Garbage Island

[Aquabucket]

I heard rumors about a giant mercury snake in Lake Erie but I never knew about this:

Garbage Island

Pretty freaky stuff!

 

[Saltwater_Dog]

Thats not good............

 

[Tang Salad]

Re: Garbage Island

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12329802#post12329802 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Aquabucket
I heard rumors about a giant mercury snake in Lake Erie but I never knew about this:

Garbage Island

Pretty freaky stuff!

Great link. Thanks!

Best coverage of that story I've seen. Very freaky indeed! Did he say some places have a 6-1 (and 1000-1) plastic-to-plankton ratio?

 

[ACBlinky]

It's sad to see how we abuse our oceans, but fascinating to see the way nature's coping -- that area of the ocean is effectively pulling out a lot of the flotsam from surrounding areas, and putting it into a holding pattern where it's being photodegraded over time.

 

[DougBushBC]

could we make a biotope of the gyre in an aquarium