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New Study Finds Plastic in Stomachs of Garbage Patch Fishes

Emily Tripp Senior Writer A recent study published on June 27 in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series found plastic in the stomachs of nine percent of fishes living in the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.”  The study was completed by a group of graduate students from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Two [...]

On Aug. 11, Scripps Institution of Oceanography SEAPLEX researchers encountered a large ghost net with tangled rope, net, plastic, and various biological organisms.  Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Expedition to the “Great Ocean Garbage Patch”

Expedition to learn about the size of the “garbage patch” and the threats it poses to marine life and the gyre’s biological environment back.

On August 2, 2009 researchers left on the Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition (SEAPLEX) on board the research vessel (R/V) New Horizon.