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------------------------------------------------------------- Did you know that humans consume about 300 pounds or 136 kilos of single-use plastic? Over the last ten years, we have produced more plastic than during the whole of the last century and enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle the earth four times. So, where does most of this plastic end up? The answer is Ocean. Around 80 percent of marine litter originates on land and most of that is plastic. We are treating the ocean like a trash bin with devastating consequences not only to marine life but the entire planetary ecosystem. That's the reason why we need to wake up and do something to tackle plastic pollution in the oceans. ◼How many plastic bags we use every year  The data shows that we use an estimated 1 trillion plastic bags each year. Nearly 2 million a minute, and with the use time of a typical bag just 12 minutes. Some 10 percent of this plastic ends up in the oceans. An estimated 300 million plastic bags...

Can you imagine that we've taken and eaten more than 90 percent of the big fish in the sea? Let’s talk about the leading ocean protector Sylvia Earle, a marine biologist.  She is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society who was named one of Time magazine's "Heroes for the Planet." Sylvia has pioneered research on marine ecosystems, with a special focus on exploration, conservation, and the development of new technologies for effectively accessing the deep sea and other remote environments. Here are five things you should know about Dr. Sylvia Earle.   #1: She is a hero of the ocean.  Sylvia Earle is probably more at home under the sea than she is on dry land.  Actually, she spent more than 60 years exploring, protecting, and researching the world’s oceans. Sylvia has led more than a hundred expeditions, logged over 7,000 hours underwater, and has authored more than 190 scientific, technical, and popular publications. In 1998, she also got th...