.The amount of plastic in the Oceans
The amount of plastic in the oceans is increasing, if it continues to increase like this. Then in the coming time, there will be more plastic waste than fish in the oceans. These seas are home to aquatic creatures and plants but it is proving to be a lethal poison for all of them. Arabian Sea creatures such as Whales, fish, and turtles consume waste as their prey, causing internal injuries and reducing their ability to swim due to the plastic in the stomach. It is something that does not expire, plastic waste breaks down into small parts called microplastics. It is so fine that we cannot even see it. This microplastic goes inside the aquatic organisms and then through aquatic organisms it also becomes a part of the food chain.
The recent study by the researchers concluded
According to a study by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Mumbai) and the National Centre for Polar and Oceanic Research (NCPOR), Goa. The risks of plastic use are not limited to marine life alone. The data, which is published in the ‘Marine Pollution Bulletin’, shows how floating pieces of plastic effect. The physical processes of the ocean as well as the climate. This was partially funded by the Science and Engineering Research Board.
The Contribution of Volunteers on the beaches
Every weekend, on the beaches of Mumbai, hundreds of volunteers scratch away at the sand. To uncover the detritus of a throwaway society. They have cleared 12 million kilograms of plastic and helped launch sky ocean rescue, and mobilized the masses. Even, Bollywood stars have donated heavy machinery but the war on it is being fought largely with human graft. The local school children joined the effort not because they had to but because they want to. What they have achieved on this stretch of beach is nothing short of a miracle but hell is not far away from where the people don’t clean the sea deposits layer upon layer of plastic, The center of Mumbai carries with it a steady stream of plastic and while that goes on there’s little prospect of them being able to hold back them.