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Environment & Energy

Rhiannon12866

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7. Maybe I don't understand it well enough, but I also wondered what would prevent them from snagging

Reply to pansypoo53219 (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 24, 2018, 06:14 AM

Apr 2018

The sea life that this effort is meant to protect? In my area of New York, dredging of the Hudson River has been a very divisive issue and I wondered the same thing about that.

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The Pacific Ocean has a plastic problem. Here's the bold plan to fix it. [View all] Rhiannon12866 Apr 2018 OP

I'm still waiting for a satellite view. cbreezen Apr 2018 #1

The only photo I can come up with is the one from the article - which looks bad enough: Rhiannon12866 Apr 2018 #2

Great local shot... cbreezen Apr 2018 #3

In the article, they mention one 3x as big as France! Now that one should be visible from anywhere! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2018 #4

Indeed. cbreezen Apr 2018 #5

what about the mini bits? pansypoo53219 Apr 2018 #6

Maybe I don't understand it well enough, but I also wondered what would prevent them from snagging Rhiannon12866 Apr 2018 #7