October 30, 2008

Sampling for Plastic on Puget Sound Beaches

See Sampling for Plastic on Puget Sound Beaches - which describes how volunteers, working in conjunction with the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, sample local beaches for very small plastic debis.

Source: Port Townsend Marine Science Center

October 2, 2008

'Microplastics' eyed as marine pollutants

Experts start to ask if tiny particles might be clogging ocean food chain.

Read more in this article by Jessica Marshall of Discovery News at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26994478/