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Killing the seas--the Great Pacific Garbage Patch--1 of 5 in the oceans: “Floating plastic visible to the naked eye now persist for hundreds of miles,” Charles Moore said via telephone on his way back from the gyre. “Ive been monitoring the patch for 15 years and Ive never seen it like this.” Video shot by the crew aboard the ship show clumps of buoys, nets and plastic debris adrift in the ocean. In one instance, so much debris had accumulated in one particular area that Moore was able to stand atop the floating mound of trash. “This massive accumulation of trash can’t be good for the environment and we’re going to do more in-depth scientific study on how it’s affecting the ecosystem out here,” Moore said. --excerpt
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:18:25 +0000

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