The truth that mankind cannot face.

recently, when I was writing a manuscript, I looked for information about the current situation of marine ecology, pollution, and so on, and saw information about the Pacific garbage belt. I don't know if I don't see it. I'm scared when I look at it. Because of the ocean circulation, marine rubbish all over the world gathers together and becomes a garbage belt. The garbage has two relatively dense garbage circles in the east and west, in the southeast of Japan in the west and between the United States and Hawaii in the east. The two garbage circles are collectively called the "great pacific garbage patch" (Greater Pacific garbage Belt).

Ocean currents cause garbage accumulation

in two garbage circles in the east and west of the Great Pacific garbage belt

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in which the garbage circle in the east is larger, and the situation is more serious. A lot of rubbish has melted into particles and sank under the water, closely integrated with the ocean. Before many countries have the habit of throwing rubbish in the deep sea, they think that the ocean has a mysterious system that can "digest" rubbish. The ocean may have this purification function, but when the rate of pollution exceeds the rate of purification, the ocean cannot be digested. In addition, artificial chemical synthesis is different from biology, so it is very difficult to digest it completely.

garbage belt location (black part, roughly indicate its location)

East garbage belt location,

garbage sinking underwater between the United States and Hawaii is more difficult to clean up. It is more likely to harm marine life

what is more frightening is the threat and damage of garbage to living things. Many turtles, fish, and mammals are trapped by garbage, grow into deformities and die with garbage in their stomachs.

A tortoise with abnormal growth caused by a plastic ring

garbage belt

photographer Chris Jordan didn't believe the pollution was so bad at first but didn't know how terrible it was until he saw it in person. In a place called (The Midway Island) Midway, the dead body of the albatross BB decomposed, revealing garbage (plastic bags, plastic bottle caps, etc.). The bodies of some albatrosses have almost melted away, and the plastic eaten has not melted away. \ & quot; Some of these long-lasting plastics end up in the stomachs of marine birds and animals, and their young, including sea turtles and the Black-footed Albatross. Midway Atoll receives substantial amounts of marine debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Of the 1.5 million Laysan Albatrosses that inhabit Midway, nearly all are found to have plastic in their digestive system. Of the approximately one-third of the chicks that die, many of them are due to being fed plastic from their parents.\ & quot;

photographer Chris Jordan photographed the dead albatross on Midway Island

albatross

I imagined what it would be like if humans lived in such a garbage belt, swallowed garbage, and ended up with garbage breaking their stomachs. I'm not a radical environmentalist, and I don't have any theories to convince people. But the yellow cat and I both insist on being as environmentally friendly as possible in our lives. First of all, we adhere to the idea of putting as few things as possible, hoping not to leave too much rubbish after death. That's why we don't want to buy too many clothes. Recently, it happened that the toilet was broken and it was always leaking, so we just turned off the toilet valve and flushed the toilet with washing machine water and other domestic wastewater. Usually, try to save Rain Water and clean domestic wastewater to water the flowers. You can certainly turn off the lights easily. You can also take public transport rather than drive a car when you travel far away. Try not to buy unused skincare products and cosmetics. Buy them when you run out of them. And I, who love books, try not to buy books but read e-books and borrow books. I think the e-book is one of the greatest inventions of this century, which can greatly reduce the felling of trees! And human access to knowledge will not be reduced because of the conversion of paper books into e-books, and I am willing to pay for e-books. As far as I know, paper making has always been a major killer of river pollution. And the printing ink used is also toxic pollution. Because I am in the logistics industry, I know that ink belongs to dangerous goods and should be handled very carefully. Why are all printed materials in developed countries made in china? People just don't want to cut down their trees and pollute their water. (about which is more polluting, e-books or paper books, because I am not an environmental protection major, I cannot be accurate. You can refer to the opinion of a professional in the reply: "I studied environmental science in Europe. I made a system analysis model in this area last semester, saying that even if the harm of e-book recycling (e-waste) is taken into account, e-books are still more environmentally friendly.

 Of course, this is based on the fact that e-books are used for a long time (I remember it is two years) and do not update frequently. The main pollution of books lies in the waste of wood and printing pollution. Printing pollution is quite serious, I also did this analysis to know. However, the final suggestion is that students who already have e-books try to use e-books as much as possible because e-books consume right and wrong in the process of reading because of their special screen design. Very few. We also mentioned in the report at that time that if we could increase the construction of public libraries, it could also be a good solution. "from Eva.). Knowing that plastic is the number one killer of pollution, we began to reduce plastic consumption. Go shopping to get green bags, try not to buy complex packaging, try not to buy snacks (the plastic packaging of snacks consume more materials than ordinary food), and never drink drinks. My lunch box doesn't need plastic either. I bought a few glass lunch boxes. Although they are more expensive, they are worth it when I think of being healthier and more environmentally friendly. I used to buy those big garbage bags to hold garbage, but now I try to use small garbage bags. Or this way of life may seem stingy to some people, but we don't care. It is our philosophy to minimize the consumption of energy, resources, materials, and water sources. We believe that small actions in life can have a positive impact. Although most of the time, pollution is not in our line of sight, it does not mean that it does not exist. It seems that this garbage belt seems far away, but there may be a few garbage bags that we throw away at will.

