Title	Plastic Ocean
Creator	Moore, Charles
Contributor	University of British Columbia. Sustainability Office; Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Date Issued	2012-02-03
Description	Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by UBC Reads Sustainability. Captain Charles Moore, a scientist and activist, discusses “The Greatest Infection of the Sea” detailed in his acclaimed new book Plastic Ocean. Learn the shocking truth about the unintended consequences of the “Age of Plastics”, how we got here, & what we must do to stop adding to the millions of tons of plastic choking the world’s oceans. In 1997, Captain Charles Moore discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch-- a whirlpool of plastic debris in the Pacific Ocean. Since his discovery, Moore has been analyzing the giant litter patch and its disastrous effects on ocean life. Through the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, he hopes to raise awareness about the problem and find ways to restrict its growth. He's now leading several expeditions to sample plastic fragments across thousands of miles of the Pacific.
Subject	Plastic; Ocean; Pacific; Marine; Pollution; Charles; Moore; Captain; Great pacific garbage patch
Type	Moving Image
Language	eng
Date Available	2012-02-14
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
DOI	10.14288/1.0076665
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/40713
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Researcher
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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