If the oceans die, we die.
It’s a grim statement about the state of pollution in the world’s oceans, and according to scientists from across the globe, the world’s “plastic problem” is getting worse.
According to National Geographic, there are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean.
“This plastic disintegrates over time, breaks down, enters the food chain because the fish mistake the plastic for food, then it gets into the food chain and bioaccumulates,” explains Agathe Bernard, a geologist based out of Revelstoke, B.C.
“And we’re fishing it.”
Bernard is one of more than a dozen scientists, researchers and explorers planning an “eXXpedition” to the heart of the problem — one of five gyres in the world’s oceans, where tonnes of plastic debris has accumulated like a giant, floating landfill. Read More
Learn more about eXXpedition here.
