ABC's Nightline...The Garbage Patch

Submitted by AZ_Sun on March 28, 2008 - 3:33pm

In the North Pacific a jellyfish became entangled with plastic debris and ropes. (Charles Moore/The Algalita Marine Research Foundation)

Tonight, March 28th, ABC's Nightline has a segment called, "The Garbage Patch."

Floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is a continent-size garbage dump of partially decomposed plastic sludge. Grocery bags, umbrella handles and other plastic castoffs make their way to this crossroads of ocean currents, to create the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This human carelessness has scientists seriously worried about a delicate ecosystem. ABC's Brian Rooney reports from Long Beach, Calif.

Read Brian Rooney's Landfill in the Sea: Ocean's Food Chain Threatened by Constant Influx of Rufuse...here.

UPDATE: If you missed Friday’s Nightline episode on The Garbage Patch, here are a few short YouTube videos on the subject that are worth watching.

The Garbage Patch

Oceans Becoming a Garbage Patch

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