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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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Eating Our Way to Extinction

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, covering an area of about1.6 million square kilometers,...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, covering an area of about
1.6 million square kilometers, may provide a unique opportunity
to better understand the growing problem
of microplastics in the sea

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch,
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covering an area of about 1.6 million square kilometers,
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may provide a unique opportunity to better understand
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the growing problem of microplastics in the sea.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:29
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Broxstar Productions

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Movie Summary

Globally renowned figures and the world's leading scientists open the lid on the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about: the damaging effects of factory farming.
A team of scientists from the organization Ocean Cleanup - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:24
A team of scientists from the organization Ocean Cleanup
A study, recently published in the journal, Nature, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:11
A study, recently published in the journal, Nature,
Many scientists agree that one of the greatest things - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:13
Many scientists agree that one of the greatest things
At least half of the plastic in the sea today - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:09
At least half of the plastic in the sea today
Because all those nets, all those lines, all that stuff, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:11
Because all those nets, all those lines, all that stuff,
We have a chance right now to change our eating habits. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:04
We have a chance right now to change our eating habits.
[light dramatic music] - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:09
[light dramatic music]
Everywhere we looked, we found microplastics, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
Everywhere we looked, we found microplastics,
Also, if we're looking on the surface or the seabed - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
Also, if we're looking on the surface or the seabed
We've also found microplastics - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
We've also found microplastics
We've been sampling for microplastics for quite a while now, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:10
We've been sampling for microplastics for quite a while...
[Kate Winslet] Microplankton are found - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:04
[Kate Winslet] Microplankton are found
When the researchers add microplastics - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:10
When the researchers add microplastics
Unaware that the tiny particles are made up of toxic chemicals, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:08
Unaware that the tiny particles are made up of toxic chemica...
The researchers observe how the chemicals accumulate - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
The researchers observe how the chemicals accumulate
The toxic plankton are then eaten by larger fish, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:13
The toxic plankton are then eaten by larger fish,
[Kate Winslet] A study by the University of Plymouth - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:09
[Kate Winslet] A study by the University of Plymouth
As we eat these contaminated fish, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:12
As we eat these contaminated fish,
[Mr. Rifkin] Our scientists tell us we're now - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
[Mr. Rifkin] Our scientists tell us we're now
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