Hometree
03-30-2010, 05:20 PM
Not sure if there has been mention of this - but it is gaining more awareness how much nasty plastic is floating around in our oceans and the creatures being affected by it!
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/05/great-pacific-garbage-patch.php?page=1) watch the slideshow
"The swirling mass of plastic soup in the Pacific Ocean, known by a handful of names -- the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, North Pacific Gyre, Trash Vortex, and Plastic Graveyard among them -- has been gaining notoriety lately, for all the wrong reasons. It's ballooned to twice the size of the continental U.S., causing a variety of problems, but what does it really look like out there? "
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/05/great-pacific-garbage-patch.php?page=1) watch the slideshow
"The swirling mass of plastic soup in the Pacific Ocean, known by a handful of names -- the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, North Pacific Gyre, Trash Vortex, and Plastic Graveyard among them -- has been gaining notoriety lately, for all the wrong reasons. It's ballooned to twice the size of the continental U.S., causing a variety of problems, but what does it really look like out there? "