Atlantic Garbage Patch

Where Is All The Trash? Researchers Wonder Why Atlantic Garbage Patch Isn't Growing

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The amount of plastic trash in the ocean doesn't seem to be growing, and environmentalists are puzzled. A 22-year study indicates ...

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ANTARCTIC Garbage Patch Could Be Forming

news.discovery.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Much of the global ocean remains uncharted in terms of pollution, but unfortunately the more we look, the more we find. And now even the most remote, ...

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Taking the Trash Out of Our Oceans

Michelle Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelle Harris

Carelessly tossed fishing lines, nets and plastic bags have been harming sea birds and marine life.

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Atlantic Garbage Patch (PHOTOS)

Stiv J. Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stiv J. Wilson

LONGBEACH, CA -- In January and February of this year a team of scientists, researchers, artists and journalists traveled to The North Atlantic Gyre i...

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Atlantic Garbage Patch: Pacific Gyre Is Not Alone

AP | MIKE MELIA | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Researchers are warning of a new blight at sea: a swirl of confetti-like plastic debris stretching over a remote expanse...

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Fealty to Folly: Oil Is Dead! Long Live Oil!

Martin Luz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Martin Luz

Face it. Technology changes. And the petroleum-based economy is dead. It's built on antiquated technology that's killing us and our planet. Now quit your whinging, get over it, and move on.

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