TEDTalks: Captain Charles Moore on the Seas of Plastic

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Captain Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he's drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas. [7:20]

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More information about the world's biggest garbage dump: the North Pacific Garbage Dump [7:09];

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