midway atoll, Tag

On the Midway Atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, invasive mice are attacking nesting albatrosses, causing gruesome wounds that bleed profusely and can cause birds to abandon their nests or die...

http://vimeo.com/user2175840/httpwwwvimeocomplasticparadisemovie Thousands of miles away from civilization, Midway Atoll is in one of the most remote places on earth. And yet its become ground zero for The Great Pacific Garbage...

As debris from last year’s tsunami in Japan now washes up in North America, much of it is also settling into the Pacific Garbage Patch. Stretching northward from the outermost Hawaiian Islands, this swirling gyre of trash...