For today’s Tuesday Video we’re returning to a favorite topic of ours - garbage.  But not just any garbage, the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” - that  endless floating waste of plastic trash in the Pacific Ocean that is said to be twice the size of Texas. 

We wanted to check up on this topic and found a video (from September, so slightly outdated, but still powerful) of some researchers sharing their report and perspectives of time spent with scientists from Project Kaisei who went on a mission to, “increase the understanding and the scale of marine debris, its impact on our ocean environment, and how we can introduce solutions for both prevention and clean-up.”  Reporters from Mother Jones had the opportunity to speak with the researchers about how all of that plastic ended up out there, what we can do to quit adding to the mess, and how we can work towards cleaning it up.  Check out their video here.

Source: Down to Earth

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