EARTH BY THE NUMBERS
a shocking perspective of what's happening to our planet
a shocking perspective of what's happening to our planet
50 billion plastic water bottles are used each year. Although they are picked up by curbside recycling programs , only around 23 percent of these bottles are actually recycled.
The U.S. consumes 1500 plastic water bottles every SECOND.
17 million barrels of oil are used in producing bottled water each year.
More than 5 trillion pieces of plastic are currently afloat in the world's oceans.
The plastic pollution in the world’s oceans weighs more than 269,000 tons
Approximately 50% of the world's tropical forests have been cleared. Deforestation is considered to be one of the contributing factors to global climate change. Trees absorb greenhouse gases and carbon emissions. They produce oxygen and perpetuate the water cycle by releasing water vapor into the atmosphere. Without trees, forest lands can quickly become barren land.
3/4 of the Great Barrier Reef is dead. 80% of the Caribbean coral reefs are now dead.
Shrimp trawlers in the Southeast U.S. capture over 53,000 threatened and endangered sea turtles each year, many of which die from drowning in nets.
308,000 whales and dolphins die annually due to entanglement in fishing gear. More still die in marine debris.
A blue whale can make a sound that can be heard across 3000 miles. Noise from cargo ships has made the ocean 10 times louder than it was just 50 years ago.
According to the 2013 Ocean Policy Study, 100,000,000 sharks per year (that's 11,000 sharks per hour) worldwide are being killed by humans. The number of humans killed by sharks annually averages 10.
100 billion plastic bags are thrown away annually in the U.S.
The U.S. consumes 1500 plastic water bottles every SECOND.
17 million barrels of oil are used in producing bottled water each year.
More than 5 trillion pieces of plastic are currently afloat in the world's oceans.
The plastic pollution in the world’s oceans weighs more than 269,000 tons
Approximately 50% of the world's tropical forests have been cleared. Deforestation is considered to be one of the contributing factors to global climate change. Trees absorb greenhouse gases and carbon emissions. They produce oxygen and perpetuate the water cycle by releasing water vapor into the atmosphere. Without trees, forest lands can quickly become barren land.
3/4 of the Great Barrier Reef is dead. 80% of the Caribbean coral reefs are now dead.
Shrimp trawlers in the Southeast U.S. capture over 53,000 threatened and endangered sea turtles each year, many of which die from drowning in nets.
308,000 whales and dolphins die annually due to entanglement in fishing gear. More still die in marine debris.
A blue whale can make a sound that can be heard across 3000 miles. Noise from cargo ships has made the ocean 10 times louder than it was just 50 years ago.
According to the 2013 Ocean Policy Study, 100,000,000 sharks per year (that's 11,000 sharks per hour) worldwide are being killed by humans. The number of humans killed by sharks annually averages 10.
100 billion plastic bags are thrown away annually in the U.S.
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