SciShow: Why Can’t We Scoop All the Plastic Out of the Ocean?

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Content of the Lesson: Go to https://ground.news/scishow to stay fully informed on the latest science news, compare coverage and avoid media bias. Sign up or subscribe through this link before August 11, 2023 for 30% off unlimited access. Lots of people want to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and plastics have a huge impact on ocean environments. But marine wildlife are already adapting to our plastic waste, which means cleaning it up isn't as simple as just... cleaning it up. Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him) ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishowFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.626026/full https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/30/us/titanic-fast-facts/index.html#:~:text=At%20the%20time%2C%20the%20RMS,and%20it%20weighed%2046%2C328%20tons https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-01997-y https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/surprising-creatures-lurk-in-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/ https://peerj.com/articles/15021/ https://theoceancleanup.com/updates/system-002-and-marine-life-prevention-and-mitigation/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w%5D Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch-Map-2017.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/plastic-bag-pollution-in-ocean-royalty-free-image/612269120?phrase=ocean+plastic&adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RMS_Titanic_3.jpg https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0111913 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/close-up-blue-button-jellyfish-on-the-beach-when-royalty-free-image/901082884?phrase=blue+button+jellyfish&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/micromelo-undatus-royalty-free-image/1446269597?phrase=sea+snail&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/portuguese-man-of-war-hovering-royalty-free-image/1289212461?adppopup=true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCmTY0PKGDs https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/plastic-pollution-crab-travels-inside-a-plastic-cup-stock-footage/1170352066?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/plastic-garbage-island-royalty-free-image/1426542329?phrase=ocean+plastic&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/indian-ocean-and-plastic-trash-aerial-view-royalty-free-image/1465183004?phrase=ocean+plastic&adppopup=true https://theoceancleanup.com/media-gallery/#&gid=3&pid=5 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/portuguese-man-of-war-hovering-royalty-free-image/1289212461?phrase=portuguese+man+o+war&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/devestating-shot-of-plastic-waste-in-the-ocean-royalty-free-image/1442904386?phrase=ocean+plastic&adppopup=true https://theoceancleanup.com/media-gallery/#&gid=2&pid=2 https://theoceancleanup.com/media-gallery/#&gid=2&pid=4 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/octopus-settled-in-a-plastic-cocktail-cup-of-a-junkyard-stock-footage/1266567794?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/global-ocean-pollution-concept-with-microplastics-bits-stock-footage/1359212324?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/fishes-feeds-of-polluted-water-in-fatty-layer-swimming-stock-footage/1475351906?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/istanbul-turkey-may-30-2016-garbage-collecting-boat-on-stock-footage/1308023275?adppopup=true


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