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The Gyres Part 4: The Atlantic Ocean Garbage Dump
We've known for a while that plastic trash accumulates at the center of the North Pacific Ocean - a region euphemistically called "The Great Garbage Patch." Researchers have now confirmed there's a similar region off the US East Coast in the North Atlantic, and that's not good news. Read More
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Notes from the Gyres Part 2: Nurdle Soup
We live in a plastic culture. The material is spectacularly useful, there's no doubt about that. But it never goes away. So we have to get smarter about how we use it, before we drown in the stuff... Read More
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Notes from the Gyres Part 1: The Problem
The problems with marine pollution are much bigger than you think. Now, scientists are concerned that our contaminated seas of plastic trash are leaking back into our lives through the seafood we eat. Read More
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Video: World’s Largest Floating Landfill Explained In 8 Minutes
We've been writing about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - a vortex of trash the size of Texas, deep in the heart of the ocean. Listen as one of the experts, Captain Charles Moore, explains it all. Read More
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To The Gyre
The North Pacific Ocean is a giant graveyard of plastic - a Texas-sized dump that will never go away... unless we make it go away. TENTHMIL says "It's Time... we cleaned up this tragedy". Read More
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