With 10-20 tons of plastic entering our oceans every year, the dire results are now obvious. This video showcases the latest statistics and data about how plastics are choking our seas, and likely us.
Plastics and marine mammals
Marine Debris–A Growing Planetary Threat
“Marine debris casts its ominous shadow and threatens to break the virtuous circle which would otherwise guarantee sustainable livelihoods and incentives to protect wildlife.”
Plastics in Great Lakes Research
What’s more concerning is that plastic has been found to act like a sort of sponge, concentrating toxic chemicals that are diluted in oceans and lakes. Such toxins include heavy metals and chemicals that have long been banned, such as DDT or PCBs, that can have severe environmental effects and are known to cause cancer and birth defects.
New Research, Concerns about the Plastisphere
BOB CHAMBERLIN / Los Angeles Times Students from the University of San Diego bring up a water-collection device to gather minuscule pieces that make up the plastisphere, a result of decades of plastic pollution. OFF THE COAST OF SAN DIEGO… Read More ›
Stairway to Plastisphere
Also seen in SLO New Times By Charmaine Coimbra A new report from UCLA School of Law’s Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment and UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Plastic states, “Plastic litter is one of… Read More ›
Update of the Plastisphere on So. Alaskan Beaches
I am back ashore after an unusual expedition that brought scientists and artists to witness and respond to beach trash on the shores of southern Alaska. I have good and bad news. The expedition was called GYRE, partly because much… Read More ›
Newest Reports on Plastic Polluted Oceans
Recent publications include research and reports on plastic pollution in the oceans. The following are links to the reports: Plastic Waste Is All At Sea It’s a global mess created in less than a century. Experts are concerned about the… Read More ›
Call Neptune 911–The Pacific Ocean Wants Help
SYDNEY – The immense scale of the Pacific Ocean at 165 million square kilometers inspires awe and fascination, but for those who inhabit the 22 Pacific island countries and territories, it is the very source of life. Without it, livelihoods… Read More ›
Risso Dolphin Dies From Plastic Bag Ingestion
A boater discovered a 10-ft Risso dolphin swimming in Haverstraw Bay over the Memorial Day weekend. According to NBC New York, officials said it is extraordinarily rare for the dolphin to be found swimming that far north in the Hudson… Read More ›
“46,000 plastic bags are floating in each square mile of the ocean”
KARACHI: World is celebrating Environment Day on June 5, 2013, an occasion when people around the globe take measures to save the earth from pollution and other environmental hazards. But unfortunately in Pakistan we are still facing basic challenges in… Read More ›
Neptune 911! 