Plastic Overtaking the Oceans
In a study conducted by UC Santa Barbara’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), they found that “8 million metric tons of plastic” are added to the oceans pollution each year. Recently, plastic pollution has been become a predominant problem in the environmental society; however plastic production and pollution has been on the rise since the nineties. Plastic is overwhelming the world, because it is not biodegradable, meaning it can never be decomposed; therefore plastic will not simply disappear, either animals will digest it, humans will clean it up, or plastic will continue to accumulate in the ocean’s garbage patches. Since plastic is all over the world and the amount is continuing …show more content…
The article also uses statistics to show the overwhelming amount of plastic polluting in our oceans; however his statistics show the proportion of pollution that is plastic. Derraik continues to say how the large amounts of plastic is a threat the marine life. Derraik argues that marine animals are becoming entangled in the plastic and are ingesting the plastic. Derraik claims Scrubbers, the microscopic pieces of plastic pollution in the ocean, have not been researched of enough to determine their effect; however the figures from the studies that have been conducted they could cause worse effects than regular plastic pollution already does. Concluding, Derraik urges the world to fight back against plastic pollution in marine …show more content…
Credible sources who back up the argument that plastic must be cleaned up from the ocean and that there is a need to research and study the plastic that our marine environment is being overtaken by have been brought up and summarized in the previous paragraphs. A counter argument was also brought up; however because that article disregards the fact that the giant garbage patches sitting in the middle of the oceans is currently causing health issues and will continue to cause even more once the plastic is broken down and transferred all the way up the food chain to humans, the counterclaim is not a valid reason to forsake the clean up of ocean pollution. Once the pollutant and its effects have been researched enough to safely know the best way to clean out our oceans, the cycle of destruction caused by the increasing the plastic pollution will be stopped. This will help solve many global health issues that our world is facing today and may save many species from becoming
In a study conducted by UC Santa Barbara’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), they found that “8 million metric tons of plastic” are added to the oceans pollution each year. Recently, plastic pollution has been become a predominant problem in the environmental society; however plastic production and pollution has been on the rise since the nineties. Plastic is overwhelming the world, because it is not biodegradable, meaning it can never be decomposed; therefore plastic will not simply disappear, either animals will digest it, humans will clean it up, or plastic will continue to accumulate in the ocean’s garbage patches. Since plastic is all over the world and the amount is continuing …show more content…
The article also uses statistics to show the overwhelming amount of plastic polluting in our oceans; however his statistics show the proportion of pollution that is plastic. Derraik continues to say how the large amounts of plastic is a threat the marine life. Derraik argues that marine animals are becoming entangled in the plastic and are ingesting the plastic. Derraik claims Scrubbers, the microscopic pieces of plastic pollution in the ocean, have not been researched of enough to determine their effect; however the figures from the studies that have been conducted they could cause worse effects than regular plastic pollution already does. Concluding, Derraik urges the world to fight back against plastic pollution in marine …show more content…
Credible sources who back up the argument that plastic must be cleaned up from the ocean and that there is a need to research and study the plastic that our marine environment is being overtaken by have been brought up and summarized in the previous paragraphs. A counter argument was also brought up; however because that article disregards the fact that the giant garbage patches sitting in the middle of the oceans is currently causing health issues and will continue to cause even more once the plastic is broken down and transferred all the way up the food chain to humans, the counterclaim is not a valid reason to forsake the clean up of ocean pollution. Once the pollutant and its effects have been researched enough to safely know the best way to clean out our oceans, the cycle of destruction caused by the increasing the plastic pollution will be stopped. This will help solve many global health issues that our world is facing today and may save many species from becoming