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  1. #Hawaii is turning #ocean #plastic into roads to fight pollution
    An island #recycling program is designed to solve the islands’ unique exposure to discarded fishing gear, tourist waste and the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch, which engulfs the island chain every few years. To date, 90 metric tons of plastic trash have been removed from the #Pacific Ocean, and more than a metric ton of fishing nets alone have been paved into Hawaiian roads.
    sciencenews.org/article/hawaii
    archive.ph/IX4yD

  2. #Hawaii is turning #ocean #plastic into roads to fight pollution
    An island #recycling program is designed to solve the islands’ unique exposure to discarded fishing gear, tourist waste and the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch, which engulfs the island chain every few years. To date, 90 metric tons of plastic trash have been removed from the #Pacific Ocean, and more than a metric ton of fishing nets alone have been paved into Hawaiian roads.
    sciencenews.org/article/hawaii
    archive.ph/IX4yD

  3. is turning into roads to fight pollution
    An island program is designed to solve the islands’ unique exposure to discarded fishing gear, tourist waste and the , which engulfs the island chain every few years. To date, 90 metric tons of plastic trash have been removed from the Ocean, and more than a metric ton of fishing nets alone have been paved into Hawaiian roads.
    sciencenews.org/article/hawaii
    archive.ph/IX4yD

  4. #Hawaii is turning #ocean #plastic into roads to fight pollution
    An island #recycling program is designed to solve the islands’ unique exposure to discarded fishing gear, tourist waste and the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch, which engulfs the island chain every few years. To date, 90 metric tons of plastic trash have been removed from the #Pacific Ocean, and more than a metric ton of fishing nets alone have been paved into Hawaiian roads.
    sciencenews.org/article/hawaii
    archive.ph/IX4yD

  5. #Hawaii is turning #ocean #plastic into roads to fight pollution
    An island #recycling program is designed to solve the islands’ unique exposure to discarded fishing gear, tourist waste and the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch, which engulfs the island chain every few years. To date, 90 metric tons of plastic trash have been removed from the #Pacific Ocean, and more than a metric ton of fishing nets alone have been paved into Hawaiian roads.
    sciencenews.org/article/hawaii
    archive.ph/IX4yD

  6. The #GreatPacificGarbagePatch is a #plastic #trash nightmare. It is also part of a much bigger, problem.

    Out in the #PacificOcean, between #Hawaii & #California, is the Great #Pacific #Garbage Patch, a swirl of #PlasticTrash >2X the size of Texas. As pieces of plastic tumble against each other, they break down into particles tiny enough to be borne aloft on the wind [& inhaled].

    #law #EnvironmentalLaw #microplastics #PublicHealth #health #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
    cnn.com/2026/05/04/climate/mic

  7. The #GreatPacificGarbagePatch is a #plastic #trash nightmare. It is also part of a much bigger, problem.

    Out in the #PacificOcean, between #Hawaii & #California, is the Great #Pacific #Garbage Patch, a swirl of #PlasticTrash >2X the size of Texas. As pieces of plastic tumble against each other, they break down into particles tiny enough to be borne aloft on the wind [& inhaled].

    #law #EnvironmentalLaw #microplastics #PublicHealth #health #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
    cnn.com/2026/05/04/climate/mic

  8. The #GreatPacificGarbagePatch is a #plastic #trash nightmare. It is also part of a much bigger, problem.

    Out in the #PacificOcean, between #Hawaii & #California, is the Great #Pacific #Garbage Patch, a swirl of #PlasticTrash >2X the size of Texas. As pieces of plastic tumble against each other, they break down into particles tiny enough to be borne aloft on the wind [& inhaled].

    #law #EnvironmentalLaw #microplastics #PublicHealth #health #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
    cnn.com/2026/05/04/climate/mic

  9. A team of researchers has collected data in the Pacific Ocean in order to track the routes taken by floating plastic debris. The international organization "Plastic Change" is helping to raise awareness about the increasing pollution of our oceans by plastic.

    Video Link->
    youtu.be/TqbOGztoQMg

    #OceanPlastic #PlasticPollution #GreatPacificGarbagePatch #MarineDebris #Microplastics #PlasticChange #SaveOurOceans #CleanOceans #OceanResearch #BeatPlasticPollution

  10. A team of researchers has collected data in the Pacific Ocean in order to track the routes taken by floating plastic debris. The international organization "Plastic Change" is helping to raise awareness about the increasing pollution of our oceans by plastic.

