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…
View More Guest Post: Crowd-Sourcing Science to Save Sea TurtlesCategory: Plastic
Live from the 5th International Marine Debris Conference
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…
View More Live from the 5th International Marine Debris ConferenceDoes the Great Pacific Garbage Patch exist?
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…
View More Does the Great Pacific Garbage Patch exist?Interview on the NOAA Marine Debris Blog
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…
View More Interview on the NOAA Marine Debris BlogF U Pacific Sperm Whales
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…
View More F U Pacific Sperm WhalesCommodify Your Ocean Conservation
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…
View More Commodify Your Ocean ConservationWE R TAKIN OVAR UR CITY AN PRES
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…
View More WE R TAKIN OVAR UR CITY AN PRESThe Disease of Plastic Water Bottles
This is a post in appreciation of Blog for Action Day’s 2010 theme – Water. People are made mostly of water and thus we need…
View More The Disease of Plastic Water BottlesGuest Post: The Invisible Side of Plastic Marine Debris
This is a guest post by Chelsea Rochman. Chelsea is a doctoral student in ecotoxicology at University of California Davis and San Diego State University.…
View More Guest Post: The Invisible Side of Plastic Marine Debris“Recycled Island” not a cure for plastic trash in ocean
As some of you may know, my graduate research is on plastic debris in the North Pacific Central Gyre. While I am deeply disturbed by…
View More “Recycled Island” not a cure for plastic trash in ocean