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\nThanks to CSIRO for supporting MinuteEarth. - Support MinuteEarth on Patreon And Subscribe! - ________________________ Created by Henry Reich Production and Writing Team: Alex Reich, Peter Reich, Emily Elert, Ever Salazar, and Kate...\nThanks to CSIRO for supporting MinuteEarth. - Support MinuteEarth on Patreon And Subscribe! - ________________________ Created by Henry Reich Production and Writing Team: Alex Reich, Peter Reich, Emily Elert, Ever Salazar, and Kate Yoshida Music by Nathaniel Schroeder ________________________ Free iTunes podcasts of MinuteEarth! - Facebook - Twitter - MinuteEarth provides an energetic and entertaining view of trends in earth's environment -- in just a few minutes! ________________________ References Andrady, A. L. (2011). Microplastics in the marine environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 62(8), 1596-1605. Barnes, D. K., Galgani, F., Thompson, R. C., & Barlaz, M. (2009). Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments.Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,364(1526), 1985-1998. Browne, M. A., Crump, P., Niven, S. J., Teuten, E., Tonkin, A., Galloway, T., & Thompson, R. (2011). Accumulation of microplastic on shorelines woldwide: sources and sinks. Environmental science & technology, 45(21), 9175-9179. Cole, M., Lindeque, P., Halsband, C., & Galloway, T. S. (2011). Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: a review. Marine Pollution Bulletin,62(12), 2588-2597. ftp://lakeerie.ohiodnr.com/Wildlife/Fairport_Fish/gorman/Plastics/Cole_ea_2011_Review.pdf Goldstein, M. C., Titmus, A. J., & Ford, M. (2013). Scales of Spatial Heterogeneity of Plastic Marine Debris in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. PloS one, 8(11), e80020. Morét-Ferguson, S., Law, K. L., Proskurowski, G., Murphy, E. K., Peacock, E. E., & Reddy, C. M. (2010). The size, mass, and composition of plastic debris in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 60(10), 1873-1878. Ryan, P. G., Moore, C. J., van Franeker, J. A., & Moloney, C. L. (2009). Monitoring the abundance of plastic debris in the marine environment.Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,364(1526), 1999-2012. Zettler, E. R., Mincer, T. J., & Amaral-Zettler, L. A. (2013). Life in the \"Plastisphere\": microbial communities on plastic marine debris. Environmental science & technology, 47(13), 7137-7146. Image credits Hydration Bottles Photo by: Flickr user Rubbermaid Products Sandbox and Beach Toys Photo by: Black Market Plastics Photo by: Montgomery Cty Division of Solid Waste Services Plastics Cups Photo by: Montgomery Cty Division of Solid Waste Services Plastic Bottle Photo by: Flickr User PUMP AID Chinese Plastic Toys Photo by: Wikimedia user Fotokannan Playground slide Flickr user ttarasiuk Recycled Water Bottles Steven Depolo Sea with Garbage Dump Photo by: Adam Jones Albatross Plastic Chris Jordan / USFWS Headquarters\n
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