OCEAN WATCH: Sea Turtles Ingesting Plastic Fragments; BP Oil Spill Latest and the Acidification of our Oceans.
The above picture shows the amount of plastic ingested by a juvenile green turtle accidentally captured off the coast of Argentina. More photos here and the full story here.
Scientists have confirmed that they have found oil from the BP Oil Spill that happened almost 1 year ago on dead dolphins that washed up recently in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more from the Huffington Post here and read Dr. Tom Termotto’s detailed report, “The Gulf of Mexico is Dying.”
The April issue of National Geographic magazine features an excellent article, “The Acid Sea”, detailing the effects of CO2 on ocean health. Read the online version here.
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In connection with your article, French artist, I started a series on ocean pollution entitled “The New World Order” made from photographs of plastic particles found on beaches around the corner of the world
Take the time to discover these drawings ⬇️
https://1011-art.blogspot.com/p/ordre-du-monde.html