Ocean garbage patches are not growing, so where is all that plastic going?
We have previously posted about the plastic “garbage patches” in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans – great current vortexes where floating plastic trash has accumulated. As reported in Scientific...
View ArticleElectrolux’s ‘Vac from the Sea’ Turns Ocean Plastic into Vacuum Cleaners
Yesterday we posted that scientists are not sure where all the plastic floating in the vast Atlantic and Pacific garbage patches is going. Sadly, the answer is probably not that a big vacuum cleaner...
View ArticleSign of the Times — Sperm Whale Killed by Plastic Garbage
You might call it the greenhouse effect, though it is not directly related to climate change. A dead sperm whale which washed ashore last year in Andalusia, in southern Spain, was found to have died...
View ArticlePlastic is the Problem. Are Shrimp Shells the Answer?
Shrilk Plastic Photo: Harvard’s Wyss Institute Discarded plastic is a major problem in today’s oceans. Plastics leach toxic chemicals into the seawater while otherwise not degrading. Recently...
View ArticleFive Countries are Responsible for 60% of Plastic Dumped in the Oceans
For several years now, we have posted about the so-called ocean garbage patches, the great swaths of the oceans where plastic and other floating debris accumulate while riding on vast circular...
View ArticleWhy Stopping Ocean Plastic Dumping Matters — Are You Eating Plastic for Dinner?
Recently, we posted that five nations were responsible for 60% of the plastic dumped in the world’s oceans. Why is plastic so destructive to the ocean environment? National Geographic put together the...
View ArticleSaltwater Brewery “Edible Six Pack Rings” Saving Marine Life
Photo: We Believers A craft brew beer company and an ad agency have come up with a brilliant solution to problem of plastic six pack rings. What is the problem with six pack rings, you might ask? The...
View ArticleHenderson Island — Pristine, Most Polluted, or Both?
Photo: Jennifer Lavers Henderson Island is an uninhabited island in the south Pacific Ocean, the largest of the four islands of the Pitcairn Island group and a part of the South Pacific British...
View ArticleCaribbean off Roatán Awash in Plastic and Rubbish
Photo: Caroline Power Photography I was recently shocked and disturbed to see photos of a significant quantity of floating plastics and trash in the Caribbean near the Honduran Island of Roatán. Roatán...
View ArticleCatching Plastic with a Giant Boom — Will it Work?
About five years ago, a 19-year-old Dutch engineering student, Boyan Slat, made a big splash, at least on the internet, when he unveiled his design of refuse collecting booms, which he claimed would...
View ArticleThoughts on a Broken Boom — No Simple Solution to Ocean Plastic
Much of the media have taken the claims of Boyan Slat at face value. The young Dutch engineer has claimed that his design for a series of floating ocean booms will clean the oceans of plastic. The BBC...
View ArticleOcean Plastic Innovation Challenge — Save the Ocean! Win Valuable Prizes!...
Each year more than 9 million tons of plastic makes its way into the oceans of the world. Plastic debris in ocean garbage patches is growing exponentially. By one estimate, there will be more plastic...
View ArticleIn the Deepest Ocean Trenches, Animals Eating Plastic
Photo: ALAN JAMIESON / NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY The bottom of the Mariana Trench, in the western Pacific Ocean, is the deepest point in any ocean of the world. At its deepest, the bottom is over 36,000...
View ArticleTrash In the Trench — Record Dive Find Plastics in Challenger Deep
American diver breaks record with journey to the Mariana Trench American adventurer Victor Vesco broke the record for deepest submarine dive ever in the Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana...
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