A lot of garbage gets picked up by the current and deposited on beaches. A lot of mapping of the current happened when a container of Lego fell off a ship and washed to shore over decades. They have been talking about the Atlantic current collapsing due to climate change and the melting of Greenland glaciers. I wonder if less garbage correlates to less current.
I was wondering because I was on the west coast of Canada on Haida Gwaii and all the garbage I found was from Asia. I found a bottle of Korean Head and Shoulders and the guy I was staying with was using Japanese dish soap that he found washed up.
Micro plastics form from all types of plastic very slowly. It a kind of shedding of the plastic as it breaks down but can also happen faster with abrasion.
For example each time you use a toothbrush the plastic bristles shed micro plastics, or each time you open a plastic water bottle microplastics are released.
When a plastic bottle ends up in the ocean it will circulate for a long time, releasing microplastics, and also slowly disintegrating into multiple peices.
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Peppycito@sh.itjust.works · 33 pts · 1y
Wonder if it has anything to do with the north Atlantic current?
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
I hate how acurate this might be :(
Brekky@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Please expand?
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works · 29 pts · 1y
A lot of garbage gets picked up by the current and deposited on beaches. A lot of mapping of the current happened when a container of Lego fell off a ship and washed to shore over decades. They have been talking about the Atlantic current collapsing due to climate change and the melting of Greenland glaciers. I wonder if less garbage correlates to less current.
Here's an article about the Lego. It doesn't talk about mapping, but I seem to remember reading that people were studying it. https://www.toronto.com/news/a-bit-of-nostalgia-rare-lego-piece-found-after-being-lost-in-atlantic-ocean-for/article_5ec3be6c-50ed-5129-84bb-e399299d862f.html
ToastedRavioli@midwest.social · 13 pts · 1y
Brekky@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Thanks for sharing!
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
I was wondering because I was on the west coast of Canada on Haida Gwaii and all the garbage I found was from Asia. I found a bottle of Korean Head and Shoulders and the guy I was staying with was using Japanese dish soap that he found washed up.
MoonlightFox@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
I love how you can just ask this question on Lemmy, and people give great replies. I do it often, and learn so much.
lol_idk@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 1y
Did it just turn to microplastics?
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Micro plastics form from all types of plastic very slowly. It a kind of shedding of the plastic as it breaks down but can also happen faster with abrasion.
For example each time you use a toothbrush the plastic bristles shed micro plastics, or each time you open a plastic water bottle microplastics are released.
When a plastic bottle ends up in the ocean it will circulate for a long time, releasing microplastics, and also slowly disintegrating into multiple peices.