Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by UBC Reads Sustainability. Captain Charles Moore, a scientist and activist, discusses “The Greatest Infection of the Sea” detailed in his acclaimed new book Plastic Ocean. Learn the shocking truth about the unintended consequences of the “Age of Plastics”, how we got here, & what we must do to stop adding to the millions of tons of plastic choking the world’s oceans. In 1997, Captain Charles Moore discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch– a whirlpool of plastic debris in the Pacific Ocean. Since his discovery, Moore has been analyzing the giant litter patch and its disastrous effects on ocean life. Through the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, he hopes to raise awareness about the problem and find ways to restrict its growth. He’s now leading several expeditions to sample plastic fragments across thousands of miles of the Pacific.
Relevant Books and Articles at UBC Library
Gross, M. (2015). Oceans of plastic waste. Current Biology : CB, 25(3), R93-R96. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.038 [Link]
Marris, E. (2014). Fate of ocean plastic remains a mystery. Nature, doi:10.1038/nature.2014.16508 [Link]
Ecklund, E. (2005). The ocean’s plastic plague. California Coast & Ocean, 21(4), 25-25.
Plastics in oceans decompose and release hazardous chemicals. (2009). Clean-Soil Air Water, 37(9), 682-682. [Link]
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