If he were alive today, what do you think Jacque Cousteau would have to say about

[helenbacque]

the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

What are your thoughts on it? What should be done? by whom?

 

[Trade]

I'm sure he saw it coming.

 

[HipGnosis]

sacré bleu!!

 

[HipGnosis]

Opps; forgot the second part

Someone is going to clean it up.
A young dutchman designed a machine to do it. Crowd sourcing for it raised $31.5 million.
It will clean up 50% of it in 5 years (once it gets going).
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/...-machines-will-filter-our-junk-from-the-ocean

 

[SeaBreeze]

I think he'd cry, it sickens me that we let it get this bad. Older thread on similar topic. https://www.seniorforums.com/showth...r-Threat-to-Sea-Life!?highlight=ocean+plastic

 

[Camper6]

I have yet to see a picture of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

 

[HipGnosis]

I have yet to see a picture of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

http://www.snopes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/garbage-patch.png