So I'm not sure where I saw this last week, but it's messed up. I read about this thing called the Pacific Gyre, and basically there is a huge area of garbage there in the Pacific Ocean. Yup, a huge ocean garbage dump. I think somebody found it returning home from a sailing race in the late 1990's.
Here's a Wikipedia link: Great Pacific Garbage Patch. I know Wikipedia isn't gospel, but hey, it's there, it's full of articles, and this isn't brain surgery, it's a blog about my internet searches. Someone said this garbage patch is as big as or twice the size of Texas. I haven't been to Texas, but I've seen a map. Anyway, apparently all the plastic is breaking down and fish and animals think the plastic is plankton. Even if fish weren't eating the plastic, I mean come on, twice the size of Texas? That's just clutter and unnecessary. From what I can tell, I'm pretty sure someone is concerned and there could be some clean up happening. I also think there are patches in other parts of other oceans, but frankly I didn't put hours of research into this.
I find things about the environment and our impact on it to be interesting, like global warming and whatnot. You should be concerned about Earth, we live here. How is it possible that people aren't doing more about global warming? It's possible some people are TOO worried, but I bet there's more who are not worried enough. Things are melting. I don't know how that isn't scientific and important to every single person running a country and world organizations. Anyway I'm not a psycho preacher environment girl, all I do is recycle. And like 30% of my reasoning for this is the 5 bucks I get for a bag of cans. Hey wait, I can preach a little, I OWN THIS! You guys should recycle too. Take care of the planet, and whatnot. Ok, preaching is over.
Happy trails!
-AMB
Here's a Wikipedia link: Great Pacific Garbage Patch. I know Wikipedia isn't gospel, but hey, it's there, it's full of articles, and this isn't brain surgery, it's a blog about my internet searches. Someone said this garbage patch is as big as or twice the size of Texas. I haven't been to Texas, but I've seen a map. Anyway, apparently all the plastic is breaking down and fish and animals think the plastic is plankton. Even if fish weren't eating the plastic, I mean come on, twice the size of Texas? That's just clutter and unnecessary. From what I can tell, I'm pretty sure someone is concerned and there could be some clean up happening. I also think there are patches in other parts of other oceans, but frankly I didn't put hours of research into this.
I find things about the environment and our impact on it to be interesting, like global warming and whatnot. You should be concerned about Earth, we live here. How is it possible that people aren't doing more about global warming? It's possible some people are TOO worried, but I bet there's more who are not worried enough. Things are melting. I don't know how that isn't scientific and important to every single person running a country and world organizations. Anyway I'm not a psycho preacher environment girl, all I do is recycle. And like 30% of my reasoning for this is the 5 bucks I get for a bag of cans. Hey wait, I can preach a little, I OWN THIS! You guys should recycle too. Take care of the planet, and whatnot. Ok, preaching is over.
Happy trails!
-AMB
Agreed!
ReplyDeleteDid you realize it was Earth Day when you posted this? Happy Belated Earth Day - be kind to your environment :)