Plastic pollution（1/2）

“Dowehavethecouragetofacetherealityofourtime,andallowourselvestofeeldeeplyenoughthatittransformusandourfuture”

Suchsceneryhasbecomeatreasure.

Butthis,isn’tuncommonforustosee.

Now,plasticpollutionhasbecomeoneofthebiggestprobleminourworld.

Itisfoundineverycorneroftheglobe,whetherintheGulfofMexico,ortheBayofBengal.Plasticpollutionspreadsalloverthefiveoceans.

Eveninthedeepestpartofouroceans,theMarianaTrench.

Expertssaytheproblemofplasticpollutionisgettingworseandworse,andthissituationmuststop.

TheUnitedNationsestimatesthatthereareabout51trillionplasticparticlesjustinourocean,500timesthenumberofstarsintheMilkyWay.

CanIjustgetashowofhandsifyouknowstheMidwayIsland.

Ok,andwhenIasked,mostofthepeoplewillrespondthat,whereOrMidwayIsland,yes,animportantmilitarystrongholdduringWorldWarIIandevennow.

But,whoevernoticethetragedythatishappeningthere.

ThisisMidwayIsland,abeautifulplacethatbecomeaNationalWildlifeReserve.EveryJulyandAugust,tensofthousandsof□□albatrossesgatheroverMidwayIsland,withwhiteshadowscoveringmostofthebluesky.Pairsofalbatrossescomebackfromthedistantoceantofeedtheyoungalbatross.Andforhundredsofyears,theyhavesharedthis□□allislandwithturtlesandpelicans,andallowedtheMidwayIslandhavethereputationof\"paradiseonearth\".

Buthowcanitcalledtheparadiseonearth,if,it’slookslikethis,thisandthis.

Those\"islanders\"arefacingthegreatestthreatever.Thedecayingalbatrosscorpsesunderthescorchingsun,surroundedbysheetsofplasticgarbage.Openingupthebodiesofyoungalbatrosses,theirbellieswerefullofundissolvedcoloredplasticgarbage:lighters,bottlecaps,combs,toothbrushhandle,plasticfragmentsofvariousshapes....Theseplasticsarethefoodthatthealbatrosses’-parentsbroughtbacktotheirchildrenbyflyingthousandsofmiles.

Thousandsofyoungbirdsdiedintragicwaysbeforetheycouldwaitfortheirfirstflighttoseain□□hood.Afewmonthsoldalbatrosscubcontainedsevenoreightkindsofplasticwasteinitsabdomen,andathirdofitsstomachwasfilledwithplastic,preventsthemfromeatingotherfoods.Sometimesplasticdebriscanevencuttheiresophagus,leadingtosuffocation,starvationanddehydration.

But,don’tjustthinkthatit’sonlyaffectingtheirlife.

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