Marine Debris Affecting Everyday Life

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Whenever you go to a beach you want to see soft grey sand with shells and soft waves. You want to go swimming and see birds and other animals. Everyone one wants the nice sunny day with a gentle warm breeze. That's what people want, but imagine going to a beach and instead of seeing smooth sand you see a beach full of glass, plastic, rubber, nets, and fishing line. The once vibrant seaweeds now turned grey, or nonexistent from debris killing them and fish. Dead birds lie on the ground with a stomach full of trash. Then you watch the sunset on this beach while sitting on plastic bottles and plastic grocery bags. Marine debris is doing these things right now. Marine debris is affecting the oceans and beaches and your everyday life. From your beaches, to your boats, to your food, marine debris is everywhere. …show more content…

This trash came from the ocean and its currents. 269,000 tons float on the surface of the ocean; this is not even mentioning the debris that is under the waves (Laura Parker, 2015). Our world has been creating plastics faster than it ever has in the past, and this is putting our animals in danger. According to NOAA, this debris kills one million seabirds and 100,000 sea mammals each year by being mistakenly eaten or by causing injuries that may lead to death. These pieces of trash may cause strangulation, suffocation, blockage, starvation, growth deformations, and or death. Marine debris not only causes animal populations to drop to deaths, but the debris can also cause vessel damage to any water vessel. Some debris like ropes, nets, and fishing line can get stuck in the rutters of ships make costly problems. Many people are putting in an effort to fix this problem all around the world and art could help this world

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