    Video Link->
    youtu.be/TqbOGztoQMg

    #OceanPlastic #PlasticPollution #GreatPacificGarbagePatch #MarineDebris #Microplastics #PlasticChange #SaveOurOceans #CleanOceans #OceanResearch #BeatPlasticPollution

  11. A team of researchers has collected data in the Pacific Ocean in order to track the routes taken by floating plastic debris. The international organization "Plastic Change" is helping to raise awareness about the increasing pollution of our oceans by plastic.

    Video Link->
    youtu.be/TqbOGztoQMg

    #OceanPlastic #PlasticPollution #GreatPacificGarbagePatch #MarineDebris #Microplastics #PlasticChange #SaveOurOceans #CleanOceans #OceanResearch #BeatPlasticPollution

  12. A team of researchers has collected data in the Pacific Ocean in order to track the routes taken by floating plastic debris. The international organization "Plastic Change" is helping to raise awareness about the increasing pollution of our oceans by plastic.

    Video Link->
    youtu.be/TqbOGztoQMg

    #OceanPlastic #PlasticPollution #GreatPacificGarbagePatch #MarineDebris #Microplastics #PlasticChange #SaveOurOceans #CleanOceans #OceanResearch #BeatPlasticPollution

  13. A team of researchers has collected data in the Pacific Ocean in order to track the routes taken by floating plastic debris. The international organization "Plastic Change" is helping to raise awareness about the increasing pollution of our oceans by plastic.

    Video Link->
    youtu.be/TqbOGztoQMg

    #OceanPlastic #PlasticPollution #GreatPacificGarbagePatch #MarineDebris #Microplastics #PlasticChange #SaveOurOceans #CleanOceans #OceanResearch #BeatPlasticPollution

  14. I love LLMs and use them almost every day. Every new version fills me with happiness and curiosity. But honestly, I can’t stand the endless photo and video generation. After #Sora2, I feel like the internet will be flooded with digital junk. It’s like we’re building a virtual Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and I feel sorry for all the energy wasted on generating and storing this garbage.
    #AI #LLM #DigitalWaste #Sora2 #TechThoughts #VirtualPollution #AICommunity #OpenAI #GreatPacificGarbagePatch #DigitalPollution

  15. I love LLMs and use them almost every day. Every new version fills me with happiness and curiosity. But honestly, I can’t stand the endless photo and video generation. After #Sora2, I feel like the internet will be flooded with digital junk. It’s like we’re building a virtual Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and I feel sorry for all the energy wasted on generating and storing this garbage.
    #AI #LLM #DigitalWaste #Sora2 #TechThoughts #VirtualPollution #AICommunity #OpenAI #GreatPacificGarbagePatch #DigitalPollution

  16. I love LLMs and use them almost every day. Every new version fills me with happiness and curiosity. But honestly, I can’t stand the endless photo and video generation. After , I feel like the internet will be flooded with digital junk. It’s like we’re building a virtual Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and I feel sorry for all the energy wasted on generating and storing this garbage.

  17. I love LLMs and use them almost every day. Every new version fills me with happiness and curiosity. But honestly, I can’t stand the endless photo and video generation. After #Sora2, I feel like the internet will be flooded with digital junk. It’s like we’re building a virtual Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and I feel sorry for all the energy wasted on generating and storing this garbage.
    #AI #LLM #DigitalWaste #Sora2 #TechThoughts #VirtualPollution #AICommunity #OpenAI #GreatPacificGarbagePatch #DigitalPollution

  18. I love LLMs and use them almost every day. Every new version fills me with happiness and curiosity. But honestly, I can’t stand the endless photo and video generation. After #Sora2, I feel like the internet will be flooded with digital junk. It’s like we’re building a virtual Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and I feel sorry for all the energy wasted on generating and storing this garbage.
    #AI #LLM #DigitalWaste #Sora2 #TechThoughts #VirtualPollution #AICommunity #OpenAI #GreatPacificGarbagePatch #DigitalPollution

  19. BLACK DELUXE #7, 2024.
    Aluminum print, 16"x20"/40x50cm.
    The Black Deluxe series is part of my current project Beach Archeology.
    Melted plastic container found on the beach with inserts of organic elements.
    #contemporaryart #artcontemporain #photography #standforoceans #plasticpollution #TheOceanNeedsMoreFriends #greatpacificgarbagepatch
    #interiordesign #homedecor

