5. 46% OF THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH IS COMPRISED OF FISHING NETS.
Which are far more dangerous for marine life than plastic straws because they're designed to kill.
Source: The Ocean Cleanup
6. 300,000 DOLPHINS, WHALES AND PORPOISES ARE KILLED IN FISHING NETS EVERY YEAR, ALONG WITH 30,000 SHARKS PER HOUR.
Source: Marine Policy Vol 40, IWC/WWF
8. 3.9 BILLION ACRES OF SEAFLOOR IS DEFORESTED EVERY YEAR BY TRAWLING.
By comparison, 25 million acres of forest is deforested every year on land.
Source: Dr. Les Watling and Dr. Elliott Norse, FAO State Of World's Forests
just a reminder that pandemics, hurricanes and fires along with many other natural disasters will be more frequent & will only get worse as we get older because of climate change. it’s not exclusive to 2020. this is our new normal & what scientists have been warning us about.
People are so ready to get back to life forgetting that in 1918 the second wave of the Spanish Flu reportedly killed 20-50 million. The first wave only killed 3-5 million. History does indeed repeat.