Ocean Plastic Marine Debris
Can we talk ocean plastic marine debris people. So POP, Inc. joins UNCW educating undergraduates about plastic ocean debris. Educating by using open-ocean samples.
I wrote earlier that to commemorate their 50th anniversary in 2019, Oceanic Society and SC Johnson the industry leading manufacturer of household consumer products. For they have announced a partnership. A partnership to build public awareness around Oceanic Society’s conservation goals. It’s therefore through a global engagement campaign. One that is centered on five exclusive explorations of key ocean habitats. The campaign, entitled “Five for 50”. It will furthermore bring together influential business leaders. Also ocean experts, celebrities and social media influencers.
Ocean plastic marine debris are collected from various aquatic regions in the world.
So it seems they supervise lab research instrumentation. As well as encourage scientific method. They do this because they want to help incubate progressive solutions to solve this crisis. We need drastic solutions and thank goodness people. For they are expressing themselves in a constructive way! More importantly with a constructive message stopping ocean plastic marine debris pollution now!
Bonnie Monteleone, marine plastics scientist and artist at UNC-Wilmington. Bonnie creates art from plastic and marine debris collected from the ocean. So cool an idea. Just so so cool!
Finally and for More information from the Marine Plastic Ocean Project.
Conclusion
Plastic pollution is a global problem. One that is caused by the excessive use of plastic products in everyday life. It’s not just your local beach anymore.
For this covers more than 90% of the sea floor!
A few years ago, the 8-year-old daughter of MMA fighter Lorenzo Fertitta asked her father about the garbage floating in the Pacific Ocean. When he told her that it was garbage from around the world, she was shocked. The next day, she did some research online and found out that it was ocean plastic.
The most environmentally-damaging aspect of ocean plastic pollution is that it takes a very long time to break down. It also takes approximately between 450 and 1000 years for a piece of plastic to disintegrate. That’s a lot of time waiting for a dinner-plate sized chunk of plastic to break down!
As we’ve discussed before, ocean plastic marine debris isn’t biodegradable and is therefore harmful. Especially when it ends up in our natural environment. It can very easily be mistaken for food and consumed by animals. Once plastic enters the sea, it becomes an ideal breeding place for microscopic organisms. I mean such as zooplankton. All which are then eaten by bigger organisms like fish. Once ocean plastic marine debris is eaten by fish we have other problems. For then the marine debris ends up with plastic in their guts. Then the ocean plastic marine debris gets stuck. Fish that eat other fish that eat plastic in their guts, and so on. When we do a head count of the fish we eat, we realize that most of them are full of plastic!
