1.0 link 215456 <![CDATA[E-Mails From the Great Pacific Garbage Patch]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-david/e-mails-from-the-great-pa_b_215456.html On June 10, 2009 Captain Charles Moore set off on Algalita's Oceanographic Research Vessel for the first leg of a four month expedition from California to past the Northern Hawaiian Islands to test for plastic marine debris.

Captain Moore discovered the Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch, known as the the Pacific Gyre, and he is continuing his research to help all of us understand that the rapid rise in global plastic production is leading to a rise in plastic pollution...

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