A photo from open sources Ten years ago, scientists for the first time found that grains of plastic debris that appeared during development of human civilization, uncontrollably fall into the sea and oceans. The size of some plastic grains is only a few thousandths of a millimeter. Every year everything becomes it is more obvious that microplastics pose a huge threat to marine life. This is stated in the latest edition of the magazine. Science. An article written by marine researchers expresses deep concern about the danger that carries microplastic. Small particles of plastic waste may enter into the body of the most diverse inhabitants of the water world – starting large animals, fish, birds and ending with plankton. Back in 2012 it was found that plastic threatens the health of whales. According to Fresh data from the Commission on oceans, annually in oceans through the fault of man gets 10 million tons of plastic. One some of the plastic is dumped from ships, another gets into the ocean water through rivers and drains – sewage treatment plants are not able to delay microparticles of plastic. Once in ocean water, plastic particles unpredictably “scatter” wherever. The highest microplastic concentrations were found in subtropical water cycles and pools of the Mediterranean type. Toxic substances that are part of plastic also fall into human body of seafood. This is especially worrying for scientists. Microplastic is only a small part of the environmental problems that affect the oceans and lead to environmental disaster. Solving this global problem will be extremely difficult since 65 percent of the world’s oceans is outside territorial waters of individual states, note researchers.
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