The SEAPLEX (Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition) voyage to the island of garbage in the North Pacific Gyre continues… Watch marine mammal specialist Josh Jones deploy his acoustic array to study dolphins and whales:
More videos from the expedition are available at Dive Into Your Imagination.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Hi – FYI: the “voyage to the island of garbage” returns a “404 not found”
November 5th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Thanks, Sheril! We’re deep down in the lab work and it’s so nice to be reminded of being at sea…
November 5th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Thanks Sean, link is fixed
Miriam, Can’t wait to learn more about the journey… Keep us posted!
November 6th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Thanks Sheril!
The http://www.diveintoyourimagination.com/news/the-garbage-patch video logs are really excellent. I hope they are widely viewed and this story gets a lot more attention.
Where I live, Long Island, roadsides and adjacent woods are typically covered with blowing plastic bags,
plastic drink bottles, styrofoam etc. and the Atlantic is not far away. I don’t think we can blame a corporation this time. Its us. Homo sapiens. Grocery stores are starting to offer reusable bags
and they’re starting to catch on, but clearly thats not enough. What’s the solution? Can biodegradables replace all the functions that people want in plastics?