Garbage in the Pacific increased 100 times

A study showed that the amount of micro-plastic floating debris on the Pacific has increased 100 times in the last 40 years.

Scientists believe that plastic scraps in the North Pacific (NPSG for short) have formed an area roughly equal to the state of Texas in the US (covering an area of ​​more than 690,000 square kilometers), AFP said.

'The number of microscopic debris in the northern Pacific has increased 100 times over the last four decades , ' the University of California scientists in the US said after investigating the density of microscopic debris. (less than 5mm) in the Pacific Ocean.

Plastic waste floating on the ocean surface. (Photo: Discovery)

The research team confirmed that, from 1972 to 1987, people did not detect tiny plastic debris on the Pacific Ocean during the sampling of garbage.

The United Nations Environment Program said that the average density of micro-plastic garbage in the Pacific Ocean is about 13,000 pieces per square kilometer. However, this density reaches the largest level in the north of the ocean.

Plastic garbage becomes an ideal residence for a marine insect that specializes in plankton and fish eggs. This insect is a food of seabirds, turtles and fish. They need a hard surface to lay eggs. They used to lay eggs on planks, hard shells of marine animals, pumice. But today plastic garbage becomes their ideal breeding ground.

'If the density of micro-plastic garbage continues to increase, the number of insects will increase. That's a frightening prospect for caviar and plankton, ' warned University of California researchers.