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SteamWake

08-04-09 11:54 AM

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Ocean currents cause plastic 'particles' to concentrate in the middle of the pacific.

Quote:

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://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090804/...ocean_plastics

Now since mother earth was kind enough to cause this mess to concentrate wouldent that make it easier to clean up?

While there out there 'studying' it how about studying how to clean it up?

geetrue

08-04-09 12:01 PM

Oh, what the heck ... what else can man destroy Mars? :wah::haha::hmmm:

FIREWALL

08-04-09 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteamWake (Post 1144658)

Ocean currents cause plastic 'particles' to concentrate in the middle of the pacific.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090804/...ocean_plastics

Now since mother earth was kind enough to cause this mess to concentrate wouldent that make it easier to clean up?

While there out there 'studying' it how about studying how to clean it up?

That would involve manual labor on their part.

AVGWarhawk

08-04-09 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geetrue (Post 1144664)

Oh, what the heck ... what else can man destroy Mars? :wah::haha::hmmm:

He is working on it right now:

http://www.sni-grinders.com/news/images/mars_rover.jpg

FIREWALL

08-04-09 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk (Post 1144705)

He is working on it right now:

http://www.sni-grinders.com/news/images/mars_rover.jpg

Can that be classfied as an SUV ?:haha:

Dowly

08-04-09 01:06 PM

Heard about the garbage patch few years ago. Pretty bad on the long run as alot of the in world's seas will end up there.

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