New exhibition outside the museum of nature plunged deep into the plastic ocean

An interactive traveling exhibit presented outside the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa allows participants to dive into plastic waste that threatens the oceans and marine life of the world.

The Ocean Plastics Lab was established in Germany as part of the G7 Plan of Action in the fight against marine pollution, and debuted in Italy in 2017.

It is housed in four containers expedition with practical science equipment, interactive video players, and of course lots of plastic bottles, bags, toys and fishing equipment – found on beaches and dredged from the sea.

Interactive labs installed in four shipping containers explore the vast effects of plastic pollution (CBC News)

is free and designed to attract the attention of young curious about marine pollution. The lab has visited major capitals in Europe and the United States and will be on display in Ottawa until August 12.

Some elements of the exhibition are interactive (Sandra Abma / CBC)

About eight million tons of plastic penetrate the ocean each year, "said Julia Schnetzer, a scientist of the project, which estimates that the value of a shipping container is dumped into the seas and oceans around the world every two seconds

. marine life and vegetation.

Here is a sample of the ocean waste exposed to the exposure (Sandra Abma / CBC News)

"When plastic bags float in the ocean, they look like to jellyfish and turtles eat "Schnetzer, adding that turtles become sick and unable to dive, making them easy prey.

And Schnetzer said that waves of plastic bags end up in the air. stomach of the whales, starving them essentially.

Much of the plastic is so small that it is invisible to the human eye, and the long-term effects of fish and algae that engulf the microplastic do not are not yet known.

You can follow the path of a plastic bag floating the ocean in one of the interactive films of the exhibition. (@ JuliaSchnetzer / Twitter)

Schnetzer said that children are often shocked by what they say cover in the laboratory. She hopes that the visit to the exhibition will encourage them to reuse and recycle more, to volunteer for cleaning operations and perhaps to pursue a career in finding solutions to the problem

. (CBC News)