NASA sought to visualize the so-called ‘ocean garbage patches’ using data collected over 35 years in partnership with NOAA.
The result is simply mesmerizing… Sorry, terrifying.
Humanity is ruining the oceans. This new NASA video shows how 5 huge ‘garbage islands’ have taken over the seas in the last 35 years.
World’s waste congregates into five giant ‘garbage islands’ that swirl around the planet’s major ocean gyres.
These are in the Indian Ocean, the north and south of the Pacific, and north and south Atlantic Ocean.
Nasa’s created the animation using data from floating, scientific buoys to map the movement of plastic:
8 million tons of plastic bottles, bags, toys and other plastic rubbish ends up in the oceans each year. This is enough to fill five carrier bags for every foot of coastline on the planet.
This terrifying NASA pollution visualisation highlights how humanity is ruining the oceans with waste.
Are there any REAL pictures of the garbage collecting in the two spots on the oceans ? Its been proven most of these piles of garbage pictures are from places like RIO and Chinese bays. The actual collecting debris fields are of micro debris which animals swallow. Why do some people feel the need to use fake pictures for something that is a REAL concern. You don’t need to incite craziness, just tell the truth.