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Plastic Garbage in Oceans - A real threat to marine and human life.
In today's modern world where we are progressing by leaps and bound in almost all the realms of the science like information technology, space science and geospatial science. On one hand we are exploring new possibilities with the help of latest and highly upgraded technologies like high resolution satellite imageries, UAV's(Drones) , latest and most advance GIS and terrain data solutions on the other hand we are creating a real threat to our ecosystem, environment, climate and space. In this article SATPALDA is highlighting the severity of the plastic accumulation that is in a huge amount in our oceans. Around 1.8 trillion bits of plastic waste have accumulated along a single stretch of the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California, an exponential increase since the 1970s, a new study shows. The largest such repository, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, has amassed so much plastic pollution that if it was heaped together it would amount to twice the size of Texas. Trawling the seas for floating plastic waste, the research team retrieved bottle caps, discarded fishing nets, toys and degrading containers. The 80,000 tons of litter estimated to have gathered in the patch translates to 250 discarded pieces per person around the world. High levels of microplastics have already been found in the stomachs of fish for sale at supermarkets. It’s unclear what affect ingesting microplastics may have on humans. Urgent stopping the new inflow of plastic waste, and removing the existing mess accumulating in the environment is much needed.
As a responsible social entity SATPALDA strives to promote the latest Geospatial technologies to support critical issues such as climate change, environment and security etc. We are providing many geospatioal solutions like satellite imagery, UAV imagery, elevation models, LULC maps, planimetry, terrain solutions and many more. For more information login: www.satpalda.com
Plastic Garbage in Oceans - A real threat to marine and human life.
In today's modern world where we are progressing by leaps and bound in almost all the realms of the science like information technology, space science and geospatial science. On one hand we are exploring new possibilities with the help of latest and highly upgraded technologies like high resolution satellite imageries, UAV's(Drones) , latest and most advance GIS and terrain data solutions on the other hand we are creating a real threat to our ecosystem, environment, climate and space. In this article SATPALDA is highlighting the severity of the plastic accumulation that is in a huge amount in our oceans. Around 1.8 trillion bits of plastic waste have accumulated along a single stretch of the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California, an exponential increase since the 1970s, a new study shows. The largest such repository, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, has amassed so much plastic pollution that if it was heaped together it would amount to twice the size of Texas. Trawling the seas for floating plastic waste, the research team retrieved bottle caps, discarded fishing nets, toys and degrading containers. The 80,000 tons of litter estimated to have gathered in the patch translates to 250 discarded pieces per person around the world. High levels of microplastics have already been found in the stomachs of fish for sale at supermarkets. It’s unclear what affect ingesting microplastics may have on humans. Urgent stopping the new inflow of plastic waste, and removing the existing mess accumulating in the environment is much needed.
As a responsible social entity SATPALDA strives to promote the latest Geospatial technologies to support critical issues such as climate change, environment and security etc. We are providing many geospatioal solutions like satellite imagery, UAV imagery, elevation models, LULC maps, planimetry, terrain solutions and many more. For more information login: www.satpalda.com