Pollution
Every day some 8 million pieces of junk are thought to be thrown into the world's oceans, most of them from ships, but many from rivers, beach goers, and even from airplanes. The sea has become a dump, and we are reaching critical levels of pollution. Every square mile contains over 70,000 items made of plastic. This can reach up to six times the natural plankton population. It is estimated some 1 million sea birds and 100,000 mammals succumb to this pollution every year. This cannot go on. The Changing Oceans Expedition will carry out numerous studies on the impact of macro waste on the marine environment, in the hope that better understanding will lead to more efficient solutions.
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Cumulative human impact on the Oceans
A local fisherman, Ylias, joins the expedition's scientific team, including scientists from the USA and Italy in the marine protected aera of Al Hoceima, Morocco. Their goal, validate and improve "a global map of cumulative human impact on marine ecosystems" (Science Feb 2008).
