Giant Great Pacific Garbage Patch Now Much Larger Than Thought
Scientists report the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has grown to as much as 16 times larger than previously thought and contains about 79,000 metric tons of plastic. They used aerial surveys and ship sampling to classify debris into micro, meso, macro, and mega plastics, with fishing nets making up nearly half of the mass.
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California
Hawaii
Laurent Lebreton
Ocean Cleanup Foundation
Netherlands
GPGP
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Tohoku
Census Update Shows Cuyahoga County Population Drop
New Census Bureau estimates place Cuyahoga County near the top of counties losing residents with 1,248,514 people as of July 1, 2017, down 4,940 from the year before. Only Cook County and Baltimore saw bigger declines while neighboring counties gained.
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Sea lions invade inland rivers threatening Pacific Northwest fish
In Oregon and Washington, federally protected California sea lions travel far from the coast into the Willamette and other rivers to feed on endangered steelhead and spring chinook. Wildlife managers trap and relocate individuals and seek federal approval to kill the worst offenders to protect fish runs amid declining returns.
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Shaun Clements
State Wildlife Agency
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Washington State
Doug Hatch
Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission
Hatch
U.S
Bonneville Dam
Humane Society of the
United States
Sharon Young
Young
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