{"id":15348,"date":"2017-06-07T20:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/?p=15348"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:18:12","slug":"des-tonnes-de-dechets-plastiques-abondent-sur-les-iles-desertes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/des-tonnes-de-dechets-plastiques-abondent-sur-les-iles-desertes\/","title":{"rendered":"Des tonnes de d\u00e9chets plastiques abondent sur les \u00eeles d\u00e9sertes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"1665f18d14f35dd9e7566e1a8ac9a3e9\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2860849627502538\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3019501113\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Une \u00e9tude r\u00e9v\u00e8le les ravages subis par l\u2019\u00eele Henderson, un lieu isol\u00e9 au milieu de l\u2019Oc\u00e9an Atlantique cens\u00e9 \u00eatre l\u2019un des derniers endroits sur terre \u00e0 l\u2019abri de l\u2019\u00eatre humain et o\u00f9 18 tonnes de plastique ont \u00e9t\u00e9 accumul\u00e9s depuis les ann\u00e9es 60.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019\u00ceLE HENDERSON, CARREFOUR DES COURANTS OC\u00c9ANIQUES<\/p>\n<p>Entre la Nouvelle Z\u00e9lande et le Chili se trouve une \u00eele isol\u00e9e au milieu de l\u2019Atlantique, l\u2019\u00eele Henderson de l\u2019archipel des Pitcairn. Ce sanctuaire prot\u00e9g\u00e9 de le toute touche humaine est en r\u00e9alit\u00e9 un carrefour des diff\u00e9rents courants oc\u00e9aniques qui font que chaque jour, plus de 3 500 objets en plastique \u00e9chouent sur la plage. Des emballages alimentaires, des bouteilles ou encore des filets de p\u00eache dont l\u2019origine a pu \u00eatre retrac\u00e9e par des chercheurs. Japon, Chine, \u00c9tats-Unis, Europe, Russie ou encore Chili, ce point central est devenu une vraie poubelle \u00e0 ciel ouvert.<\/p>\n<p>Pourtant, Jennifer Lavers et son \u00e9quipe de scientifiques qui viennent de publier une \u00e9tude sur le sujet, ne pensaient pas trouver autant de d\u00e9chets. En effet, le courant fait que chaque bouteille qui atterrit par hasard sur les plages de l\u2019\u00eele finit enfouie sous le sable en \u00e0 peine quelques heures. Apr\u00e8s avoir creus\u00e9 jusqu\u2019\u00e0 une profondeur d\u2019environ 10 centim\u00e8tres, l\u2019accumulation totale des d\u00e9chets est \u00e9valu\u00e9e \u00e0 au moins 38 millions de d\u00e9tritus, soit l\u2019\u00e9quivalent de 18 tonnes de plastique. Des chiffres qui seraient sous-\u00e9valu\u00e9s puisque de nombreux d\u00e9bris \u00e9taient trop petits ou inaccessibles pour \u00eatre \u00e9tudi\u00e9s. Cela fait de l\u2019\u00eele le lieu o\u00f9 la concentration de plastique est la plus forte au monde.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15350\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/des-tonnes-de-dechets-plastiques-abondent-sur-les-iles-desertes\/dechets-plastique\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dechets-plastique.jpg?fit=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"696,464\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dechets-plastique\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dechets-plastique.jpg?fit=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15350\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dechets-plastique.jpg?resize=696%2C464\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dechets-plastique.jpg?w=696&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dechets-plastique.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>AUCUN LIEU SUR TERRE N\u2019EST \u00c0 L\u2019ABRI DE LA POLLUTION HUMAINE<\/p>\n<p>Ce lieu est pourtant un exemple parmi la liste des sites du Patrimoine Universel de l\u2019Unesco puisque les autorit\u00e9s comp\u00e9tentes ont mis en place de nombreuses mesures pour prot\u00e9ger l\u2019\u00eele des touristes ou de toute activit\u00e9 humaine. Seules des \u00e9quipes de scientifiques autoris\u00e9es ont le droit de s\u2019y rendre. Il s\u2019agit aussi d\u2019un des atolls coralliens les mieux conserv\u00e9s au monde.