Recently, my friend Michael Barton went to check out the Washed Ashore Exhibit, currently at Portland Community College, and was gracious enough to share some his images of it on flickr for us! It is all made from washed up beach debris and arranged to create stories of how plastic and trash in the . . . → Read More: Washed Ashore
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By Kevin Zelnio, on  June 10th, 2011  One comment  Art, Conservation & Environment, Plastic  Plastic, Portland, Washed Ashore By Miriam Goldstein, on May 2nd, 2011 One comment Plastic, Scientist! Deeplings, Georgia Aquarium, North Pacific Gyre, plastic pollution, SEAPLEX If you’re in the Atlanta GA area, this Wednesday evening is your chance to drink beer with two of your very favorite Deep Sea News bloggers. Thanks to Dr. Para_Sight, I’ll be speaking about my research on plastic pollution in the North Pacific Gyre at the Georgia Aquarium Science on Tap series. Come learn about . . . → Read More: Talking Trash at Georgia Aquarium Science on Tap
By Miriam Goldstein, on April 12th, 2011 One comment Plastic green sand beach, hawaii, marine debris, plastic pollution, SEAPLEX I have a new post up at the SEAPLEX blog (where I put all my marine debris stuff). A couple weeks ago I was lucky enough to go to Hawaii for the 5th International Conference on Marine Debris. (You can see my tweets at @seaplexscience, or the conference hashtag #5imdc.) This was my third . . . → Read More: Plastic pollution on Hawaii’s famed green sand beach
By Kevin Zelnio, on March 30th, 2011 Leave a comment Plastic plastic bags, sea turtle, Wallace J Nichols Image credit Neil Osborne, used with permission. Click for bluemarbles.org to learn more! Dr. Wallace J. Nichols is a sea turtle biologist and marine conservation activist affiliated with the California Academy of Sciences, Ocean Revolution, and the Sea Turtle Network, among others. He is a passionate defender of the oceans and you can learn . . . → Read More: Guest Post: Crowd-Sourcing Science to Save Sea Turtles
By Miriam Goldstein, on March 21st, 2011 One comment Conferences, Plastic 5IMDC, Live Blogging, Pacific Garbage Patch, Plastic This week I’m at the 5th International Marine Debris Conference in Honolulu, HI. (Oh, the things I do for science!) As you might know, I study the accumulation of plastic debris in the North Pacific, otherwise known as the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch YARRRR.” From the conference website: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and . . . → Read More: Live from the 5th International Marine Debris Conference
By Miriam Goldstein, on January 10th, 2011 Leave a comment Plastic marine debris, Pacific Gyre, Plastic, SEAPLEX, zooplankton The Great Pacific Garbage Patch made news this week, based on statements from Oregon State University professor Dr. Angelique White. As you may know, this is my research area, so I explained what’s going on over at the SEAPLEX blog. Ever since SEAPLEX was funded around two years ago, I have begun every one of . . . → Read More: Does the Great Pacific Garbage Patch exist?
By Miriam Goldstein, on December 27th, 2010 One comment Expeditions, Plastic, Scientist! interview, marine debris, miriam goldstein, Plastic This is me using a hand-held inclinometer to estimate the wire angle as the manta net is being towed. I was interviewed by the NOAA Marine Debris blog! It’s about my work this October on a NOAA cruise through the eastern part of the North Pacific Central Gyre. What goes into deploying your equipment on . . . → Read More: Interview on the NOAA Marine Debris Blog
By Dr. M, on December 8th, 2010 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Dumping, Industry & Government, Oil Spills, Plastic fuck the planet, Pollutant, total bullshit, whale Not so smug now are you! Not so big and charismatic now! Your just a free living fat sack of pollutants! Suck on that! A Texas Tech University whale researcher said she and others found evidence of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAHs and persistent organic pollutants, including the pesticide DDT, in Pacific Ocean-dwelling sperm . . . → Read More: F U Pacific Sperm Whales
By RickMac, on November 26th, 2010 8 comments Conservation & Environment, Ecology, Organisms, Plastic The look of ocean conservation? Wallace “J” Nichols shilling Nautica togs. With but hours (Pacific time) from Black Friday, the most epic endurance retail binge known to primates, I thought I’d pause to reflect on a confluence of science, conservation, and consumerism that has me scratching my head. The above ad is courtesy of men’s . . . → Read More: Commodify Your Ocean Conservation
By Dr. M, on November 13th, 2010 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Life At Sea, Opinion & Editorial, Plastic, Scientist! NOAA, Okeanos Explorer, Pacific Garbage Patch DSN’s vey on Miriam G. is featured in the San Francisco Chronicle. Head over to read about her recent work on the Pacific Garbage Patch aboard the Okeanos Explorer. We at DSN are brimming with pride at her accomplishments. “For a thousand miles of the open ocean we sampled it all,” said Miriam Goldstein, an . . . → Read More: WE R TAKIN OVAR UR CITY AN PRES
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