Scientific American has posed a great 60 second podcast on there web site that discusses the "Great Garbage Patch."  This is a floating collection of plastic trash that has coalesced in the Pacific Ocean; first discovered in 1997.  Most distressing of all is the new report that the garbage patch is now size of the "United States!" 
Here is the link, give it a listen.   If we really want to pass a decent home on to future generations, we desperately need to get busy about taking better care of it.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
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