Researchers Explore Growing Ocean Garbage Patches - NYTimes.com
Lindsey Hoshaw for The New York TimesA spotted gray trigger fish was just big enough to fit inside a caulking tube, and became highly protective of its tiny habitat, snapping at approaching fish. Researchers removed the tube from the garbage patch in September and placed it in an aquarium for observation.
I'm obsessed with the horror that is the Pacific Garbage Patch. It disgusts me that we, as a species, has created this. So, building on my post from last weekend about the dead birds there, I give you this.
Posted by Charles Redell


