Soup Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 VBS made a series almost two years ago about their journey into the South Pacific in search of what was called "plastic island," A mythical patch of plastic waste said to have accumulated in the pacific ocean. Their discovery of it truly existing (and capturing it on video) horrified bloggers and made it into a talk on TED, but not much else. Not a single major media outlet ran any story while blogs were buzzing about it almost two years ago. A couple days ago this all changed when thousands of scientists at the Sea Education Association (SEA) pieced together 22 years of data about the ocean’s surface to create “the most accurate picture yet of any pelagic plastic patch on earth.” SEA’s map reveals the 22 year evolution of another, fundamentally identical patch in the Atlantic. The process used to track and understand the Atlantic patch mirrors the process scientists must employ to parse its Pacific counterpart. Read the rest at: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/08/atlantic-plastic/#ixzz0x6j6QkfH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotsauceinthedickholewastaken Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 great, something else the Cubans can use to float over to America. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMF Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 i thought the title was about cabage patches 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testpattern Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 holy shit. horrible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire15 Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Whatever man, life will find a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LICKERISH Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 64,000 pieces of tiny plastic - that would fit in a fucking box or two man (or inside a bunch of baby birds) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 I'll bet it's mostly made up of Vanilla Ice cassettes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yinz n'at Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~KRYLON2~ Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 this guy lives there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_gacy Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drue_Down Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 ^^^ WIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted August 23, 2010 Author Share Posted August 23, 2010 Whatever man, life will find a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeenagerFromMars Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armand hammer Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 too much science so ...pics or it diddnt happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delonemonkey Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 "you're welcome." - City of New York Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcay Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Sounds like that episode of Futurama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 we're gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twonpoo Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 why dont some millionaire go out there with boats, scoop it up and sell it to plastic bottle making companies? Seems like a simple recycling situation. Less need to make MORE plastic, just use the shit already out there. And clean it up at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted August 23, 2010 Author Share Posted August 23, 2010 Its all the stuff that's unrecyclable and non-biodegradable. Half of plastic bottles, bottle caps, etc. For pics or it didnt happen, here's the VBS 3 part miniseries: http://www.vbs.tv/watch/toxic/toxic-garbage-island-1-of-3 Probably should've included this in the initial thread post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getoe Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackboatshoes Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 why dont some millionaire go out there with boats, scoop it up and sell it to plastic bottle making companies? Seems like a simple recycling situation. Less need to make MORE plastic, just use the shit already out there. And clean it up at the same time. i'm guessing you didn't read, or watch the video in the two links soup posted. the half of the plastic is non biodegradable, and can't be recycled, i'm pretty sure they teach you that in school. shit is SCUST, another reason why i stay away from the ocean, and all ocean life. (dont quote this, because i live in new england and get enough people saying "WTF you dont eat seafood? on a daily basis during the summer, it's just the way i've been since i was a young one, i dont eat seafood, or hot dogs, balogna, and tons of other foods. SO WHAT. :lol:) i wonder if species down down down, like the crazy see-through fish, and the dinosaurs that still lurk the depths are ingesting any of the sinking plastic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeenagerFromMars Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 wait, you're doing what, with who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountain dew Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Wow that is pretty gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suber Giraffe Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 great, something else the Cubans can use to float over to America. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inappropriate_Responder Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 ^^^ duke, my boys fam is from Panama. why all the fucking joke. pittyful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redeyedanimal Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Either nature will take care of it, or we will die from our lack of planning and stupidity. Either way, nature wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milk Grenades Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaolinmasta Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 spray cans bruh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_gacy Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 i thought the title was about cabage patches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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