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MARINE POLLUTION

- The six minutes video published by TomoNews US introduces us to the concept of Marine Pollution, and more importantly, the Arctic Pollution.

- This video gives us a brief idea of how marine waters have become the last stop for plastic waste dumped in the ocean.

- It highlights how the newborn of fishes instead of eating microorganisms present in water ends up eating plastic microbeads which are then consumed by bigger fishes, which in turn is consumed by us, humans.

- It tells us about how some fishermen use ghost nets which goes almost invisible during the aerial survey by the officers patrolling over the seas using LiDAR Technology.

- The video explains why sea birds eat ocean plastic. When krill (a type of fish) eats algae, it emits sulfurous compound called dimethyl sulfide which has a strong smell and this smell gives a chemical signal to the sea birds to hunt their prey. The sea birds assume their prey and eat them.

- More than 200 species of marine life are found to eat plastic. At the current rate in which we are exploiting our seas and oceans, going forward, 99% of all marine species will have eaten plastic by 2050.

- As per one of the leading authors who has studied Marine Pollution “We don’t fully understand the consequences the plastic is having or will have in our ocean. What do know is that these consequences will be felt at a greater scale in an ecosystem like the Arctic”.