all the plastic goes suspended in the ocean.
all the plastic goes suspended in the ocean.
where does all the plastic go in the ocean?
suspended in the ocean
although plastic pollution remains under the umbrella of “marine debris”, it is one of the largest concerns affecting marine life and the most ubiquitous source of pollution across the oceans. in a 2014 study, the “first study that compares all sizes of floating plastic in the world's oceans from the largest items to small microplastics,” researchers estimated that a minimum of 5.25 trillion plastic particles exist in the ocean. historically, the u.s. military used the ocean as a dumping ground for munitions from 1919 to 1970, and the u.s. army dumped 16,000 mustard gas bombs in deep water (south of pearl harbor after world war ii.) presently, floating plastic garbage from disposable consumer products accumulate in the great pacific garbage patch, from debris eventually find its way onto the reefs and beaches in hawaii. kamilo beach, located at the southern tip of the big island, has been devastated by plastic pollution from the patch and was named “the dirtiest beach in the world” by the british broadcasting company (bbc). unique to this site is the abundance of both microplastic and meso-plastic, where geologists found plastic-infused rocks called"plastiglomerates”; they expect this new rock become a part of the fossil record, indicating the intensity of human influence on the environment. plastiglomerates are formed when “melted plastic binds together sand, shells, pebbles, basalt, coral and wood, or seeps into the cavities of larger rocks to form a rock-plastic hybrid”; although they were not discovered until 2012 by captain charles moore from algalita marine research institute, plastiglomerates occur in other parts of the world, in part by fire-using activities such as bonfires.
environmental issues in hawaii
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go plastic is the fifth studio album by british electronic musician squarepusher, released on warp in 2001. it peaked at number 100 on the uk albums chart.









































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unlike many of his earlier albums such as "hard normal daddy" and "music is rotted one note", which often prominently featured live instrumentation (particularly drums and bass guitar), the sound palette on "go plastic" is almost exclusively synthetic, with an emphasis on high-velocity breakbeats subjected to extensive manipulation and granular effects. in a contemporaneous interview, squarepusher claimed to be "fed up" with real instruments, wanting everything "brutal and digital."
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