Who lives at the bottom of the ocean? SPAM and beer cans
Even in the deepest place of the Earth, there is a lot of household garbage - cans, bags, etc.
This can is located at a depth of 4947 meters
A group of researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (University of Hawaii at Manoa) spends their days and nights studying the Pacific ecosystems. Scientists say that they like their work, but there are negative points. So, they are always upset when artifacts from our culture are encountered when exploring various areas of the ocean floor. It's about garbage.
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At a depth of 3-5 kilometers a rather significant amount of garbage was found in the Mariana Trench. A beer can, food container, various ropes, plastic bags, etc. - all this was discovered only during one day. Actually, they don’t need to look for too much, a lot of garbage.
Previously it was believed that the ocean floor or the bottom of the sea would not suffer if dumping garbage there (and not only household, but also much more dangerous industrial, plus waste military-technical complex). In fact, local ecosystems suffer greatly. No one has conducted any special studies or even the usual modeling of the situation with dumping garbage. Fortunately, the situation has changed, and now the legislation of almost all countries protects the inhabitants of the sea and ocean depths.
https://youtu.be/PuNXZvdVJg4
The use of plastic is now limited, its biodegradable analogues are sought. Of course, the changes are not going as fast as we would like, but they are. But the garbage is still a huge amount. And he is not only in the Pacific Garbage Spot. Garbage is literally everywhere. And its more than previously thought .
According to scientists, a number of interesting projects are currently being prepared for the creation of water waste cleaners. If you put "trash traps" in the path of major currents, you can collect most of the garbage that fell into the ocean.
But there are also simple methods of helping the Earth’s ecosystems by ordinary citizens. This is sorting garbage, throwing it into designated areas, reducing household waste, recycling garbage.
This can is located at a depth of 4947 meters
A group of researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (University of Hawaii at Manoa) spends their days and nights studying the Pacific ecosystems. Scientists say that they like their work, but there are negative points. So, they are always upset when artifacts from our culture are encountered when exploring various areas of the ocean floor. It's about garbage.
')
At a depth of 3-5 kilometers a rather significant amount of garbage was found in the Mariana Trench. A beer can, food container, various ropes, plastic bags, etc. - all this was discovered only during one day. Actually, they don’t need to look for too much, a lot of garbage.
Previously it was believed that the ocean floor or the bottom of the sea would not suffer if dumping garbage there (and not only household, but also much more dangerous industrial, plus waste military-technical complex). In fact, local ecosystems suffer greatly. No one has conducted any special studies or even the usual modeling of the situation with dumping garbage. Fortunately, the situation has changed, and now the legislation of almost all countries protects the inhabitants of the sea and ocean depths.
https://youtu.be/PuNXZvdVJg4
The use of plastic is now limited, its biodegradable analogues are sought. Of course, the changes are not going as fast as we would like, but they are. But the garbage is still a huge amount. And he is not only in the Pacific Garbage Spot. Garbage is literally everywhere. And its more than previously thought .
According to scientists, a number of interesting projects are currently being prepared for the creation of water waste cleaners. If you put "trash traps" in the path of major currents, you can collect most of the garbage that fell into the ocean.
But there are also simple methods of helping the Earth’s ecosystems by ordinary citizens. This is sorting garbage, throwing it into designated areas, reducing household waste, recycling garbage.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/372305/
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