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11-02-2007, 03:42 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 39
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      |  The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Amazing.  "The rotating air mass creates a high-pressure system throughout the region. Those high pressures depress the ocean surface, and the rotating air mass also drives a slow but oceanic-scale surface current that moves with the air in a clockwise spiral. Winds near the center of the high are light or even calm, and so they do not mix the floating debris into the water column. This huge region, what I call a "gentle maelstrom," has become an accumulator of debris from innumerable sources along the North Pacific rim, as well as from ships at sea." Trashed: Across the Pacific Ocean, Plastics, Plastics, Everywhere CHARLES MOORE / Natural History v.112, n.9, Nov03 | 
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11-02-2007, 04:12 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
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jean michel cousteau has a great show on the national geo channel , i actually watch the episode about this !! Its amazing how much us humans have made such an impact on our enviroment and wildlife!! Its good to see that we are aware of what we are doing. and trying to make a difference _________ 4x24w T5ho 135ltr/35gal marine cube 15kg of liverock Mandarin Goby, Zoanthids(orange and yellow) Hammer coral , red and blue coralmorphs.  Got Questions? Need Answers?
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11-03-2007, 06:59 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
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I have e-mailed these people for some more info. I will post back when they contact me. Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt Rogers  Amazing. "The rotating air mass creates a high-pressure system throughout the region. Those high pressures depress the ocean surface, and the rotating air mass also drives a slow but oceanic-scale surface current that moves with the air in a clockwise spiral. Winds near the center of the high are light or even calm, and so they do not mix the floating debris into the water column. This huge region, what I call a "gentle maelstrom," has become an accumulator of debris from innumerable sources along the North Pacific rim, as well as from ships at sea." Trashed: Across the Pacific Ocean, Plastics, Plastics, Everywhere CHARLES MOORE / Natural History v.112, n.9, Nov03 | | |
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11-03-2007, 08:06 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
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kool!!!!!:Halloween49: | |
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