<\/p>\n<p>Les scientifiques de par le monde ne sont pourtant pas surpris et rappellent l\u2019impact de l\u2019\u00eatre humain sur la nature. De nos jours, des microplastiques sont d\u00e9couverts chaque jour aussi bien sur des \u00eeles d\u00e9sertes qu\u2019au c\u0153ur de l\u2019oc\u00e9an arctique. Enric Sala, biologiste marine, explique sur le site National Geographic que \u00ab les gens sont toujours surpris de d\u00e9couvrir des d\u00e9chets sur des \u00eeles paradisiaques suppos\u00e9es \u00eatre d\u00e9sertes.<\/p>\n<p>Cela fait partie de nos aprioris et c\u2019est pour cela que \u00e7a continue de nous surprendre. Il n\u2019y a plus d\u2019\u00eele isol\u00e9e de nos jours puisque les oc\u00e9ans sont remplis de plastique. \u00bb Une pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente \u00e9tude r\u00e9v\u00e9lait que 8 millions de tonnes de d\u00e9chets sont jet\u00e9s dans la mer chaque ann\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>source :&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailygeekshow.com\/dechets-decouverts-ile-isolee\/\">http:\/\/dailygeekshow.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"bawpvc-ajax-counter\" data-id=\"15348\">(399)<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Une \u00e9tude r\u00e9v\u00e8le les ravages subis par l\u2019\u00eele Henderson, un lieu isol\u00e9 au milieu de l\u2019Oc\u00e9an Atlantique cens\u00e9 \u00eatre l\u2019un&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Des tonnes de #d\u00e9chets #plastiques abondent sur les \u00eeles d\u00e9sertes @laterreduifutur","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[28],"tags":[512,518,241,516,43],"class_list":["post-15348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pollution","tag-dechets","tag-ile","tag-ocean","tag-plastiques","tag-pollution","wpcat-28-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dechets-plastiques.jpg?fit=1100%2C578&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p631RN-3Zy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15427,"url":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/des-iles-paradisiaques-totalement-polluees-par-nos-dechets\/","url_meta":{"origin":15348,"position":0},"title":"Des \u00eeles paradisiaques totalement pollu\u00e9es par nos d\u00e9chets","author":"Admin","date":"23 juin 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Sur l'\u00eele Henderson, l'un des endroits les plus recul\u00e9s au monde, des chercheurs ont retrouv\u00e9 l'\u00e9quivalent de plus de 17 tonnes de d\u00e9chets plastiques. Cela en fait l'un des endroits les plus pollu\u00e9s au monde, et menace dangereusement un \u00e9cosyst\u00e8me fragile. 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D\u00e9sign\u00e9 site du patrimoine mondial et une partie du groupe des \u00eeles Pitcairn, forme un atoll corallien \u00e9lev\u00e9 contenant plusieurs esp\u00e8ces de plantes, d\u2019oiseaux\u2026","rel":"","context":"Dans &quot;Divers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Divers","link":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/sujets\/divers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gyre-ocean.jpg?fit=1024%2C809&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gyre-ocean.jpg?fit=1024%2C809&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gyre-ocean.jpg?fit=1024%2C809&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gyre-ocean.jpg?fit=1024%2C809&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23265,"url":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/un-monde-qui-saccage-son-environnement-2-les-caraibes-saturent-de-plastiques-et-de-polystyrenes\/","url_meta":{"origin":15348,"position":2},"title":"Un monde qui saccage son environnement 2 : les Cara\u00efbes saturent de plastiques et de polystyr\u00e8nes","author":"Admin","date":"28 octobre 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Les experts estiment qu\u2019il y aura plus de plastique que de poissons dans les oc\u00e9ans d\u2019ici 2050. 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