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Attend a talk regarding the Pacific's floating garbage patches at the Explorit Science Center and write up a 1-2 page summary/reaction to the talk. This may be turned in for 5 points HW EC.
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Topic: "Your Neighborhood's Secret Dump: The Pacific's Floating Garbage Patches"

Speaker: Eben Schwartz of the California Coastal Commission
 
Time and location: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 3 at Explorit's neighbor in east Davis, the Davis Musical Theatre Company, 607 Pena.
 
Details: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch contains million of tons of debris that have become trapped in a gyre, a permanent clockwise spiral of currents. About 90 percent of the trash is plastic. In 2001, researchers estimated that plastic outweighed plankton at a ratio of 6 to 1, but as-yet-unpublished research show those figures to be extremely low.
 
Schwartz will discuss what scientists know about the Patch, its origins and potential solutions. He'll include a PowerPoint presentation as well.