Education

 “Every year, 11 million metric tons of plastics enter our ocean on top of the estimated 200 million metric tons that currently circulate our marine environments.” That comes from oceanconservacy.org. Examples of common forms of trash found in our oceans include

• Fishing gear 
• Food wrappers 
• Cigarette butts 
• Bottles and their caps 
• Grocery bags 
• Landfill leakages 
• Littering on beaches 
• General waste mismanagement 
• Sewer outflows and storm overflows 

There are approximately 2,270 species listed as endangered or threatened globally.  Many species of sea turtles, sharks, whales, corals, penguins, jellyfish, manatees, and saw fish are endangered and it is humans that are the cause of their decline, not predators. 

The most found trash in the ocean is cigarette butts. People who smoke throw away their leftovers, which are cigarette butts. Much like plastic, they don’t decompose fast, they take years. Another common piece of trash is plastic, and everyday people can help by cleaning up beaches and recycling. 

The answer is yes. The Indian and Atlantic oceans both have a large amount of trash. The North Atlantic Garbage Patch is a good example of this for it is a very large garbage patch comparable to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Most of the trash in the garbage patch are microplastics.

Things don't disintegrate in the ocean nowadays, but if we keep up this bad behavior with the oceans, they will become acidic, and acid dissolves things. This is because acid is a hydrogen ion donor (hydrogen ions are acidic), and when they bond with water molecules, it increases the concentration of these hydrogen ions in the water, which can dissolve things when the hydrogen ions react with the solute (neutral) ions.