What’s a few jellyfish in the grand scheme of things? But here’s Have an ocean full of jellyfish full of plastic, this probably doesn’t sound To many organisms, especially gelatinous zooplankton. These plastics are nearly invisible to humansīut they taste, look, or feel (depending on how the organism senses) like food Of plastic that are either the product of plastic that has degraded and beenīroken down over time or small plastics like microbeads used in beauty productsĪnd other industrial products. Microplastics are just what they sound like: minute pieces Thisīecame known as the Osborne Artificial Reef. The tires were tethered together at the time and anchored on concrete slabs. Million tires over 36 acres about 7000 feet off the coast in 35 feet of water. With the help of Goodyear and the Army Corps of Engineers, dumped over 2 In what I think you can imagine was a pretty bad idea, Broward county, Into the area for anglers and tourists (they were rapidly diminishing: readīeen initiated in Indonesia, Malaysia, Africa, Australia, and the Americanīetter judgement and advice from experts) and the South Floridians were super excited. The reef would get rid of ugly trash constructively (instead of justĬhucking it into the ocean while no one was looking) and bring more game fishes Land but perfect for the building of artificial reefs. The Reef would be built out of used tires- deemed an eyesore on In 1972, officials in Fort Lauderdale, Florida proposed a
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