Oceans

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of the world's
population still lives under the misconception that the ocean is a hungry abyss,
eager to devour all their waste. These beliefs, however, are all untrue. The
average depth of the oceans is only a little more than a mile, when in fact,
some lakes exceed this depth rather handily. Although the size of the ocean is
often pondered, the thought that it may one day be gone, is never even
considered.

The vast majority of all life in the ocean, inhabits only 1/25 of these
waters, but it is these surroundings that are in the most danger. In the
beginning of the world, marine plankton was vital to the evolution of man.
Today, it is even more important to us, being that it provides us with a great
percentage of oxygen we receive. “These minute plant species manufactured so
much oxygen that it rose above the surface to help form the atmosphere we have
today.”(Heyerdahl) With the disappearance of the plankton through increased
pollution, the obvious result will be a ...

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