SOUND OF THE SEA by CYNTHIA BARNETT

SOUND OF THE SEA is such an interesting book, if there is only one you're going to take to the beach to read, this one should be it. Mollusks are the 'liver of our rivers" cleaning the water they are in, but plastics and pesticides are found in them.  They have ingested plastic micro particles and plastic fibers are also chocking other forms of sea life.

 

We think of clams as common but they are almost extinct in some places in this earth's waters.

The oceans are also absorbing more heat.  Where the water is too warm for them, mollusks are dying out.  Carbon Dioxide in the sea water has made sea water 30% more acidic than it was at the start of the industrial era.  Ocean acidification makes it difficult for the creatures who depend upon the shells they make to protect their bodies to create thick enough shells.  Thin and pitted shells make them more vulnerable.

SO THE NUMBER ONE THING YOU CAN DO AS A CITIZEN IS TO PICK UP AFTER YOURSELF, PUT PLASTICS IN RECYLCLING BINS, DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING IN THE SAND BECAUSE IT WILL PROBABLY END UP IN THE OCEAN/

THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO AS A CITIZEN IS TO NOT BUY SEA SHELLS - NOT FOR DISPLAY, NOT AS NECKLACES, NOT DECORATING THINGS.