Water Cleanliness in Nature

  Road to a Healthier Earth May 14th, 2021 A Plastic Heart  Personally, it makes my heart ache to see our plastic waste issue affect our planet on a global scale. One prime example is a disaster called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This swath of ocean is covered with around 1.6 million square kilometers of accumulated nonbiodegradable plastics.  According to  National Geographic ,  " For many people, the idea of a “garbage patch” conjures up images of an  island  of trash floating on the ocean. In reality, these patches are almost entirely made up of tiny bits of plastic, called microplastics. Microplastics can’t always be seen by the naked eye. Even  satellite imagery  doesn’t show a giant patch of garbage. The microplastics of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch can simply make the water look like a cloudy soup. This soup is intermixed with larger items, such as fishing gear and shoes." (para. 7) (photo from forbes.com) https:...