Friday, August 20th, 2010

Plastics at Sea

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Mid-cruise update from the recent Plastics at SEA: North Atlantic Expedition 2010. (Credits: Courtesy of SEA) Viewed 4691 times. See More Videos

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Your trash could come back to haunt you. That's the moral of this cautionary tale created by Esteban Valencia, Eduardo Hernandez and Randi Levey, students from Miami Beach Senior High. They won first place in the 15-17 year-old category of the Oceans 2030: Youth Outlook Multimedia Contest. This video, and several other winning submissions, was made at the One Water Workshop, a week-long video program for kids. (Credits: Produced by Esteban Valencia, Randi Levy, Eduardo Hernandez, Diego Meza-Valdez. Courtesy of NCSE) Viewed 24017 times. See More Videos

Scientists are trying to understand what goes on in and around floating patches of plastic debris in the world's oceans. Results from a 22 year investigation into floating plastic garbage were published this week in the journal Science. The researchers looked at the physics behind the plastic accumulation, its concentration, and biological activity in and around the debris. Interestingly, the researchers found somewhat less plastic than they anticipated. We'll talk to one of the authors of the report about the findings.