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“Light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, Popsicle sticks and tiny pieces of plastic, each the size of a grain of rice, inhabit the Pacific garbage patch, an area of widely dispersed trash that doubles in size every decade and is now believed to be roughly twice the size of Texas.”

Ugh. Click through to read the whole article, “Researchers Explore Growing Ocean Garbage Patches,” at the New York Times.

Sadly, we only have our polluting selves to blame.

(Photo: Marion Aguilera / AP via the New York Times)

Posted on November 9, 2009 via BLOGGING via TYPEWRITER. with 43 notes
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  “Light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, Popsicle sticks and tiny pieces of plastic, each
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  adamquinn: inothernews: ieatcatlitter: inothernews:
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  Took me a second to realize the picture wasn’t the real deal. I was like “Why is the world’s largest volleyball floating...
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  this makes me cry. humans are just gross, ugly bags of mostly water.
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  This is where the albatrosses get it.
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  If anyone ever again asks me why...recycling is important,
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  Holy fuck! It’s the Raft!
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  Shocking, disgusting, and so on. :(
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  I’ve heard mention of trash “islands” floating out there before but didn’t know they were that big. I’m definitely going...
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  this is disgusting.
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  Al Gore talked about “the Pacific Gyre” on a recent The Daily Show. At first, I thought it was one whole mass of garbage...
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  I think I just found...environmental issue I need for my final paper
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