The ocean is often looked at as vast and endless. It is a world of its own, where a multitude of unknown creatures and other life exist, so vast that it seems we will never know all its contents, as things just as easily things disappear. But what if it isn't never-ending? What if the number of things in the ocean are just adding up, slowly collecting, overcrowding the ocean? This may not matter with fish and other species that belong in the ocean, what if what is building up is human pollution, or more specifically, plastic?

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Well this is becoming the solemn truth. As people discard trash, overusing and careless discarding these materials, marine life and aquatic ecosystems are suffering. In my major of Environmental Studies and focus on pollution and climate change, the undeniable realization has surfaced that we as people have destroyed the ocean in ways we thought ought not be possible.

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Ocean currents have created strong circular vortexes, some of which are thousands of kilometers wide. These currents trap heat, trash and chemicals, creating large masses of pollutants. They even disperse these pollutants and heat, resulting in the ability to change climates across the world.

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But have we gone too far? What can be done about gyres and other pollutants? Can we reverse the damage we have already inflicted?