World Oceans Day: 7 startling facts about the crisis facing our oceans

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The amount of plastic that’s been dumped into the ocean has been increasing, and the problem will probably only get worse.

Here are some troubling facts about pollution crisis plaguing our oceans.

Plastic waste floats in the waters near Cartagena, Chile.

Discarded fishing gear floats in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

A seagull struggles to take flight covered by a plastic bag at Caleta Portales beach in Valparaiso, Chile.

Oil drips out as workers lay pipe into an oil well in Talpa, Texas.

American undersea explorer Victor Vescovo completed the deepest sea dive ever recorded. He said he saw a plastic bag and candy wrappers at the deepest place on the planet.

Titan triggerfish eat plastic trash in the waters of Maldives.

CNN’s Paul Martucci contributed to this report.



Source : Nbcnewyork

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