Playlist for Show: The Science Hour

In today’s episode we talk about the environmental legacy of plastics, focusing on the visible and invisible plastic contamination in the oceans. Next week we will be waging a full assault on bottled water!

 

REFERENCES

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/08/exxon-climate-change-1981-climate-denier-funding

http://chartsbin.com/view/mgz

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/19/plastics-industry-edited-california-textbooks_n_931486.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120920082526.htm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/22/plastic-ocean-garbage_n_5191294.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151111165849.htm

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bpa-free-plastic-containers-may-be-just-as-hazardous/

https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/tips/water.htm

Wikipedia.com

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0113_050113_albatross_2.html

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep08853

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/conservation-and-science/our-programs/research/husbandry/laysan-albatross-and-plastics#trash-travels

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/15092-plastic-seabirds-albatross-australia/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160523084044.htm

 

 

 

www.svs.gsfc.nasa.gov  Is the visualization of where currents carry garbage.

 

 

 

Quirks & Quarks clips:

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/quirks-quarks-for-sep-12-2015-1.3224539/plastics-a-new-silent-spring-1.3224613

http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=2335696113

 

TED talk:

http://www.ted.com/talks/eben_bayer_are_mushrooms_the_new_plastic?language=en

 

 

Movies:

The Human Experiment

The Invisible Ocean  http://www.invisibleoceanmovie.com/

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