Garbage

This one is the most obvious. It’s astounding how much of our trash finds its way into the ocean. Animals become easily entangled and trapped in our garbage, and it can destroy delicate sea life like coral and sponges. In addition, sea turtles and dolphins often mistake plastic bags for their favorite foods, jellyfish and squids, choking them or clogging their digestive system. If that’s not bad enough, hopefully the bigger-than-Texas trash vortex (actually twice the size of Texas) in the Pacific Ocean and its smaller cousin in the Atlantic will help serve as a wakeup call.

/// Posted Apr 30 2010 @ 3:39 pm
 // Filed under: Culture,Environment,Green,Politics
  / Tags: five problems destroying our oceans, garbage, huffpost, ocean
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