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The Trash Trail: Why is there so much plastic in the ocean?

Apr 4, 2023

33:56

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

How I Learned About the Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans

2min

The Benefits of Reusable Water Bottles

2min

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

2min

The Land and Ocean Rover Exploring Remote Realms

2min

The North Pacific Sub-Tropical Gyre

2min

The North Pacific Gyre

2min

How Johnny Trash Got Here From a River

2min

The Sound of the Ocean

2min

10.

How to Imagine a Living Creature on Another Planet

2min

11.

How to Hire Quality Talent Fast With Indeed

3min

12.

Molly's Guide to Action Lawyers

2min

13.

Clamber-Chillington, Attorney at Sea, Will Prosecution Pernicious Plastic Pollution

2min

14.

The Importance of Plastic-Free Lunch Days

2min

15.

The Power of Hyper-Local Action

2min

16.

How to Catch Plastic Before It Floats Out to Sea

2min

17.

How to Clean Up Our Oceans

2min

18.

Brain Zon: A Mystery Sound

2min

19.

The Brains Honor Roll

4min

We use plastic for all kinds of things, from shampoo bottles to glitter. It’s useful but also a danger, because a lot of plastic is ending up in our oceans, where it’s sucked into swirly twirly whirlpools of garbage. The biggest of these is called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Hop into the ExPLORERR with Molly and cohost Ana-Victoria to learn more about this plasticy problem and find out what you can do to help solve it! Plus a brand new mystery sound!

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