Friday, February 22, 2013

Ocean Soup Diigo

Here is a link to my Diigo. Use the resources to supplement your own research. Use the comment section to share your favorite links. If your links are good, and you share enough of them, I will give you extra credit when you need it.

https://www.diigo.com/list/mleuchtmann/ocean-soup

14 comments:

  1. Claire C.
    6B

    http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/?ar_a=1

    http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/05/11/the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-poses-new-threat-to-marine-life/

    http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/info/patch.html

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  2. Anna Vaclavek
    5A

    http://ens-newswire.com/2012/09/26/invisible-plastic-soup-is-harming-ocean-animals/

    http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/26/our-oceans-a-plastic-soup/

    http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/pity-the-oceans-vast-stews-of-plastic-soup/

    http://greatpacificgarbagepatch.info/

    http://www.rtcc.org/micro-plastic-%E2%80%98soup%E2%80%99-the-oceans%E2%80%99-hidden-threat/

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  3. Dianna Cohen: Tough truth about plastic pollution (TED talk)

    http://dotsub.com/user/allegra

    Marine Pollution: The Sources and the Effects

    http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/envfacts/facts/marinepollution.htm

    Invisible Plastic Soup is Harming Ocean Animals

    http://ens-newswire.com/2012/09/26/invisible-plastic-soup-is-harming-ocean-animals/


    How to Get Rid the Seas of “Plastic Soup”?

    http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/pity-the-oceans-vast-stews-of-plastic-soup/



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    1. http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/clean-up-garbage-patch.htm
      http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/statistics-pollution-pacific-ocean-20311.html
      http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/ocean_plastics/index.html
      http://www.takepart.com/oceans/plastic-pollution
      http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8225125.stm

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  4. http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-205_162-6398470.html


    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090820-plastic-decomposes-oceans-seas.html

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    1. http://www.surfrider.org/programs/entry/rise-above-plastics

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    2. http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Earth-Day-Ocean-Soup-4153147.S.109657141

      http://www.oceansentry.org/lang-en/menu-news/environment/3898-more-oceans-swamped-by-plastic-soup.html

      http://www.care2.com/greenliving/plastic-soup-threatens-pacific-ocean.html

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  5. Lies You've Been Told About the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

    http://io9.com/5911969/lies-youve-been-told-about-the-pacific-garbage-patch

    The Plastiki Expedition

    http://www.theplastiki.com/

    The Worlds Largest Dump: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

    http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jul/10-the-worlds-largest-dump

    Great Pacific Garbage Patch a Bigger Worry Than Tsunami Debris

    http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/06/great-pacific-garbage-patch-tsunami-debris.html

    Study: Plastic in Great Pacific Garbage Patch Increases 100-fold

    http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/05/09/11612593-study-plastic-in-great-pacific-garbage-patch-increases-100-fold?lite

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    1. Oh by the way Mr. Leutchmann, Sydney and Nick helped me compile these websites so they can use this post for extra credit as well. I give them permission.

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  6. http://www.rodale.com/chemicals-plastic

    http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/how-long-does-it-take-for-plastics-to-biodegrade.htm

    http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2007/06/will_my_plastic_bag_still_be_here_in_2507.html

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  7. http://www.amiiko.com/world/waste

    ;)

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  8. Nila: 6A
    Check out these links!
    http://www.oceanriver.org/MarineDebrisWithDivers.php

    http://www.plasticoceans.net/

    http://www.cleanair.org/Waste/wasteFacts.html

    http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/plas

    http://www.environmentalistseveryday.org/publications-solid-waste-industry-research/information/faq/municipal-solid-waste.phptics.htm

    http://recycling-guide.org.uk/facts.html

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  9. Stephanie Zhang
    5A

    Two TED talks: http://marinebio.org/oceans/ocean-dumping.asp

    http://www.nrdc.org/oceans/plastic-ocean/

    Very interesting website: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090820-plastic-decomposes-oceans-seas.html

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  10. Isabel Dyke
    6B

    http://www.takepart.com/oceans/issues

    http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/info/patch.html

    http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/06/swirling-seas-of-plastic-trash/

    http://seapics.com/feature-subject/environment/ocean-pollution-pictures-001.html

    http://sciengsustainability.blogspot.com/2013/03/garbage-patch-in-oceans.html

    http://www.ted.com/talks/capt_charles_moore_on_the_seas_of_plastic.html

    http://www.ted.com/talks/dianna_cohen_tough_truths_about_plastic_pollution.html

    http://www.ted.com/talks/sylvia_earle_s_ted_prize_wish_to_protect_our_oceans.html

    http://www.ted.com/talks/roz_savage_why_i_m_rowing_across_the_pacific.html

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