99.99% of plastic garbage on the sea turned out to be deep in the ocean without us knowing

Everyone rewards only seeing plastic waste floating on the surface of the sea but few people suspect that most plastic waste is sinking deep into the seabed and it is difficult to clean up.

People are becoming more aware of the status of waste in the sea. Even now there is a huge trash island in the middle of the Pacific.

99.99% of plastic waste is hidden deep in the ocean floor.

This "garbage" island is now larger than all three countries Germany, France and Spain combined. The island's accumulated plastic debris amounted to 1.8 trillion and caused the deaths of more than 100,000 marine animals each year. Most of the garbage is mostly floating from the river to the ocean.

However, the floating garbage is not really all the garbage that exists in the ocean. According to scientists from Newcastle University, UK, 99.99% of plastic waste is hidden deep in the ocean floor.

Due to the ocean flow, plastic waste often converts to large islands. Most of the marine plastic waste comes from large rivers in less developed regions of the world. Then they float and merge into a huge array of junk.

However, according to the latest calculation model, only about 246 thousand tons of 393 million tons of plastic are floating on the sea surface. That means 99.99% of the remaining plastic waste is sinking under the seabed. Through the computer model, scientists found a large amount of garbage lying in deep trenches on the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of Nigeria.

Usually plastic will float on the water.

When sinking to the bottom of the sea, sediment will cover this amount of trash and people can hardly find it. Despite being covered, plastic waste will still pollute the marine ecosystem. Plastics that sink into the seabed can harm many species of creatures that live on the bottom because of mistaken food.

In addition to being unable to digest plastic, many types of garbage are like a trap that traps creatures that cause them to die from being unable to feed.

Many people will ask the question, so light plastic, why can it sink into the sea? That is a long process. Usually plastic will float on the water. However, after a while, algae began to grow around them and accidentally caused the plastic to become heavier and sink to the sea floor.

Scientists estimate that about 5 to 36 million tons of plastic sink to the seabed each year. Alethea Mountford scientist said: "There are many creatures living on the sea floor, buried deep in sediments. They can eat plastic and chemicals released from plastics can be harmful to fertility. , their food source ".

Garbage is like a trap that traps creatures that cause them to die because they cannot feed.

It is known that scientists have built this computer model by using the latest information on plastic pollution globally. They took into account differences in plastics and ocean currents.

The results of the final study make the picture of marine pollution worse, with 99.99% of plastic waste sinking deep into the seabed. Perhaps the scientific world and policy planners will not be shocked to hear this information.