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What Have You Learned?

In my Marine Pollution class at the University of New England I learned that there is currently 8 million metric tons of plastics that are currently in the worlds oceans, which is insane! @eng304cripps #tdc2716 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/ljMBrpp29z

— caitlynirish (@caitlynirish) June 20, 2019

My Marine Pollution class that I took in my Fall semester of my Sophomore year taught me so much about the pollution of the worlds oceans that I had never known before. In this class I learned that it isn’t just plastics as pollution but there is also land runoff (such as animal waste and fertilizers), oil, pesticides, and abandoned fishing gear. This was so shocking to me to think that there were so many other ways that humans contribute to ocean pollution other than just the use of single use plastics. Currently there is 8 million metric tons of plastic that occupy the oceans which includes micro plastics. Tiny microscopic broken down pieces that will never be able to be taken out of the oceans. This class and the information that I learned made me more aware of how I dispose of plastics and I have also tried to limit my use of single use plastics. 

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