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Pacific Gyre: An Albatross Sees It as a Buffet

Bychris

With six times more plastic than plankton, they think it smells like dinner. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has become a deadly illusion for seabirds whose survival depends on their ability to find food in the vast ocean. The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre covers an area larger than Texas, swirling in a slow-motion whirlpool that…

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Plastic Soup Foundation

ByEditor

Plastic does not belong in the ocean The contamination of the oceans by plastics is an added problem to global warming, acidification and overfishing. The oceans form 72% of the earth’s surface and are our main suppliers of oxygen. Plastic pollution is therefore a serious threat to earth’s vital ecosystem, especially because plastic does not…