Seas of Plastic - TED talk

Submitted by Andrew Holownych on Tue, 2011-08-23 13:32

Captain Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he's drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas.

Watch his TED talk here on the state of plastic in our seas.

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