Humans have been polluting the Earth for many years now and it is showing. People mistakes, like littering are now having an impact on our marine wildlife. Islam and Tanaka reported “that as many as 600,000 plastic containers worldwide were being dumped daily at sea by shipping.” Fish or turtles can swim through these objects and get the plastic stuck around them. This could lead to deformation within the body of the animal. Also, this could even harm the fish and turtles, or even kill them. In the north-western Mediterranean, plastics constituted most of the debris, at an average of about 77% (Islam and Tanaka). Plastic will always be a problem to the marine wildlife if the people around the world will not stop throwing their garbage on the ground or in the
Humans have been polluting the Earth for many years now and it is showing. People mistakes, like littering are now having an impact on our marine wildlife. Islam and Tanaka reported “that as many as 600,000 plastic containers worldwide were being dumped daily at sea by shipping.” Fish or turtles can swim through these objects and get the plastic stuck around them. This could lead to deformation within the body of the animal. Also, this could even harm the fish and turtles, or even kill them. In the north-western Mediterranean, plastics constituted most of the debris, at an average of about 77% (Islam and Tanaka). Plastic will always be a problem to the marine wildlife if the people around the world will not stop throwing their garbage on the ground or in the