The Chesapeake Bay has been a foundation for human communities and natural systems for centuries, but centuries of development and environmental pressures have weakened it. Climate change and sea level rise threaten to amplify existing problems and impose new ones. But the Bay is not beyond repair. Understanding the challenges and contributing toward solutions can help preserve the Bay for future generations.

Microplastics are synthetic plastics that get turned into at most 5 mm pieces. When garbage build up it creates garbage patch's and there is one that's almost 800,000 miles in length it's called they great pacific garbage patch.