For listers wanting to look at the bigger picture...there's a report in Science on the state of the oceans dealt with in an article for McClatchy newspapers: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/04/96966/report-oceans-deteriorating-health.html

That vortex of plastic in the middle of the Pacific is roughly TWICE the size of Texas??? Don't mess with my oceans!

The accompanying video says that the top-level committee forming to deal with the oceans will not include NOAA. NOAA will be "represented" by the Commerce Department.

Mark Twain must have something to say about this.

David Kirsh
Durham, NC

"It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction.
 Fiction has to make sense." - Mark Twain

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