Web Extra: Scenes from the Pacific Garbage Patch

Slideshow on Dec 08, 2009 by KQED QUEST staff from QUEST Northern California
Topics: Environment

Reporter Lindsey Hoshaw recently returned from a trip to the Pacific Garbage Patch. She was the only journalist on a scientific expedition led by Charles Moore, who discovered the patch 12 years ago. QUEST reporter Amy Standen shares some new photos from Lindsey about her trip to the patch and what she found there.

Additional Links

• Quest Science Blog: Interview with Lindsey Hoshaw
• Algalita Marine Research Foundation
• Ocean Adventures Video: Trash on the Spin Cycle