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Uploaded by on Oct 8, 2007

Retired oceanographer Curt Ebbesmeyer and his colleague tracked thousands of plastic toys that fell off a freighter during a storm to map current patterns.

Their work leads them to an unbelievable discovery; a mass of swirling garbage in the North Atlantic as large as the state of Texas.

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  • wow - thank you SO much for posting this -

    people need to learn about the damage we have done to the earth!

    om,

    K

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