Trashing The Oceans Summary

Oceans are polluted to a great degree due to humans using plastic and not being recycled.
The article “Trashing the Oceans,” by Thomas Hayden, which was published in U.S. News and World Report, states how the oceans are being polluted by the trash going within it. Another article “Managing Marine Plastic Pollution,”John H. Tibbetts, was published in Environmental Health Perspectives, demonstrates how the pollution is greatly impacting the ocean. The article “Trashing oceans” utilizes ethos, logos, and pathos in a superior manner as compared to “Managing Marine Plastic Pollution” because it holds factual information and draws the reader’s interest. In “Trashing the Oceans,” Hayden effectively uses pathos to draw the reader's emotions in by presenting how animals are harmed by plastic pollution. He states that the six ring pack’s can grasp an animal's neck just as tight as the pop cans that use to be in those rings. Hayden presents how fishing nets and other trash take a toll on the animals stating, “These "ghost nets" snare and drown thousands of seals, sea lions, and dolphins a year. Researchers have also watched in
He states, “Lost and discarded nets and lines from fishing vessels are important contributors to marine debris, especially in heavily fished areas. These vessels also lose plastic floats, traps, pots, and other gear. Other sea-based sources of plastic pollution include oil and gas platforms, aquaculture facilities, and cargo ships that lose containers to the sea” (Managing Marine Plastic Pollution, 2015, para. 4). In this article Tibbetts talks about how many items contribute to polluting the oceans but does not go into how it harms the animals as much as “Trashing the Oceans” does. Talking about the animals gives an emotional way to show how it can really harm them and the