Gyre

What pressures are being put on the environment?

The Gyre is causing global warming by changing the temperatures of the waters. By every degree that changes regarding climate change many oceans levels increases, fires become common, the ice in the arctic starts to dissolve. By the amount of plastic that is produced per year and been thrown without recycling can cause for the degrees to increase.

What abiotic factors are affected? Describe the changes

Temperature is one of the main abiotic factors that are affected by the gyre of plastic.The temperature gets affected by this as all the garbage on the surface. Since there is so much trash floating on the surface and blocking out all the sunlight, the water temperature has gone down about ten degrees than it should be. The lower temperature is causing certain species to have to adapt and eventually die.

Another abiotic factors is water. The water obviously being affected in so many ways.

There’s not a specific date, but this problem has been affecting the environment for several years since the magnitude of the issue is really big. We are at such a point in which Over one million seabirds are killed by ocean pollution each year. Three hundred thousand dolphins and porpoises die each year as a result of becoming entangled in discarded fishing nets, among other items. One hundred thousand sea mammals are killed in the ocean by pollution each year.

Is there any measures that are being taken to reduce the effects of this problem?

Yes, there’s a project called -Gyre CleanUp Project. ECC has become a magnet for innovation. Our “Can Do” philosophy is attracting ideas from kids to NASA scientists. Our cleanup plan enlists collaboration amongst people and entities in related fields incorporating new cleanup technologies being created by engineering firms worldwide. Our number one goal is to promote and develop ocean cleanup systems that can be implemented as soon as