Disturbing images of colossal garbage floating in the sea revealed

Pollution is a scourge that affects the entire world due to human activity resulting from the consumption of all types of products.From appliances, cars, technology, to food and clothing, all industries leave an ecological footprint on the planet that has not been reduced.

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All of these products, when they are no longer useful, end up in landfills far from big cities, however, Many of these are irresponsibly thrown into bodies of water that flow into the sea, causing damage to the environment of epic proportions. which affects thousands of species and ecosystems that inhabit the ocean.

Drones reveal the world’s largest garbage dump

And shocking images captured by drones recently came to light, of the world’s largest garbage dump, covering some 100,000 metric tons of waste ranging from refrigerators to children’s toys.

Known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patchthis huge waste area It extends over 100 thousand square kilometersdoubling the size of Texas. Most of the waste comes from countries such as China, Japan, Korea and the United States.

Initially detected about 19 thousand kilometers west of California in 1997, This mass of marine litter has grown since then, posing a serious threat to marine life and releasing toxic microplastics into the atmosphere.

Not everything is lost

Given this situation, since 2019 the environmental organization Ocean Cleanup has had the mission of preventing the garbage island from continuing to grow.so it undertook a $189 million project with the goal of capturing this floating garbage dump in the next 10 years.

“We’ll get it out of the ocean while we can. What we’re really doing is avoiding an ecological time bomb,” the environmentalists said.

Disturbing images of colossal garbage floating in the sea revealed

To achieve this, the organization uses innovative technology, a machine, known as System 3 that removes foreign objects from the ocean without harming the natural marine life that swims in the same area.

Additionally, this technology is programmed to emit a sound that repels marine life, including dolphins and whales, so that they are not in danger of approaching.

According to experts, Most of the plastic that reaches the ocean from land to ocean remains very close to the river and on beaches, in the case of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.waste is made up of articles from highly industrialized countries.

Meanwhile, Ocean Cleanup assured that most of the plastic extracted from the ocean can be recycled, and has partnered with the Korean car producer Kia, which uses the garbage to make electric vehicles.

Furthermore, they hope that, in the future, Cleaning up the ocean could help hold countries accountable to their green commitments by tracking their waste production, thereby ameliorating the climate crisis.

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Furthermore, recently An international group of scientists discovered a water-borne fungus that “eats” garbageand which is detailed in a study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.

The fungus was discovered among other microbes living in the suspended plastic pile, and is only the fourth known marine fungus capable of consuming plastic waste.

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