Mario Aguilera / Scripps Institution of Oceanography SEAPLEX
researchers encounter a large ghost net with tangled rope, net,
plastic, and various biological organisms during a 2009
expedition in the Pacific gyre. Matt Durham (seen wearing a blue
shirt) is pictured with Miriam Goldstein. By Ian Johnston,
msnbc.com The amount of plastic trash in the “Great Pacific
Garbage Patch” has increased 100-fold during the past 40 years,
causing “profound” changes to the marine environment, according
to a new study. Scientists from Scripps Institution of
Oceanography in San Diego found that insects called “sea
skaters” or “water striders” were using the trash as a place to
lay their eggs in greater numbers than before. Read more… I
wonder how much effect this has had on the marine life? Surly
the food chains been contaminated. I’m sure we will see more
death washing ashore. “It’s ridiculous that time and time again
we need a radioactive cloud coming out of a nuclear power-
station to remind us that atomic energy is extraor