Floating island of garbage 3x size of Britain floating towards California

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/floating-island-rubbish-three-times-2678207

by spking • 13 years ago

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bsaul• 13 years ago

Ocean cleaning seems to be an even greater concern than every other green issues. The scale of the pollution is so big, if you take pollution from micro plastic bubbles and heavy metals into account that i'm not even sure we'll get back to clean oceans in my lifetime.

As for now i'm starting to avoid sushis and eat much less fish in general.

atdepth• 13 years ago

While clean water is a serious concern I think that ocean acidification and the possibility of it radically altering the biological make-up of the ocean presents us with an even greater problem.

You may not have to give up on sushi, you just might have to acquire a taste for jellyfish.

BrandonMarc• 13 years ago

Scary headline; mundane facts. According to the article below (based on NOAA trying to counteract the rumors):

* 70% of the debris is at the bottom of the pacific * the area with the most debris is just that; it's still scattered even in that area, and not a coalesced island * we're not about to have a 51st state

http://www.salon.com/2013/11/05/no_a_massive_island_of_debri...

Floating island of garbage 3x size of Britain floating towards California

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