On February 26th 2010, the journalist
Filomena Naves wrote a piece of news for “Diário de Notícias” which is related
to the discovery of an island created by the accumulation of plastic garbage in
Atlantic Ocean.
Floating plastics look like jellyfishes. Therefore,
some sea animals like turtles eat these chunks of garbage which causes them to
die of suffocation. On the other hand, plastics don´t fully disappear.
On February of 2012, in one of the Boa Vista island´s
exit in Cape Verde, a great accumulation of garbage was detected near the
shore, in where some more plastics as well as some non-biodegradable materials
were found.
Marine organisms play a crucial role in almost all
biogeochemical processes that sustain the biosphere, and provide a variety of products (goods) and
functions (services) which are essential to humankind’s well-being.
This image shows us a global problem, for many of the
residues found are not from Cape Verde.
Young
reporters for the environment. Valsassina School, Lisbon, Portugal.
Carolina Fonseca
(15 year-old) Pedro Leal (15 year-old), Diogo Silva (15 year-old), Mariana
Martinho (17 year-old),
Margarida Delgado (17 year-old)
Sem comentários:
Enviar um comentário