We underestimated the size of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—by 16 times

Wed, 4 Apr 2018 22:36:59 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://qz.com/1234953/we-underestimated-the-size-of-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-by-16-times/>

"Less than a year ago, the scientific community thought the Great
Pacific Garbage Patch was about the size of France. As tends to be the
case with bad news about plastic pollution, the reality is worse than we
thought."

Another serious issue we all need to address.  Via Greg Batmarx.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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