Plastics in oceans
Witness History
English - January 09, 2023 10:41 - 8 minutes - 4.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 853 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Pussy Riot’s cathedral protest
Next Episode: Dutch North Sea flood
In 1971, marine biologist Edward Carpenter made a shocking discovery finding small bits of plastics floating thousands of miles of the east coast of America in the Atlantic Ocean.
More than 50 years later he tells the story of how he had to fight hard to get the scientific world to take notice of his discovery.
He also tells Alex Collins about when plastics in oceans went viral.
(Photo: Plastic floating in water. Credit: Getty Images)