Enviroment
https://student.societyforscience.org/article/tiny-plastic-big-problem?mode=topic&context=60
Marc Dorca Fernàndez
Summary:
Plastics are used to make countless everyday products. In 2012, 288 million metric tons of plastic were produced worldwide. Since then, that amount has only grown. Scientists estimate that 10 percent of plastic that we use every day finally ends in the ocean. A recent study thinks that this is 8 million metric tons of plastic every day.
Sometimes this plastic arrives to the ocean because of the storms or wind but this is only the 80 percent. The other 20 percent of plastic enters directly in the water because of fishing or other activities.
The problem is bigger than we can think because it's not only the plastic that we see in the surface, a lot of bottles and other thinks sinks into the ocean and polluts water.
Recently a group of Spanish scientists travel around the world for 6 months to count how much plastic are there in the surface. They drag a net around the oceans to recollect as little pieces of plastic as they can. They count and weight the plastic that they found in different sides. Finally they found less plastic that they think.
But scientists are more concerned because of the products that makes plastic pieces. A lot of times these are chemical products and this could be so bad for our health. But plastic, oil and other hydrophobic substances are attracted to each other. So oily contaminants tend to glom onto pieces of plastic. In a way, plastic acts like a sponge, soaking up hydrophobic contaminants.
Crittical appraissal:
I think that we are destroying the most beautiful treasure that we'll ever have: The Earth. There's no solution to stop it, we haven't got human awareness so it's impossible to tray to tell people that we are in a serious problem.
There's no a joke, we are wasting 8 million plastic metric tones every day, finally there weren't space for fish in the ocean because all of it will be plastic. All the countries in the world would do something to safe our world.
Marine ecosystem is so important for humanity because it give us water, that can be use das renewable energy or as a drink and food.
I only want to add one think:
"Safe the world, is the most beautiful think that we will have"
Glossary:
Plastic: Any of a series of materials that are easily deformable; or synthetic materials that have been made from polymers (long strings of some building-block molecule) that tend to be lightweight, inexpensive and resistant to degradation.
Pollutant: A substance that taints something — such as the air, water, our bodies or products. Some pollutants are chemicals, such as pesticides. Others may be radiation, including excess heat or light. Even weeds and other invasive species can be considered a type of biological pollution.
Marine: Having to do with the ocean world or environment.
