Oceanic Plastics and The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

In this episode we discuss oceanic plastics, how they get into oceans and their effect on the environment. Stay Curious! Follow us on Instagram @thecuriositymonkey Reading: https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution (How much plastic per year) https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.abg5433 (Plastic pollution and ecosystems) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w (GPGP is growing) https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(20)31552-8 (Pollution (plastic) and marine life) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9205308/ (Microplastics and animal health) https://web.archive.org/web/20190819024029/http://swfsc.noaa.gov/publications/TM/SWFSC/NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-154_P247.PDF (History)