You and I, we live on the Blue Planet. From outer space earth is a dreamy and beautiful sapphire sphere with two thirds of her surface covered by vast oceans. This sphere is our home and most of us love to swim and delight in those pristine oceans, to surf, sail, watch the sun set, or play with our children on the warm beach sand, revelling in the beauty of the natural splendour of our world.Yet, hiding just beneath the beautiful aqua surface is a stark truth – we are in the midst of an environmental catastrophe that is choking our oceans.
A new report has warned that there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish by 2050 unless drastic action is taken now. According to research, about eight million tons of plastic enters the ocean every year. Some of this plastic pollution accumulates in five areas where currents converge, called the gyres. There is six times more plastic than zooplankton in these five ocean garbage patches. And one of the areas, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a vast semi-dissolved island of waste twice the size of France, filled with plastic that was thrown away. Continue reading – http://upliftconnect.com/clean-up-the-ocean/