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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)

“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)

Tags: oceans ocean pacific environment garbage
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  1. vishuddhachakra reblogged this from letstalkequality and added:
    “Light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, Popsicle sticks and tiny pieces of plastic, each
  2. hopeandforce reblogged this from bringmethathorizon
  3. bringmethathorizon reblogged this from letstalkequality and added:
    adamquinn: inothernews: ieatcatlitter: inothernews:
  4. casanovafrankenstein reblogged this from letstalkequality and added:
    Took me a second to realize the picture wasn’t the real deal. I was like “Why is the world’s largest volleyball floating...
  5. letstalkequality reblogged this from adamquinn
  6. littleorphanammo reblogged this from marthaq and added:
    this makes me cry. humans are just gross, ugly bags of mostly water.
  7. marthaq reblogged this from inothernews
  8. heyhope reblogged this from tesslynch and added:
    This is where the albatrosses get it.
  9. annierachel reblogged this from adamquinn and added:
    If anyone ever again asks me why...recycling is important,
  10. the-tripper reblogged this from tesslynch and added:
    Holy fuck! It’s the Raft!
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  13. luminosa reblogged this from tesslynch and added:
    Shocking, disgusting, and so on. :(
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  19. ieatcatlitter reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    I’ve heard mention of trash “islands” floating out there before but didn’t know they were that big. I’m definitely going...
  20. adamquinn reblogged this from inothernews
  21. skoutt reblogged this from ieatcatlitter and added:
    this is disgusting.
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  23. inothernews reblogged this from ieatcatlitter and added:
    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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  25. ieatcatlitter reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    I think I just found...environmental issue I need for my final paper
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