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November 2nd, 2007
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Apparently there is a floating rubbish collection in the Pacific which covers an area bigger than Australia.
Pacific 'rubbish superhighway' going unnoticed - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 
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November 2nd, 2007
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My goodness thats terrible.
How long until someone starts offering dive tours?
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November 2nd, 2007
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good one lucia, putting that one up
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November 3rd, 2007
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How updated would Google Earth be?
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November 3rd, 2007
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This not a bad thing it provides cover for small fish and other life. I bet there is more life under all that rubish then then in any are of the clean open ocean. We also need more offshore oil wells you wouldnt believe the life that thrive around those rigs. Cover=Life
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November 3rd, 2007
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Years ago when I was in the Navy we used to dump ALL of our trash off the "fantail" of the ship - This is no longer a U.S. Navy practice...But I was ashamed that it was back then...
However it WAS fun shooting at the bags with a .50 cal. to get them to sink! We used EXPIRED ammo...All lead and copper...Probably also not a good thing for the water or the life in it. I beleive it is ALL incinerated now and even the toxic smoke is filtered in some way...Not sure of this though...All that was JUST changing when I got out. I do know for sure some countries navy's still dump their garbage right off of the ship and into the ocean...Plastic and all.    Last edited by bgill; November 3rd, 2007 at 19:51.
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November 3rd, 2007
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A video about the effects of plastic on marine life.
YouTube - Synthetic Sea - Plastic in the open Ocean And an animation of how the plastic travels around. Greenpeace | Pacific trash vortex showing drift of ocean pollution. Last edited by naiad; November 3rd, 2007 at 22:25. Reason: added animation
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