As you can see from the Intro post made August 2013, Dr.
Woodall has a hard time getting rid of me. Since then, thanks to the
Oceanography lab research project, Environmental Health - especially effects of
Marine Debris – has become my field of interest.
As a Continuing Undergraduate Researcher (CUR), I have the
opportunity to continue posting about
plastic waste. This summer I visited the Oregon coast;
however, expecting to find at least one piece of Tsunami debris I was quite
disappointed when all I found was a lonely miniature My Little Pony.
During my original research project that focused on plastic
debris found on Florida’s beaches, I found hundreds of pieces on our state’s east
coast. “Tourists are to blame!” is usually one of the first responses I
receive, however, Florida’s west coast and some of the Oregon beaches I visited were
just as populated as some of the littered beaches along our east coast. The one thing I did notice: no garbage bins
and no driving on the Oregon beaches I visited! Garbage bins and vehicles were two criteria
I did NOT think to notate during my original Florida research, and thus I do not know
if the lack of plastic debris on Florida’s west coast may pertain to the lack of
vehicles driving over trash that didn’t make it into a bin!?
Wonderful post, Angela! I was happy to see you up and running again. BTW--did you click the 'Notify me' box in the bottom right?--if so, did it work?
ReplyDeleteAlso FYI--we also looked for garbage on a beach in Oregon. The one we were on did have beach driving--in spite of that it was REALLY hard to find garbage! I think they have a different mentality over there...you bring it in--you pack it out!!
It was rather disheartening when I went to NSB just yesterday and not only saw garbage on the beach left behind by visitors but also many garbage cans so full of garbage that they were overflowing...sort of pointless it seemed!--and VERY sad to know that most of it would likely float out with high tide :-(
Glad to have you back!!!
At first I didn't realize that one needs to be logged in to actually see the "Notify me" option, since one can see and type in the comment box before logging in. After playing around with it I realized my mistake, but it was after you had made a comment.
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