Scientist have found a new way to study oceans it is called ocean health index. It studies what is wrong with the oceans and what can be done to fix it. It is also the first global measure of oceans health letting people know we must take care of our oceans if we expect to survive on earth stating it is a very important to life support system. There is an incredible increase in levels of mercury also cadmium , aluminum, chromium and leads of sample of whale tissue from nearly 1000 whales over 5 years that is one of the reason pollution is in ocean waters. There is an increase to damage in oceans due to humans on a vast scale of evidence damaging fish coral reefs and ecosystems. In help to improve this problem plans have been submitted for a £850m tidal lagoon in swansea bay. Which could provide power for 120,000 homes for 120 years. Friends of the earth backed this plan (cymru , wildfowl and wetlands). 50 percent of the oxygen we breathe comes from the oceans there the 80 percent of damage and things found in the oceans are from humans on land are bad and really hurts the ecosystems for example Plastic is the number 1 thing found in waters that hurts ecosystems and kills fish. The Indonesia is the second worst ocean polluter besides China. So they have a big problem that needs to be fixed. The Indonesia is located in the coral Triangle home to the world’s highest concentration of marine biodiversity there coral real provides food and living for millions of people living there. And the maritime summit announced they will have spent 1 billion dollars by 2025 to reduce plastic pollution by 70%. The reasons for maritime summit taking actions as they did is because alarming statistics state that by 2050 there can be more plastic in the ocean than fish. Did you know that Americans alone use up to 50 billion plastic bottles each year and since they only recycle 23% the rest of the plastic bottles ends up on land and In oceans. A small company In London called skipping rocks lab has came up with a new solution it’s water balls made out of seaweed extract and they are the size of a golf ball.
Plastic surrounds the world. With the invention of plastic in the early 20th century, we became a world that loves the privilege of cheap, are easily reduced plastic pieces. Depending on the type of plastic and where it lands, items can take days too years to break down into very small pieces. which likely never breaks down . Tiny pieces of plastic are also found in the food we eat and beverages we drink. There are many different types of plastics but not all of plastics are recyclable everywhere, so you should check with your local recycling company to see which types of plastic you can recycle. Animals often ingest tiny pieces of plastic that can build up in their stomachs. Tiny pieces of plastic have been detected in sea creatures that humans like to eat such as fish, shrimp, mussels, and oysters. Another microplastic is microbeads. These tiny plastic beads are added to many personal care products, such as cleansers and toothpaste. When people wash off products with microbeads they go down the drain eventually reaching our waterways and the ocean, similar to microfibers. According to the Environmental Audit Committee of the House of Commons in Britain, a single shower can send 100,000 particles of plastic to the ocean. A 2015 study assessing plastic waste management, from 2010 data, found that there is on average 8 million metric tons of plastic that enters the ocean from land every year, but that the actual amount could vary between 4.8 and 12.7 million metric tons. ! That’s enough plastic to fill every coastline all around the world with about 5 plastic bags with more plastic. Natural disasters can move plastic from land into the ocean really quickly. ! When the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in 2011, five million tons of debris was moved and much of this found its way to the ocean. A lot of the debris sank, but it is estimated that 1 million tons floated and portions drifted all the way across the ocean to be found along the west coast of the United States. Twelve percent of the plastic produced has been incinerated at disposal, which leaves close to 80 percent being sent to a landfill or into the environment. !Plastic in the ocean is no doubt a problem. Floating plastic is easier to see and clean up with nets but there’s about 79,000 metric tons of plastic settlers at the bottom of the ocean. If you dropped a small pack of gums plastic it could reach all the way to the poles. Plastic you dropped 2 years ago might even be there right now.