Volume of Trash in the Pacific... Disturbing

[Kpt. Lehmann]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090828/ap_on_sc/us_sci_ocean_junk

[Aramike]

My word, people ... please quote at least part of the articles you link to! That way its far easier for us all to figure out whether or not the topic is actually interesting.

[Kpt. Lehmann]

All the same, there's no need for you to be a jackass. Its not my fault if you aren't bright enough to figure out this topic by its title.

Have a nice day.

[Dowly]

No need to fight! You are both equally dumb!

@Kpt. Lemon, there was a thread about this sometime ago. Search is your friend.

@Aramike, El kapitan Lemon's right, dont be so lazy. The title clearly tells what this' about.

And lastly, I'd like to thank myself for being so fricking awesome.

Thank you and have a nice day.

[SteamWake]

I dont blame him for not seeing it. It was buried like 10 pages down.

Took me a while to find it and it was my post :rotfl:

The expedition will study how much debris -- mostly tiny plastic fragments -- is collecting in an expanse of sea known as the North Pacific Ocean Gyre, how that material is distributed and how it affects marine life.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=154490

[nikimcbee]

One of the survivors from (Tarawa?) went back there to build a monument and the old veteran was shocked by the collasal amount of garbage that washes up on the beaches.:doh:

[AVGWarhawk]

And lastly, I'd like to thank myself for being so fricking awesome.


You sniff paint in your spare time :har:

[antikristuseke]

You sniff paint in your spare time :har:

And you look like a monkey in a neglige!

Surely someone gets the refrence.

[AVGWarhawk]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090828/ap_on_sc/us_sci_ocean_junk

Anyway, yes it is disturbing. Apparently a swirling mass of plastic. Imagine all the nice plastic water bottles with the caps still on and empty just floating around. Here on the east coast when the darn plastic applicators for those nice femamine deal wash up on the NJ shore they are called beach whistles. :88)

[SteamWake]

Anyway, yes it is disturbing. Apparently a swirling mass of plastic. Imagine all the nice plastic water bottles with the caps still on and empty just floating around. Here on the east coast when the darn plastic applicators for those nice femamine deal wash up on the NJ shore they are called beach whistles. :88)

If it was just plastic bottles with their caps on clean up would be a snap.

Unfortunatly were talking not only large pieces / bottles but also pieces down to microscopic in size. It is these microscopic pieces which make up the major threat.

Most fish and invertibrates will not try to swallow a gallon jug, however a piece of plastic the size of a grain of sand can and do get ingested inadverntantly.

[AVGWarhawk]

True dat:


http://www.helpwildlife.com/_wizardimages/turtle.jpg

[Syxx_Killer]

When I read the title of the thread I was really expecting a report of everything at the bottom of the ocean not the top. That's sure a lot of crap floating around. I have always wondered what it would be like to completely drain the oceans to see just what exactly is down there. It can't be pretty. :dead:

[SteamWake]

When I read the title of the thread I was really expecting a report of everything at the bottom of the ocean not the top. That's sure a lot of crap floating around. I have always wondered what it would be like to completely drain the oceans to see just what exactly is down there. It can't be pretty. :dead:

A little off topic but a quite large lake here virtually emptied when a sink hole opened up. The lake (when full) covers nearly 40,000 acres and a depth of up to 29 meters. It went bone dry. Pepole were driving accross the lake bed as a short cut :o

It was amazing the kind of things that were picked up. Boat motors, fishing rods / reels, the odd washing machine?

[SteamWake]

Small article from weather.com

http://climate.weather.com/articles/dcothercontinent2009.html?from=pif_locallinker_und eclared

[CastleBravo]

Bush's fault.

[Aramike]

All the same, there's no need for you to be a jackass. Its not my fault if you aren't bright enough to figure out this topic by its title.

Have a nice day.Damn, I'm late. :cool:

First of all, that was me being nice.

Secondly, what's the point of posting news stories, with only a link, without comment?

It's not my fault if you're not bright enough to start a conversation on the topic. :down:

[SteamWake]

Bush's fault.

Nah... Clintons fault... all that rubber. :har: