Boaters mapping Pacific garbage arrive in San Francisco
Monday, August 24, 2015 - 02:00
in Earth & Climate
Far away from California's coast, where the Pacific Ocean currents swirl, the blue of the sea was replaced by fishing nets, buckets, buoys, laundry baskets and unidentifiable pieces of plastic that floated past the Ocean Starr, a ship carrying a team of scientists and volunteers gathering data on plastic garbage.