Plastic Pollution in the Ocean by Talia Alikhan https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d Made with a scientific frenzy en-us 2018-05-04 21:43:13 UTC 2018-05-10 04:12:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Growing.png turtle caught in plastic 8013589 https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/258172697 poor little guy!]]> 2018-05-04 21:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/258172697 fish with water bottle 8013589 https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/258172781 2018-05-04 21:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/258172781 plastic floating in ocean surface water 8013589 https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/259159013 2018-05-09 05:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/259159013 chunk of garbage patch 8013589 https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/259159153 2018-05-09 05:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/259159153 facts about pacific garbage patch 8013589 https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/259159318 1. three times size of France!
2. two times size of Texas!
3. contains 79 million tons of plastic
4. 16 times larger than previously thought by scientists...]]> 2018-05-09 05:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/259159318 reference 8013589 https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/259508600 https://www.sas.org.uk/our-work/plastic-pollution/plastic-pollution-facts-figures/]]> 2018-05-10 03:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/259508600 photodegradation 8013589 https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/259510100 when plastic in the ocean is exposed to sunlight, the plastic breaks up into thousands of tiny fragments which is called "microplastic".

]]> 2018-05-10 03:27:23 UTC https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/259510100 the six R's 8013589 https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/259511637 four concrete steps to reduce plastic pollution in the ocean:
1. use a reusable water bottle
2. don't use plastic straws
3. use cloth shopping plastic bags
4. don't litter]]> 2018-05-10 03:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/259511637 facts about ocean plastic pollution 8013589 https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/259512571 1. plastic bottles can last for 450 years in marine environment
2. recent studies found marine plastic pollution in 100% of sea turtles
3. 100,000 marine mammals and turtles/1 million sea birds killed annually from plastic pollution
4. plastic makes up about 60-90% of marine debris
5. over 150 plastic bottles litter each mile of beaches in the UK
6. 5.25 trillion pieces of macro and micro plastic in open ocean
7. every day about 8 million pieces of plastic pollution find their way into our oceans
8. scientists discovered microplastics embedded deep in arctic ice

]]> 2018-05-10 03:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/259512571 how we eat plastic 8013589 https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/259514354 2018-05-10 04:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/8013589/1p8pjj313k2d/wish/259514354