How Plastic Affects Climate Change
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- čas přidán 15. 05. 2024
- Explore the connection between two of Earth's greatest threats: climate change and plastic production.
The ocean covers more than 70% of the earth's surface and plays a crucial role in regulating our climate. However, due to human activities, the ocean is facing a range of problems, and climate change is one of the most significant threats.
Firstly, climate change is causing the ocean to warm up, leading to coral bleaching, which affects the survival of marine organisms. Secondly, as the temperature of the ocean rises, it is causing sea levels to rise, which is leading to coastal erosion and flooding. Additionally, the ocean is becoming more acidic due to the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which is affecting marine life and ecosystems. Finally, climate change is also causing changes in ocean currents and weather patterns, which are leading to more extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and typhoons.
It's clear that climate change is having a significant impact on the ocean, and it's essential that we take action to mitigate its effects. This video provides an overview of some of the ways in which climate change is affecting our oceans and why we need to take action to protect them.
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0:00 - Plastics and their contribution to the climate crisis
0:28 - The plastic lifecycle and greenhouse gas emissions. Extraction of fossil fuels for plastic production
0:38 - Cracking plants and refineries: From ethane and propane to plastic building blocks
0:58 - Chemical modification and additives in plastic production
1:16 - The manufacturing process: From plastic resins to nurdles
1:32 - Energy-intensive processes and carbon dioxide emissions
1:42 - Transportation emissions in the plastic supply chain
1:52 - Plastic waste management and greenhouse gas emissions
2:07 - Landfills and methane emissions. Incineration and greenhouse gas emissions
2:17 - Recycling and its impact on emissions
2:36 - How “recycled” plastic ends up as microplastics that pollute the ocean
3:06 - How the carbon footprint of the plastic life cycle contributes to global warming
3:17 - The plastic life cycle accounts for more greenhouse gasses than the aviation industry
3:27 - Plastic's impact on the ocean and climate change. The ocean’s role as a carbon sink.
3:49 - Plastic production and projected greenhouse gas emissions
4:01 - Ocean warming and its consequences to coral reefs, marine life, and global food security
4:54 - How rising sea levels impact coastal communities
5:13 - Extreme weather events and their impact on coastal areas caused by ocean warming
5:27 - Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons intensified by ocean warming
5:49 - Humanitarian needs and climate-related disasters intensified by ocean warming
6:00 - Ocean acidification and its effects
6:19 - Keystone species, algal blooms, and ocean-based industries
6:52 - Impacts on marine species and ecosystems
7:03 - Mitigation strategies: Reducing single-use plastics, recycling effectively, and transitioning to a circular economy
7:16 -Design sustainable products, processes, and business models
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Poor Earth.😢
Great informative video❤ love it
Whether it's raising awareness, educating, or cleaning, we're happy to do it!
Humans have much to learn.
A powerful and eye-opening video on the alarming impact of plastic on climate change. It's time we take action and rethink our plastic consumption habits
We have to continue the conservation and spread further awareness and education! We’re all in this together.🙌
@@4Ocean like your content
I live near a beach in the Caribbean and it was alarming to see how plastic and microplastics have become part of the sandscape. It's everywhere! I've started taking a garbage bag with me and picking up any plastic garbage I see on the sand and water. All the restaurants on the beach should be cleaning up since most of the plastic is coming from their customers , but they don't. And littering and illegal dumping is a big problem. We organized a roadside clean up going towards the beach and got a good amount of garbage up. Now we need to get people motivated to keep the momentum. Thank you for inspiring change.
""In our eternal touch with the nature
We see communions of life and death
We see their joyous inseparable unity
We learn that life is as beautiful as death"
Vetry Zlye by Rotting Christ.
Another beautiful song with a great message is "Ad Astra" by Nightwish.
Very Deep
Maybe the waste companies should have machines the rip open bag to check. Makes more sense to check everything not a bite
Great video!
That's why I recical a lot god bless this people keep it up😮😮
Recycle unfortunately doesn’t work when it comes to plastic. You can do it only twice or at maximum three times but that’s all.
@@DionisoBaco.Plastic can be recycled way more than 2-3 times. For example PET (most common plastic in plastic bottles) are 100% recyclable and can be recycled many times. There are, however, other plastics (like thin or film plastic, which is what plastic shopping bags or food packaging is made of) can’t be recycled at all and will ruin the batch of recycling if put into a household recycling bin.
Except for the first line, it's an information video. What's left out is that the number one cause of climate change is animal agriculture. Stopping animal agriculture would lower the Earth's temperature, whereas stopping fossil fuels raises the Earth's temperature in the short term. So stopping plastic use is essential, but plastics don't disrupt the environment as much as animal ag.
Thanks 4Oceans. 👍
😠 Please use temperature measurements in degrees Celsius.
Great video! But it is also really sad that it exists.
This footage is sad and that’s why we’re determined to make plastic pollution a thing of the past.
The oceans absorb 93,4% of the warming. I stopped using "climate change" as only 2,3?% of the warming shows up in the troposphere.
So, when they say global warming has reached 1,5°C, that's only 2,3% "factual".
Actual global warming is measured in watts per square meter on the surface of the tropopause, the layer between troposphere and stratosphere. where the temperature of the air stops cooling and warms up a bit in the stratosphere, even though the stratosphere is actually cooling because the destruction of stratospheric ozone and the insulating properties of greenhouse gases in the troposphere.
Thanks for your work 4Ocean ✌
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Yes, plastics don't turn into methane when they decompose like paper does!
Where does the plastics go
Everything that can be recycled gets recycled. Internationally, we are currently evaluating our co-processing options for everything that can't be recycled. In Florida, everything we can't recycle is taken to the Solid Waste Authority where it is turned into clean energy. 🤙
It’s so simple ! It doesn’t !!! Time to wake up
One of your bracelets came in my mystery GQ box. It is garbage for the landfill. Thanks. Make something useful maybe.