In the deepest ever sea dive in a submarine, humankind reached the ocean floor and saw what is seen on roadsides, public places and nearly everywhere - trash.
Retired naval officer, Victor Vescovo, said he made the disconcerting discovery as he descended nearly 6.8 miles (35,853 feet/10,928 meters) to a point in the Pacific Ocean¡¯s Mariana Trench that is the deepest place on Earth.?
As Vescovo visited places where no human has gone before and found undiscovered species.
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Along with that, he also saw angular metal or plastic objects, one with something written on it.
¡°It was very disappointing to see obvious human contamination of the deepest point in the ocean,¡± Vescovo said in an interview to Reuters.
Plastic pollution has reached epidemic proportions in the world¡¯s oceans with an estimated 100 million tonnes dumped there to date, according to the United Nations.
Vescovo hopes that his discovery would help raise awareness about dumping in the oceans and the threat it poses to the life in water.?
¡°It¡¯s not a big garbage collection pool, even though it¡¯s treated as such,¡± Vescovo said of the worlds¡¯ oceans.