The eighth continent, the "land" that automatically "arises" outside the seven continents. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

If deserts are the cancer of the land, then marine garbage islands are the cancer of the ocean.

Humans release about 200 kilograms of plastic into the ocean every second, and the total amount of plastic waste in the entire ocean is estimated to be between 5 trillion tons and 50 trillion tons......

Because the middle polluted area cannot be explored by humans, the range is too large, the plane does not have enough fuel to fly over for a long time, the ship cannot drive directly over, and the satellite detection, because the distance is too far, so the number is not accurate.

But all scientists agree that there will be more than 5 trillion tons of plastic waste, which will be distributed evenly to everyone on the planet, and the per capita share of plastic waste must be hundreds of tons......

Of course, this is a hundred years of accumulation.

And it's not about the black uncles in Africa, they want to throw away plastic waste, and it is estimated that people from few countries can throw it out to sea, besides, if there is a plastic bag, the average black uncle may be willing to throw it away?

In other words, relatively wealthy countries in Europe, the United States, and Asia share thousands of tons of marine plastic waste per capita on a per capita basis......

Tang Hai used to hear Jennifer say that crabs in many places now grow up eating plastic, and he thought it was an exaggeration...... No wonder so many rich people now only eat seafood from Africa and Antarctica......

Jennifer only took Tang Hai to see one of the garbage islands, and there are a total of 5 super large garbage islands in the entire ocean, and there are countless small garbage islands outside.

Not to mention that some heavy plastic waste can sink to the bottom, 70% of the plastic has already sunk to the bottom, and the situation under the ocean is even worse than above!

Pollution on land, in fact, can still be controlled, for example, China's No. 1 head of state cracked down on factories that did not meet the standard of sewage discharge, forced to close coal yards, the sky near the imperial capital in the past two years, some locals looked up at the sky, wondering if this is actually our sky? Impossible......

After all, human beings have been living on land for millions of years, can't they even clean up their own homes? It's just a matter of whether you want to clean it up.

But human beings have lived at sea for four or five hundred years.

Tang Hai once had high hopes for the dream-chasing boy, but in the past two years, there have been some results, at least in the circulation belt, his plastic collection has intercepted 95% of the plastic that passes. As long as he makes money, he can continue to put into production, and finally the entire circulation belt will be wiped out.

But most of the floating debris in the oceans will be pushed to the garbage island in the middle. Take more than 30 years ago, tens of thousands of small yellow ducks produced in China fell into the sea and disappeared, and finally a few were found in the UK, so where are the rest? It's on garbage island.

Tang Hai manipulated the egg-shaped drone on the Red Lotus Knight, flew over this "continent", and investigated it in depth......

The thickest part is probably more than 5 meters thick of garbage, which is still at sea, and I don't know under the sea. The highest peak was slightly melted by the sun, and it is conceivable that the plastic in the center of the Eighth Continent must have melted. Even the garbage cans in Spain can melt, and there is no reason why the center of the garbage continent should not melt.

It is no wonder that the ocean's ability to absorb heat has been declining over the years, and with these five garbage islands preventing heat absorption and spread, the power of the ocean is indeed weakening.

The ocean is the central air conditioner of the earth, and in recent years, the super cooling, the snow in August, the frost in the desert in June, and the increased power of El Niño are actually all problems with the ocean.

There is also a difficult place to deal with the garbage island, which is different from the ocean current area, which is the fishery area of various countries, and the country has economic benefits if it is well managed......

But garbage islands don't belong to any country! Relying only on enthusiasts and non-profit organizations to govern, who can clean up five garbage dumps the size of Japan without interest? Even if the garbage is collected, the shipping fee is not more expensive than the income from selling the product......

Therefore, all countries, when publicizing the pollution problem, do not take the initiative to mention garbage islands. After all, there are not enough pollution control personnel in their own country, who is stupid to serve the public first? Propaganda can't be promoted, for fear of brain drain.

Tang Hai went home with a heavy heart, and then posted all kinds of photos he had taken, taken on the boat and by drones, on the Internet.

A whole piece of garbage dump like a continent.

Carcasses of some seabirds.

The bones of a tortoise.

"Some people may not believe it, but I saw it with my own eyes. In some places, garbage is as dense as a whole piece of land, while others are floating around. I felt like I was deep in a plastic soup, and I felt sick as soon as I got close. After dozens of photos, Tang Hai cooperated and sent a sentence.

"Damn, fake! 5 trillion to 50 trillion tonnes of plastic waste? ”

"Really, that's why it's scary."

"All this garbage is given to me, I am not developed anymore? Isn't Hai Ye also from river cleaning? It's all about money! He's going to beat Gates! ”

"But the problem is, the shipping cost is more expensive, how much can the plastic be sold for?"

"I can probably think of how the previous human civilization disappeared. The temperature rises by one percent every year, and I won't survive for many years anyway, when the human race will perish, and in a few thousand years, all the marine garbage will definitely decompose, and then new human beings will appear......"

Tang Hai is also not hotly discussed on the Internet, and he doesn't go online much when he posts things.

He knew that the plastic that the North American cormorant ate was definitely not taken from the garbage island, and it could not fly that far.

It was Jennifer who took him to see it on the spotlight of the accident.

Not going online, it means that Tang Hai is thinking about whether to do it. He likes to make his own ideas, and when he goes online, there will be people with various points of view to fight, and how much he watches will affect his judgment, even if it is subtle.

He had to think for himself.

Bang bang bang, bang...... Tang Hai's head was attacked by the mother cormorant, and when the meat was eaten, Tang Hai grabbed another strip of meat and handed it up......

The little cute deer was full, sitting on the ground hey, hey, hey, hey, playing with the ball, she lost the ball, and the little meat ball went to pick it up.

In the past, the little meat ball was bored by itself, so he lost the ball on a stream, and then ran downstream to bite it back, which made Tang Hai want to buy a ball machine for it and let it operate it by itself......

The little cute deer has a lot of strength, and he throws it hard!

The little meat ball hurriedly ran out, jumped up and bit it, very good, bitten! Wait, it's too fast, the brakes can't be braked! Brake with your face! Wait, the camel hair carpet is put away, and the floor is so smooth! Still can't stop! Face hits the threshold! Flip it up! Flew out......

The little deer looked at the back of the little meat ball arching the "dog hole" and flew out, you must know that the big cats in and out of the family, this dog hole has to be made very big, so that the little meat ball can fly out......

Tang Hai looked at the little cute deer......

Three days later, a press conference was held.

"Some people say that the death of mankind is something that children should worry about......" Tang Hai hugged the little cute deer, and in the face of long guns and short cannons, the little cute deer was not afraid, and he had to reach out to grab it.

Tang Hai's father's love is max, everyone thought that he wanted his daughter to have a good living environment, and he didn't want his children to face more serious problems in the future, however, ......

"Some people say that's something kids should worry about. I felt that they were right, so I came. I'm still a kid after all. ”

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Tang Hai's thinking logic has never been understood by human beings......

…… (To be continued.) )