Garbage Galore A Swirling Southern Patch of Plastic Trash
T
he Great Pacific Garbage Patch and North Atlantic Garbage Patch have already been well documented,
and the trashy family is growing. The South Pacific Gyre is an accumulation zone of plastic pollution floating off the coast of Chile. Scientists at the 5 Gyres Institute, which tracks plastic pollution in swirling subtropical gyres (vortices),
discovered this latest mass of plastic by examining ocean currents. A new study published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin marks the first documentation of a defined oceanic garbage patch in the Southern Hemisphere, where sparse research on marine plastic pollution previously existed.
View a map and find more information at
5Gyres.org.
Suffocating Earth Accelerating Amazon Deforestation
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fter more than six years of steady decline, the deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon, which
serves as vital lungs for the planet, more than doubled in just six months this year, according to the nonprofit research institute Imazon. Observers blame the increase in part on Brazil’s weakened Forest Code, established to protect the rainforest by limiting how much land can be cleared and developed. Senior researcher Paulo Barreto explains, “Imazon uses satellite images to evaluate the deforestation monthly.” In May 2012, the Brazilian Congress changed the Legal Reserve rule that
requires landowners to keep 80 percent of their property forested by eliminating mandatory fines as long as the land is reforested. But enforcement is difficult and the land is often used for growing cash crops such as soybeans or raising cattle. New guidelines also allow clear-cutting closer to riverbanks, and
environmentalists are alarmed about threats to biodiversity. Additionally, 60 new dams are on the government’s agenda.
Source: Living on Earth (
loe.org)
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