Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he's drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas.
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Captain Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating…
I like to look at the bright side. Tell me 90% of sharks are gone from the ocean, and my mind will spin the problem like a puzzle until there's light at the end of the tunnel. If 90% of sharks are gone, then 10% of sharks are still swimming, right?
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Image: Simon de Bruxelles.
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Hmmm... I guess he's never listened to Skeptoid?
If you've ever had a doubt about our ability to profoundly impact the earth, try the following exercise.
Go to wikipedia and look up the lists of population and land area by country. Divide the total population by the total land area (minus Antarctica, or not, as you wish).
Next look up the historical definition of an acre.
Ice cream won't make you feel better, but it tastes delicious.
Hmm..... I was going to mention the Skeptoid thing too, cause now I'm all confused.
pixelsnake wrote:
The only "myth" Skeptoid seems to be addressing was that the North Pacific Gyre contains "a giant island of solid floating garbage twice the size of Texas in the middle of the Pacific Ocean." (bolding mine)
And indeed, it isn't an island of solid garbage. It's more like a loose slurry of suspended particulates. In the video, it's the stuff in the bottle that he shows to Governor Schwarzenegger and his wife @ the 4:40 mark. In short: It's real trash. It's a real problem. It's not an island of garbage visible from space.
Still, it might be more accurate (and lend less to hyperbole) to refer instead to the "Great Pacific Loose Slurry of Suspended Particulates."