What, exactly, is in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
From the journal of Brian Kallen, who describes his journey through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Tag: ocean plastic
Home for wayward plastic bottles
Are you a beach trash-collector? Meet Richard James, who's taken the chore to a whole new level and has a request to make of you.
Tiny plastics pellets a big problem in coastal cleanup
On September 15, tens of thousands of volunteers will participate in California Coastal Cleanup Day, donning work gloves to gather up the tonnage of manmade debris along California’s coastal regions...
Trawling for Plastic in SF Bay
Researchers plan to head out this winter looking for micro-plastic in the Bay. Their first-ever trawl last winter turned up concentrations that actually weren’t as bad as some recorded in...
“Washed Ashore” Exhibit Turns Ocean Plastic into Monumental Sculptures
The 16 giant plastic sea creature sculptures on display at the Marine Mammal Center arose from artist Angela Pozzi's desire to find solace in the ocean: "I went to the...
Join in for Coastal Cleanup Day!
Thousands of volunteers from around California will converge on beaches, lakes and rivers for the 24th annual Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday, September 20. You could be one of them!
