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2010
The Late Show with David Letterman, March 15, 2010
Capt. Charles Moore guest appearance
The founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation talks ocean pollution and gives Dave some tweet inspiration. >>
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Aloha Analytics blog, Brad Parsons, February 19, 2010
Plastic Bags and Plastic Footprint vs. Carbon Footprint
The following is a link to a great one hour interview on KKCR Radio of the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" expert Captain Charles Moore about plastics in the oceans. In the interview Capt. Moore mentions the point that our "plastic footprint" may actually be a bigger problem for the environment than our supposed "carbon footprint." >>
Good Morning America, February 3, 2010
The ocean is filled with refuse that may be getting into our food. >>
The Daily Item, Debra Glidden, January 8, 2010
"Nahant Marine Science Center to present lecture on debris circle"
Capt. Charles Moore, who found what he calls a toxic plastic soup by accident more than a decade ago, is scheduled to speak Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. at the Marine Science Center. >>
Marine Environmental Research Institute, January 8, 2010
Capt. Charles Moore's lecture: A Sea of Plastic
Widely recognized for his 1997 discovery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating mass of plastic debris twice the size of Texas, Moore has pioneered the research and remediation of the oceans’ plastic burden. Plastic debris has infiltrated all levels of the ocean food web, killing 100,000 marine mammals and one million seabirds annually, and threatening human health. In the first lecture of MERI’s 20th Anniversary Ocean Environment Lecture Series, Moore will explore the challenges of our “throw away culture” and our role in a solution. >>
Maine Public Broadcasting, Anne Mostue, January 7, 2010
"Explorer Tracks Effects of 'Great Garbage Patch'"
On a sailing voyage across the Pacific in 1997, explorer, sailor and ocean advocate Captain Charles Moore accidentally stumbled upon an enormous swirling bundle of plastic garbage twice the size of Texas floating at sea. Since the discovery, Moore has been tracking the scope and implications of plastic contamination on the marine food chain, logging more than 100,000 miles aboard his research vessel. Moore is in Maine to give a lecture at the Maine Environmental Research Institute in Blue Hill, and this morning sat down with Anne Mostue at our Bangor studio for an interview. >>
University of North Carolina Wilmington News, January 6, 2010
The amount of plastic pollution in the Pacific and the consequences it may have for the oceans, the planet and human health has been a subject of research and controversy in recent years. >>
The Colbert Report, January 6, 2010
Capt. Charles Moore guest appearance
Captain Moore talks about the garbage patch that's turning the Pacific Ocean into a plastic wasteland. >>
Los Angeles Times, Louis Sahagun, January 4, 2010
"Santa Monica Couple to Study Effects of Plastic Particles in Sargasso Sea"
On Thursday, Santa Monica researchers Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins plan to set sail in the 72-foot sloop Sea Dragon on a voyage across the Sargasso Sea region of the North Atlantic to investigate the prevalence of micro-plastic marine debris. >>