastic debris clogging their digestive tracts. Fish and other marine life eat micro-plastics which in turn can find their way into the human food chain. The water we drink could be affected. In 2017, there was the detection of micro-plastics in 3 of 24 water purification plants in South Korea. These problems are caused by humans, so only humans can, and should fix it. We should use plastics as little as possible. At an individual level, we can try to recycle all the plastics that we use and, participate in beach or community clean-up groups. Remember, the most important thing is our effort to preserve our environment. |
|
|
|
|
|
Previous : Unprecedented event gone so fa...
3 Comments
Hello Rock
The single picture you uploaded well describes the awful situation of plastic pollution. Issue of plastic waste is something to be treated in extra care, since it can last for long time and the effect of plastic wastes will eventually affect human society itself.
Fortunately, there is are some alternatives of plastic material, including biodegradable plastics. The most important thing is people come together with this idea of preserving the marine environment and actually trying to use these materials.
Thank you for the great report.
Posted 30-12-2019 17:14
Hello Rock lee
I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your works.
Thank you for your report about Marine Life
Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Regards,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 30-12-2019 01:27
The major cause of soil and water pollution is plastic. It takes at least 400 years to decompose a single sheet of plastic which we use for few minutes. If we replace them by organic packing materials like banana leaves and cloth bags, it could be sorted out.
Posted 27-12-2019 00:14