Marine Pollution: A New Danger For Sea Life

Each year, billions of pounds of trash and other pollutants enter the ocean. The oceans have absorbed more than 90% of the warming created by humans since the 1970. Had that heat gone into the atmosphere, global average temperature would have jumped by almost 56 degrees Celsius. But as vast as the oceans are, there is a limit to how much they can absorb, and they are beginning to show it. Studies have also revealed that marine plastic pollution in 100% of marine turtles 59% of whales 36% of seals and 40% of seabird species. From the oxygen we breathe to the fish we eat, we all are linked to the earth’s oceans. Yet every minute, the equivalent of a truck load of plastic enters these waters. It’s time to see and feel the impact on the ocean’s entire living creatures. 90%of all life on the planet is found in oceans. Over the past 40 years population of marine species have been decreased half. Our vast oceans have been pushed to the brink and their ability to support marine life. This Trash also effects tropical forest in the ocean and has almost affect every species of plants inside the ocean. Many species are decreasing day by day which are alarming for the ecosystem and their Lives are at stake.

There is also some other factors which pollute the Ocean and in that case it directly affect our environment and also the ecosystem in the Oceans and those  include roughly 60,000 commercial tanker and container ships that ply the seas at any given time. The underwater rackets that results creates a kind of smog that reaches nearly every corner of the ocean and shrinks the sensory range of marine wild life. High intensity sonar used by the navy for testing and training causes some of the same effects.

Meanwhile in the hunt for offshore oil and gas ships equipped with high powered of air guns fire compressed air into the water every 10 to 12 seconds for weeks to months on end. The blast leads some commercial fish species to abandon their habitat a direct hit on the costal economies dependent on catch rates they also injured and kill marine invertebrates including scallops, crabs and fishes.

Sadly the human and the creatures inhabiting in the oceans are the most vulnerable this ocean trash. Approximately eight million pieces of plastic pollution find their way into our oceans. The rate of ocean pollution is increasing very rapidly each day. At current rates of pollution, the world’s oceans will contain more plastic than fish by 2050. It is mind boggling to imagine. Our oceans are drowning in plastic pollution and we must come together to tackle the problem and eliminate it from it very roots.

The least we can do right now is let’s start the fight against the ocean trash by celebrating nature, our planet, its species, and building a healthier and more productive future. Let’s start picking these trashes for our doorsteps and throw it to where it belongs and the oceans.

Written by: Ghazan Khan