…has a very troublesome map over the plastic soup melange in the Pacific. Note that there are 100 million tonnes of trash floating around, dubbed “Eastern Garbage Patch” and “Western Garbage Patch”.
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Friday, February 27, 2009 at 10:15 am |
INSANE. I have never seen a map like that before, it really shows the scale of the problem. Thanks, Victor.
If you want to know even more about garbage island, VBS.TV did a 12 part web video series on the topic:
http://www.vbs.tv/shows/toxic/garbage-island/
The video and companion blog are extremely comprehensive, and the site shows a little animation of water currents to explain just how all that floating plastic ends up in one place. I must admit, I haven’t watched all 12 episodes. Perhaps I’ll invite a friend over for a marathon this weekend.
Sunday, July 25, 2010 at 2:06 pm |
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