Great Garbage Patch Essay

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As you may or may not know pollution has been an unfortunate impact to our environment. One issue that should be addressed is the “ Great garbage patch “. The great garbage patch is 1,000 miles Northeast of Hawaii and is filled with more than 3 million tons of trash that has built up in the Pacific Ocean Gyre. The Gyre is a whirling place in the ocean that has been mixed with trash. Most of the trash is plastic that has been photodegraded.

This problem Exists in several different Oceans , mostly because items that were abandoned on shore is drawn into the ocean also trash that is thrown in the water have somehow managed to end up in the Gyre . Other ways trash end up in the Ocean is drain storms accumulate plenty of the debris that let the …show more content…

We consume the fish that may have the toxins from plastic . We all know that all creatures are apart of the food-web , so if one species of an animal starts to die the whole entire food-web is in jeopardy including humans. Also animals such as birds , turtles , fish , and many more are eating the plastic mistaking the plastic as food. Or getting tangled in the chaos . Marine species that are endangered are more likely to be extinct because of this issue such as the Hawaiian monk seals for example the seals are getting caught in plastic and are unable to get free . Birds also have been affected by this Disturbance , when birds ingest plastic it causes them to not be able to consume much food and are eventually …show more content…

Due to the amount of fuel that would be needed to travel to the gyre and travel back and forth. It would cost a significant amount of money to pay for the cost of the ships we also have a limited amount of water so the more waste there is in the ocean makes the water more polluted and less usable and soon the water cycle will be far more severe. When the water becomes so polluted that its hard to reuse , water companies must spend more money trying to figure out ways to reuse water. The other economical impacts are many tourists spend money to see marine creatures for instance when people go to the aquarium to see the sea animals , if marine animals start to kill-off then there would be less fish and other sea creatures so less people will be interested in spending money at the

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