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TEDTalks - Charles Moore: Sailing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
About this talk: Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he's drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas.
Time 7:20 minutes; Filmed February 2009; Posted on TED: February 2009
About Charles Moore:Charles Moore is founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. He captains the foundation's research vessel, the Alguita, documenting the great expanses of plastic waste that now litter our oceans.
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