A Harrowing Evolution

There's nothing like the beauty of the sea--when all is right. Its shoreline can entice one to walk along it. Its crashing waves can soothe a troubled mind. Its fish and world can both feed humans and mesmerize them.

But with the dawn of plastics, came the doom of the oceans--long before anyone knew it.

Had people not tossed their single-use plastics into the sea, a harrowing evolution would not have taken place. The water world and its fish would have continued to flourish. But they didn't.

What could be the horror of a plastic-tossing mistake?