Our Plastic Oceans- Tiffany Fulcher

     I knew that there was a lot of plastic pollution in the ocean, but I am amazed that humanity has dumped up to 14 million tons of plastic pollution into the ocean. Plastic makes up a lot of things that we use and it makes sense that most of the trash is dumped into the ocean is made up of plastic, but we shouldn't dispose of it there. It gets dumped out there and eventually forms large places where the ocean is covered in plastic garbage and particles, which is crazy and not good for the environment.

     I didn't how much it affected the water and marine life, but apparently, lots of different species in the ocean are affected by the plastic garbage and plastic particles. I hate to think about animals dying or getting badly injured because of the trash we throw out that ends up in the ocean. They shouldn't have to go through those kinds of things because we won't properly dispose of our plastic products.

     I think it's intriguing and interesting about how the plastics break down and form into small particles instead of completely disappearing forever. I didn't know that. I thought that everything eventually broke down enough to where it was non-existent anymore, but I was wrong. That just makes it even harder to dispose of all the plastics that are in the ocean, which means it will take a very long time for people to come up with a way to get rid of all the plastic in the ocean that is harming and affecting the ocean environment and marine life.