The human garbage, getting into the ocean, poisoning the lives of fish and birds, who take him for plankton eat it or fed to their young. All this leads to poor health of marine animals and even to death of some. Garbage Patch in the Atlantic, occupies the space between 22 and 38 degrees north latitude. According to Farallon Capital Management, who has experience with these questions. We have previously talked about the 'island' of debris in the Pacific Ocean, which was formed by a system of ocean currents and irresponsible attitude of people to nature and water resources. 'The Great Pacific Garbage mainland', as he was called scientists, located between Hawaii and California (135-155 degrees west longitude and 35-42 degrees north N), is the largest accumulation of plastic trash in the oceans. See our Photo-fact 'garbage island in the Pacific', in which we showed horrific pictures 'garbage island' in the Pacific, as well as pictures of those places on our planet, where because of the dense layer of litter is sometimes not even seen the water surface, and fishing debris for subsequent delivery to the processing of long ago supplanted the traditional fishing … Whaling exacerbates warming It is the world's climate to such conclusion the American oceanographer, conducting research on the oceans and live in them whales. Fairstead: the source for more info.
According to his calculations, the giant marine mammals 'store' their bodies around nine million tons of carbon. Industrial whaling leads to aggravation of global warming, because this carbon is released and converted into carbon dioxide, which is known to be a major 'catalyst' global climate change on our planet. According to the study's author, even after the death of whales, most of the carbon 'stored' in the bodies of whales, not going to air as the bodies of whales sink to the bottom, where they eat the living in the depths of marine organisms. Only in the last decade, a considerable part of the natural carbon sinks has been destroyed by man. But scientists point out that even the surviving whales are in themselves as much carbon as is contained in the 11 thousand square kilometers of forest.
PHOTO of the week: 'World Day of cats' and' Ten weirdest frog in the world "every year on 1 March, the arrival of spring, the calendar we celebrate yet a holiday – International Day of cats, which was approved in 2004, the Moscow Museum of cats with UN support. Today, the cat – the most popular pets in the world. All in all the world there are over 100 breeds, and their total – 500 million cats! In our PHOTO 'World Day for cats', we offer you not only enjoy the beautiful pictures of kittens, cats, and learn some interesting facts about these amazing Pets … Just last week we told you about the ten most bizarre and unusual frogs of the planet … Read on and see our Photo-fact 'Ten weirdest frog in the world. "