Water. Something that all of us need to survive but often take for granted. Look familiar? We use it to cook our food, to clean our clothes, to bathe ourselves. According to the United States Geological Survey, the average American citizen uses up to 80-100 gallons a day. But what about the rest of theContinue reading “FLOW:”
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A Plastic Ocean:
There are about 228,450 different species living in the oceans. As of today, 14 billion pounds of trash end up in the ocean every year. That means 228,450 oceanic species are suffering as a direct consequence of human actions. As of 2015, 90% of seabirds have ingested plastic and thousands of marine animals die everyContinue reading “A Plastic Ocean:”
The Vortex Swim
In AP Bio, we have been following Ben Lecomte as he journeys through the Pacific Garbage Patch. Ben Lecomte is a French swimmer that has been participating in long distance swimming since he was 31 years old. Now 52 years old, Ben Lecomte is raising awareness for the Pacific Garbage Patch by swimming three hundredContinue reading “The Vortex Swim”
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