A young Pilot whale was found off of Thailand in serious trouble. In spite of rescue attempts he died. His stomach was found to be full of plastic. Among other things, there were 80 single use shopping bags. The whale starved to death because of all the plastic he had consumed. When you think about how much plastic is in the ocean, what else is there for him to eat.
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Most plastics are not recycled so they do end up in the ocean. Cleaning up the ocean is a monumental task. It is going to take a global initiative to have any meaningful impact on ocean plastic. First we need to stop dumping plastic in the ocean in the first place.
If we don't do something we are going to see an ecological disaster on a scale that is unimaginable. If we knock out key species that keep the oceans healthy we run the risk of destroying the oceans that cover the majority of out planet. Most of the earth's surface is ocean. Whatever we do to the oceans is going to have an impact on the whole planet.
This is not about one dead whale. This is about a warning sign that the majority of our planet's surface is in trouble. I don't think we want to wait this one out and see what happens. It is a little like playing on the tracks and deciding not to move while the train approaches because we want to see what happens. It is not going to be good.
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018...als/#close
Most plastics are not recycled so they do end up in the ocean. Cleaning up the ocean is a monumental task. It is going to take a global initiative to have any meaningful impact on ocean plastic. First we need to stop dumping plastic in the ocean in the first place.
If we don't do something we are going to see an ecological disaster on a scale that is unimaginable. If we knock out key species that keep the oceans healthy we run the risk of destroying the oceans that cover the majority of out planet. Most of the earth's surface is ocean. Whatever we do to the oceans is going to have an impact on the whole planet.
This is not about one dead whale. This is about a warning sign that the majority of our planet's surface is in trouble. I don't think we want to wait this one out and see what happens. It is a little like playing on the tracks and deciding not to move while the train approaches because we want to see what happens. It is not going to be good.
Catherine