The Eighth Continent

It seems we don't have to wait for a underwater volcano to push the earth's crust above the surface of the water anymore, but instead continue to manufacture and improperly dispose of plastic products and wait for them to collect onto the what is called "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch". This floating mass consists of mostly plastic that has been discarded and cannot break down naturally. To top off the problem, there is huge health concerns for not only the ocean's ecosystem, but for ourselves as well. The small bits of plastic attract poisons such as DDTs. In turn, the fish, birds, and other species eat these small bits of plastics, which kills them due to poisoning, or intestinal blockage. It's terrible that we are in this problematic state with all our knowledge, and still even with this knowledge, we as a race continue in our ridiculous ways, such as cruise ships dumping their garbage and raw sewage just a few miles offshore instead of properly disposing the garbage at a landfill, (which still sucks), and their sewage at a treatment plant.