#TeamSeas Mission

Marine pollution is a growing problem in today’s world. Our ocean is being flooded with two main types of pollution: chemicals and trash.

Marine trash encompasses all manufactured products—most of them being plastic—that end up in the ocean. Littering, storm winds, and poor waste management all contribute to the accumulation of this debris, 80 per cent of which comes from sources on land. Common types of marine debris include various plastic items like shopping bags and beverage bottles, along with cigarette butts, bottle caps, food wrappers, and fishing gear. Plastic waste is particularly problematic as a pollutant because it is so long-lasting. Plastic items can take hundreds of years to decompose.

This trash poses dangers to both humans and animals. Fish become tangled and injured in the debris, and some animals mistake items like plastic bags for food and eat them. Small organisms feed on tiny bits of broken-down plastic, called microplastic, and absorb the chemicals from the plastic into their tissues. Microplastics are less than five millimetres (0.2 inches) in diameter and have been detected in a range of marine species, including plankton and whales. When small organisms that consume microplastics are eaten by larger animals, the toxic chemicals then become part of their tissues. In this way, the microplastic pollution migrates up the food chain, eventually becoming part of humans' food.

If we don't take any measures to stop marine pollution, there will be a danger to marine life and soon become extinct.

Mr Beast aka Jimmy Donaldson, YouTube’s biggest philanthropist, is back with another ambitious project and it’s safe to say, the entire community is backing him again. After planting 20 million trees with the help of his fans, Internet strangers, and even tech mogul Elon Musk, MrBeast wants to save the seas by clearing up 30 million pounds of trash from the ocean (rivers, beaches) by January 1, 2022. “#TeamSeas is a global campaign to raise $30M to remove 30M pounds of plastic and trash from our ocean, rivers and beaches," the website, set up to collect the donations from people across the world.

Donate if you care for Marine creatures! A $1 makes a difference! -> https://teamseas.org/

Thank you so much!

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