Global Oceans Awash in Plastic
World Ocean Day Source: Monterey Bay Aqarium - Monterey Shoreline Once Pristine Locations from Monterey, CA to Spain's Basque Coast Facing Plastic Pollution World Ocean Day was marked yesterday around the world. And sadly the state of world oceans is not good. Once pristine ocean locations are loaded with pollution. Two new cases of note. Monterey Bay Monterey Bay, California has been considered an environmental success story because the fish and sardine populations have made a comeback. Unfortunately that's not the whole story. Marine biologists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium just tested the water at 3200 feet and found alarming concentrations of microplastics. They found the plastic pollution concentration to be worst than that of the "Great Pacific Garage Patch", the huge floating mass of plastic and other debris floating in the Pacific Ocean. Bay of Biscay Meanwhile, an ocean away, volunteers worked the beaches of Spain's Basq...