Charting the garbage patches of the sea

A colleague Dr Erik van Sebille from UNSW's Climate Change Research Centre has completed a study of ocean "garbage patches", and has found that in some regions the amount of plastic outweighs that of marine life. Source: http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/7/4/044040

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Yachtsman describes horror at ‘dead’, rubbish strewn Pacific Ocean: Ivan MacFadyen says he was shocked by absence of sea life during his 37,000km voyage between Australia and Japan

Whole article in the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/21/yachtsman-describes-horror-at-dead-rubbish-strewn-pacific-ocean

Rochelle Potter Interview

One of my friends (Ro Potter) sharing about trafficking...