I've seen some videos and pictures. Seabirds can swallow big, long things. Seagulls, for example, can swallow an American hot dog sausage. Their throats can expand to the size of their bodies and swallow things with their heads back. Please discover more information by yourselves. (to quote Eva: "explain this problem from a scientific point of view, because the albatross photos have been used in our class, and some teachers are doing relevant analysis." First of all, those things don't "run" out of the digestive tract, but because muscle tissue degrades faster than bones and feathers, they can't be seen until the muscles have degraded. As for "stuffed", because other foods can be digested by albatrosses, only these plastic products cannot be digested or excreted from the body (it can be thought of that if a person swallows a larger glass ball or something, why do you have to operate instead of waiting for it to be naturally expelled from the body? the simple explanation is that the opening above the stomach is larger than the one below), the consequence of long-term accumulation in the stomach. I have nothing to say if I have to suspect it's fake. In the last example, we have a teacher who often receives samples from all over the world asking for help in analyzing plastic taken from a bird's stomach. Postscript: it is good to have arguments and questions. But after there is doubt, it would be better to be able to explore it again. If you doubt whether the albatross can swallow the plastic and digest it, you might as well look for more professional information. If you doubt whether the photo is true, I hope you can find more information and evidence to prove it. But I suspect that many people have not even seen the video in the article. Is it too lazy to just want to get all the information from my short post? In the process of writing, I found that my understanding of nature and the environment was so limited. But I learned patiently that there are more secret firebirds in Australia, and the reduction of their number will lead to the extinction of some plants in the tropical rainforest; an area in Antarctica called the Ross Sea is the only ocean in the world where the biological chain has not been broken and is now threatened by commercial fishing. The United States once caught a large number of blacktip sharks, and the reduction of sharks led to the reduction of scallops, and the entire coastal scallop farming industry was destroyed. The earth is an interlinked biological chain, there is no denying that if a link is broken, nature will reshuffle and distribute, and there will be a new order. But a new balance will take tens of millions of years to achieve, and it is impossible to know whether mankind will be affected. But if you always think about whether human beings will be affected, most people will think, "there will be no impact, human beings are the top creatures.". " Human beings may be the most powerful creatures at present, but they do not mean that they are irreplaceable. Environmental protection is not environmental protection it is a personal matter, you like, you can choose environmental protection, you think environmental protection is useless, you can continue to pollute, no one can force others.

 And we, choosing an environmentally friendly life, are not forcing others to do the same thing. I love nature, I like animals and plants, to a certain extent, I love nature, and want to protect nature. I don't want to change the world or anything. I just want to try my best to be worthy of my conscience. In addition, some people say, if it is environmentally friendly, what about domestic demand? What if the economy stagnates? At first glance, it seems that there is a conflict between economic benefits and environmental protection, but after observation over the past few years, I have found that environmental protection can be integrated with economic benefits. Take tourism, for example, if a forest is well maintained, not only local but also overseas tourists will come, and some people will inevitably have expenses such as accommodation, food, transportation, and so on; if the forest is cut down, water sources are polluted, and half of the animals die, even if we surround the mountains to collect fees, in the long run, economic benefits will also be damaged. Another example is electronic informatization. My company recently joined ISO14001. Since going green, the content of the work has not changed, and the way it works has changed a little. For example, we started a paperless office, reducing the use of paper by 80% (the amount of paper used in the logistics industry is very strong). The previous milk cans were thrown away after use, and now they are recycled in another bucket; some unused offices are closed, lights and computer screens are turned off, and electricity consumption is reduced as much as possible. I don't know about China, but there are many companies and individuals in Australia who are trying to move in the direction of environmental protection. I'm not sure there's any damage to the economy. I'm just doing things differently. In particular, it is very difficult for ordinary people to promote macro measures such as policies and legislation, the use of environmentally friendly materials, and so on. Of course, there are some things that the Government needs to do, and efforts in this regard should continue, but at the same time, we should not always shift the responsibility to the Government and the industrial sector. First of all, we should be more practical in our daily life. Just do as much as you can, don't you?