Marine life and plastic pollution
Plastic pollution affects saline throughout the ocean. Over the years it is estimated that up to 13 million metric tons of plastic end up in the ocean each year. The equivalent of garbage trucks loads every minute. Plastic degree injures and kills fish seabirds and marine mammals. Fish, sea turtles and marine animals can become entangled in or ingest plastic debris causing suffocation, starvation, and drowning. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/09/24/plastic-pollution-affects-sea-life-throughout-the-ocean (More on marine life and plastic pollution) Plastic whale by daphnia Murillo May 15, 2018 14 year old Daphne Murillo made this artwork in order to introduce this very important topic to the teens of her generation. This art to compel to his audience the idea that every form of ocean life is being affected no matter how big ...
