271: Trash Pirates

July 11, 2023 00:15:12
271: Trash Pirates
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271: Trash Pirates

Jul 11 2023 | 00:15:12

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Trace Kerr Amy Barton

Show Notes

Okay this title is a reach, but it was too good to not use. Turns out coastal critters are hitching rides around the world on our floating trash. From dramatic events like Japan's 2011 tsunami, to the stuff we toss into the garbage, we are changing the world and it's ecology in unexpected ways.

Show Notes:

Science.org: Tsunami-driven rafting: Transoceanic species dispersal and implications for marine biogeography

Nature Article on Trash

Marine Debris Program: article and video

Science Alert

Coastal Debris

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