I am talking about all those island that are made of the
trash and debris from the last Fukushima tsunami disaster in 2011. They
estimated that some 5 million tons of trash and debris had sunk off of Japans
coast and the rest went out to sea. According
to the report in 2011 http://rt.com/usa/fukushima-debris-island-texas-266/ At tht point in time they didn’t know how much of this debris was in
the ocean.
We humans call it junk,
debris, trash or waste and we automatically think it is dangerous and also an
eyesore for humans.
Many of us humans do
not realize that anything that floats in the oceans become food or homes or
even hiding places for several varieties of fish, mammals and crustaceans.
We also cannot forget the plant kingdom. I bet there is some form or another of
seaweed or other food that lives in these islands.
Update: as of
February 2014 the death toll was at Stress and other illnesses related
to the 2011 quake and tsunami had killed 1,656 people in Fukushima Prefecture
as of Wednesday, outnumbering the 1,607 whose deaths were directly tied to
disaster-caused injuries, according to data compiled by the prefecture and
local police. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/02/20/national/post-quake-illnesses-kill-more-in-fukushima-than-2011-disaster/#.VQoXk47F9u4
As far as the size of this Trash Island I have found,
through Google Search, articles that say it is the size of your fingernail, to
the size of Texas and also the size of the United States. I cannot find a reliable source when
searching the current size.
The tsunami happed in 2011 and it is now 2015. Now that the “island” is full of living
organisms, we want to “clean” it up?
Who would we be helping at this late date, Humans or the
Animal kingdom?
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