  20. How nice would it be to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch…?

    If the numbers in the video are true it’s almost laughably cheap and quick (on a global scale) to do it. Let’s go!

    youtu.be/GFMSc0Fgvn0?si=Czuz1n

    #ocean #cleanup #garbage #GreatPacificGarbagePatch #environment

  21. In the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch, New Marine Ecosystems Are Flourishing eos.org/articles/in-the-great-

    Extent and reproduction of coastal species on #plastic debris in the North #Pacific Subtropical Gyre nature.com/articles/s41559-023

    "#SeaLife, stuck to plastic bottles and other human trash, has journeyed far from coastal habitats—and may threaten local species"

  22. > .. at least 79,000 metric tons of plastic.. coalesced to create the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch.. kept together by ocean currents and spanning an area of roughly 1.6 million square kilometers — about twice the size of Texas — is one of the most incriminating examples of #HumanPollution on the planet. It’s also a huge hazard for #MarineLife, killing up to 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals each year via #IngestionOfPlastic or entanglement in #PlasticPieces.

    knowablemagazine.org/content/a

  23. In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, new marine ecosystems are flourishing: Sea life, stuck to plastic bottles and other human trash, has journeyed far from coastal habitats — and may threaten local species.

    Our recent report, republished in #DiscoverMagazine: discovermagazine.com/environme

    #GreatPacificGarbagePatch
    #ScienceMastodon

  24. @bkahn @purplepadma
    The #GPGP, #GreatPacificGarbagePatch is appalling when one gets a view of it. I wish that items that I wanted to purchase, like berries or mushrooms, were available in more sustainable packaging. A lot of Asia previously sold everything in folded leaves and now it's endless layers of plastic instead. Progress is a problem, in many cases.

  25. If you are interested in life on the #ocean surface, check out this Essay from
    @RebeccaRHelm

    The mysterious ecosystem at the ocean’s surface

    plos.io/3uao06E

    and the paper

    Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology

    plos.io/3LXY3CC

    #neuston #MarineLife

  26. If you are interested in life on the #ocean surface, check out this Essay from
    @RebeccaRHelm

    The mysterious ecosystem at the ocean’s surface

    plos.io/3uao06E

    and the paper

    Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology

    plos.io/3LXY3CC

    #neuston #MarineLife

  27. If you are interested in life on the #ocean surface, check out this Essay from
    @RebeccaRHelm

    The mysterious ecosystem at the ocean’s surface

    plos.io/3uao06E

    and the paper

    Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology

    plos.io/3LXY3CC

    #neuston #MarineLife

  28. If you are interested in life on the #ocean surface, check out this Essay from
    @RebeccaRHelm

    The mysterious ecosystem at the ocean’s surface

    plos.io/3uao06E

    and the paper

    Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology

    plos.io/3LXY3CC

    #neuston #MarineLife

  29. If you are interested in life on the #ocean surface, check out this Essay from
    @RebeccaRHelm

    The mysterious ecosystem at the ocean’s surface

    plos.io/3uao06E

    and the paper

    Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology

    plos.io/3LXY3CC

    #neuston #MarineLife

  30. Japan needs to stop its overuse of plastic. It's responsible for more than 30% of the hard plastic Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

    Also locally, the Seto Inland Sea looks more and more like a dumpster because of that.

    I almost never share petitions, but here is one worth signing and sharing:
    chng.it/SNW6pMy2qN

    #Japan #Pollution #PlasticPollution #G7Summit #Plastic #GreatPacificGarbagePatch #Setouchi #SetoInlandSea
    #瀬戸内海

  31. Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology plos.io/3LXY3CC

  32. Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology plos.io/3LXY3CC

  33. Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology plos.io/3LXY3CC

  34. Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology plos.io/3LXY3CC

  35. Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology plos.io/3LXY3CC

  36. Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology plos.io/3LXY3CC

  37. Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology plos.io/3LXY3CC

  38. Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology plos.io/3LXY3CC

  39. Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology plos.io/3LXY3CC

  40. Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology plos.io/3LXY3CC

  41. Floating life (#neuston) & trash cluster in the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch. High neuston abundance was only known in the #SargassoSea, but @this_fionachong @RebeccaRHelm &co reveal high densities of floating life in the plastic-rich GPGP #PLOSBiology plos.io/3LXY3CC