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Go forth and plunder some trash for International Coastal Cleanup Day this Saturday

Dr. Martini September 18, 2014

Worried about plastic in the ocean? Then get off your rumpus this weekend and do something about it! It’s International Coastal Cleanup Day this Saturday,…

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The Top 10 Engineering Designs to Clean Up Plastics In the Oceans: You Won't Believe What We Found!

Dr. M July 21, 2014 engineering Plastic

Given the recent surge of interest in engineering designs for plastic clean up of the oceans, I have decided to review the top ten plastic clean…

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The Ocean Cleanup, Part 2: Technical review of the feasibility study

INTRODUCTION This is the second of a two-part post. In the first installment, Kim presented alternatives to this project. This installment is a collaboration between…

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The Ocean Cleanup, Part 1: Alternatives to reduce ocean plastic

Dr. Martini July 14, 2014 5 gyres Garbage Patch Plastic recycle reduce reuse The ocean cleanup the ocean conservancy

This is the first of two-part post. This installment is written by Kim, who will present alternatives to the Ocean Cleanup project to help curb the…

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Sea Walls: Lessons from a Paint Can

Alex Warneke July 12, 2014 conservation Graffiti PangeaSeed Sea Walls sharks Street Art

“Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes…

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The scariest inhabitant of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not what you think

Miriam Goldstein May 14, 2014 marine debris North Pacific Gyre Pacific Garbage Patch plastic pollution

When you think of terrifying monsters that might inhabit the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, what do you think of? Mutant sharks? Pissed-off squid? Rabid barnacles? (Well,…

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Guest post: Playing Detective in the Great Blue Sea

Miriam Goldstein March 5, 2014 Chelsea Rochman ecotoxicology marine debris plastic pollution

You may have heard me say it once, and I’ll say it again: the oceans are a toilet bowl for our waste. Throughout history, our solution to pollution has oftentimes been “dilution”. As a consequence, chemical pollution is now ubiquitous in our oceans as a result of industrialization, waste-management strategies (and/or lack thereof), natural disasters, etc….

As such, it becomes my job to try and solve this mystery and basically play detective on the open sea. What puzzle am I trying to unravel? Well, I’ll warn you, it’s a trashy one…

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How we wrecked the ocean

Alex Warneke February 22, 2014 climate change contamination jeremy jackson Overfishing pollution TED talk

“…in the final analysis, the thing we really need to fix is ourselves. It’s not about the fish; it’s not about the pollution; it’s not about the climate…