http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/07/seas-of-plastic/ Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/07/seas-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-2071 Ocean Currents are Highways for Crocodiles | Surprising Science Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:57:59 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=1584#comment-2071 [...] currents have carried a huge variety of things around the world, from trash to shipwrecked Japanese sailors. And crocodiles, according to a new study in the Journal of Animal [...] [...] currents have carried a huge variety of things around the world, from trash to shipwrecked Japanese sailors. And crocodiles, according to a new study in the Journal of Animal [...]

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/07/seas-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-878 Picture of the Week—Art and the Environment Meet | Surprising Science Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:00:23 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=1584#comment-878 [...] hour. All of the plastic pieces in the image were collected from the Pacific Ocean, home to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. On Jordan’s web site, he zooms in on the images so objects like a comb, toothbrush and [...] [...] hour. All of the plastic pieces in the image were collected from the Pacific Ocean, home to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. On Jordan’s web site, he zooms in on the images so objects like a comb, toothbrush and [...]

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/07/seas-of-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-759 captain awesome Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:04:43 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=1584#comment-759 I have done some work with Greenpeace (on environmental chlorine) and have read a fair bit of their research. You should be very VERY cautious quoting any figures they provide. Their research is shoddy, they tend to always take the worst-case scenario, and ignore any data that does not fit their pre-conceived model. Case in point: plastic bags in the environment. This meme has been debunked time and time again as a misquoting of a study that identified discarded fishing nets as an environmental hazard. http://www.greendaily.com/2008/03/10/plastic-bag-scare-a-hoax/ (note the last paragraph). I have done some work with Greenpeace (on environmental chlorine) and have read a fair bit of their research. You should be very VERY cautious quoting any figures they provide. Their research is shoddy, they tend to always take the worst-case scenario, and ignore any data that does not fit their pre-conceived model.
Case in point: plastic bags in the environment. This meme has been debunked time and time again as a misquoting of a study that identified discarded fishing nets as an environmental hazard. http://www.greendaily.com/2008/03/10/plastic-bag-scare-a-hoax/ (note the last paragraph).

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