North Pacific Trash Gyre gone wild!

Wow – my post on the North Pacific Trash Gyre has gotten a huge number of hits today. Is there breaking news of some kind that I totally missed? Hey, searchers, tell me what you want to know, and I’ll do my best to answer any questions or direct you to useful resources.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 at 7:53 am and is filed under North Pacific Trash Gyre, Ocean, Pollution. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to North Pacific Trash Gyre gone wild!

  1. Kenny says:
    October 23, 2007 at 9:50 am

    People either searched or were linked to it as a result of:
    http://digg.com/environment/Giant_garbage_Island_floating_in_Pacific

    One of the top Google image results links to an image of a beach filled with trash surrounding a small camera crew.

  2. Miriam Goldstein says:
    October 23, 2007 at 1:12 pm

    Thanks, Kenny. That image is from the NW Hawaiian Islands, which is in the gyre.

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