October is recycle your cell phone month at The Clean Oceans Project. There are more than 500 million used cell phones in the U.S. sitting in people’s drawers, or worse, in our landfills. Another 130 million will be added… Read More ›
Trash Gyre
Marine Mammal Entanglement Up Close & Personal
By Charmaine Coimbra This year I’ve been up close and personal with marine entanglement. A near-handful of northern elephant seals that hauled out to molt at Piedras Blancas, where I volunteer as a docent, arrived with strapping bands around their necks. If the straps… Read More ›
Plastics: “Most pervasive pollution problems facing the world’s oceans…”
Editor’s Note: Before reading another dismal report on the conditions our ocean’s face, some communities are trying to stop one use plastics within their communites, such as this report from Surfrider Foundation: Supermarkets, pharmacies and certain retail stores in Long… Read More ›
Simple Ways We Can Help Save Our Seas
Our oceans provide every other breath that we take. Healthy oceans are essential to our overall well-being, but they are in crisis and frantically dial 911.
The Great Garbage Patch — Time to Think Beyond Plastic
“(The Great Garbage Patch)… is roughly the size of Texas, containing approximately 3.5 million tons of trash. Shoes, toys, bags, pacifiers, wrappers, toothbrushes, and bottles too numerous to count are only part of what can be found in this accidental dump floating midway between Hawaii and San Francisco.”
Trash We Left At The Beach
I dumped four-pounds of trash at Hearst Memorial State Beach this morning. That doesn’t include the dozen recyclable drink containers and food wrappers. I left them there too.
Mermaid Tears — Another Nautical Disaster
From my window, the Pacific Ocean looks endless and impenetrable. It is so big, that surely, one little accidental drop of trash, like a plastic bottle that blew out from my hands, could not hurt this water giant.
Tragic Jet Crash Also Highlights The Problem of Trash in Atlantic Ocean
The recent crash of a jet in the Atlantic, also brought the issue of mass garbage floats in the Atlantic Ocean.
Neptune 911! 