E P I C | Plastic Pollution Emergency Response™
Times Colonist 21 Sep 2016 JEFF LEE ARNT ARNTZEN, LIVING OCEANS SOCIETYA coastal recovery operation began Tuesday to clear dozens of beaches on the west coast of Vancouver Island of debris and plastics. Much of it washed ashore after the 2011 tsunami that swept Japan. Work began Tuesday to clear dozens of beaches on the…
Help keep our marine life from eating and swimming in garbage. January 05, 2016 Sarah Engler While soaking up the relaxing cadence of crashing waves on the beach, no one wants to think about how the ocean has basically become garbage soup. But here’s the buzz-killing reality: There are millions of tons of debris…
Scientists find that tiny pieces of plastic travel great distances, threatening the ocean ecosystem By Alison Pearce Stevens Pieces of plastic float here in ocean water. This pollution is a growing problem, and not just because it’s ugly: Plastic can kill many kinds of marine life. Plastic bottles lying in the gutter. Grocery bags tangled in…
Author: Gianna Andrews This case study by students of Geology and Human Health course in the Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University. Learn more about this project. Over a few decades, humans have managed to dump tons upon tons of garbage into the ocean. Of the most devastating elements of this pollution is…
It seems nearly impossible to escape plastic in our every day lives, doesn’t it? And we can’t escape plastic pollution, either. Plastic is literally at my fingertips all day long. Plastic keyboard. Plastic framed computer monitor. Plastic mouse. The amount of plastic I encounter daily doesn’t end there. Chances are, you can relate. Plastic is…
A Global Tragedy for Our Oceans and Sea Life Plastic never goes away. And it’s increasingly finding its way into our oceans and onto our beaches. In the Los Angeles area alone, 10 metric tons of plastic fragments — like grocery bags, straws and soda bottles — are carried into the Pacific Ocean every…
