https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION - A case study of the Great Pacific Garbage patch en-us 2016-02-13 10:09:46 UTC 2023-02-13 12:21:44 UTC hello@padlet.com trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/94963967 6.2 Environmental Risks
Transboundary pollution (TBP) affecting a large area/more than one country
One TBP case study including the consequences and possible responses]]> 2016-02-13 10:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/94963967 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/94964013 This major transboundary  polluting event focuses on The Pacific Oceanic Gyre (otherwise known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch or The Pacific Trash Vortex).]]> 2016-02-13 10:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/94964013 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/94964106

• TRANSBOUNDARY
• POLLUTION
• OCEANIC GYRE
• VORTEX

]]> 2016-02-13 10:15:42 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/94964106 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95002404 You've heard about it on the news. You've read about it in blogs, What exactly is the Pacific Trash Vortex? Planet 100 is here to give you the facts. For More Planet 100: http://planetgreen.discovery.com/feat...]]> 2016-02-14 09:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95002404 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95002563 Speaking on his concept called Marine Litter Extraction, Boyan Slat proposes a radical clean-up solution, for which he won the Best Technical Design award 2012 at the TU Delft.
Additional video here, with more comprehensive details of his Oceans Cleanup Project]]> 2016-02-14 09:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95002563 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95002804 Oceans are silently choking on our plastic waste. Plastic and synthetic materials are the most common types of debris in our oceans and are having horrific impacts on marine wildlife and systems. As an island continent "girt by sea" marine debris is of particular importance for Australia. Creatures get entangled in plastics and drown and ingested concentrated toxins from plastics pose a threat to the health of the food chain. Plastics also transport and introduce species into new environments. Anja Taylor catches up with the CSIRO research team spearheading the Marine Debris Survey, a world first study of the plastics around our coastline.]]> 2016-02-14 09:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95002804 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95002902 Take a look at the attached map. Select the evidence that shows this is a good example of a transboundary polluting event.]]> 2016-02-14 09:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95002902 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95002991 2016-02-14 09:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95002991 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95003050 2016-02-14 09:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95003050 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95003138 Scientists are investigating ways of dealing with the millions of tonnes of floating plastic rubbish that is accumulating in our oceans.]]> 2016-02-14 09:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95003138 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95003182 Graphic illustration by GREEN PEACE of Pacific trash vortex showing drift of ocean pollution.

]]> 2016-02-14 09:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95003182 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95003243 Using the google doc which has been shared with you on Classroom make comprehensive notes on the causes, consequences  and possible responses to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

• Remember to include specific information (such as statistics, place names etc).
• It is important that you make reference as to why this is a relevant example of a major polluting event that affects more than one country/large area.

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How do your individual actions contribute to the Great Oceanic Garbage Patches? 

Are you prepared to do anything to address this, and if so, what?

]]> 2016-02-14 09:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/95003416 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/104766172 2016-04-08 09:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/104766172 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/104766442 2016-04-08 09:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/104766442 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/209372125 2017-11-22 09:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/209372125 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/332307873 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch explained in under 3 minutes]]> 2019-02-18 11:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/332307873 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/332308398 Watch the short video which explains how ocean cleanup technology works]]> 2019-02-18 11:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/332308398 trains8_1 https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/333563867 The seabin project...simple but effective in contained areas]]> 2019-02-21 10:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/trains8_1/greatpacificgarbagepatch/wish/333563867