Plastic Micro-Particle Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in Pacific

Re:Plastic Micro-Particle Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in ... by DanBC on Monday July 31, 2017 @06:18PM (#14896374)

It is a very serious problem, and it needs to be fixed.

For the two situations - loads of large trash floating at the surface or 4 particles per cubic metre suspended at all depths - you get very different solutions.

Look how popular that solar-powered ocean plastic scoop thing is, and how useless it is.

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Re:Plastic Micro-Particle Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in ... by specialist on Monday July 31, 2017 @10:35PM (#14897514)

I imagine a fleet of self-replicating wave glider / baleen barges that slowly, relentlessly ply the oceans, gathering the bulk materials to make their offspring.

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Re:Plastic Micro-Particle Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in ... by foobarian on Monday July 31, 2017 @11:31PM (#14897709)

"Wave Glider Plastic Micro-Particle Cleanup Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in Pacific (2031)"

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