Segwey kissing James Dean. Segway is the sea lion we reported on in October that almost died from one stand of fishing line wrapped around her throat. Due to infection and starvation - too weak to find food she nearly died. Its people that can change the fate of our environment and the lives of the other creatures that share it that saved her life. She will be scarred for life, but her recent release back into the ocean serves as an example of people doing the right thing DOES make a difference.
This blog shares the research experiences and findings conducted at University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW faculty and students) in conjunction with Plastic Ocean Project. Earlier posts share open-ocean sampling and adventures in the North and South Atlantic, the South Pacific and the North Pacific Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Outreach and education is the primary purposes to bring global awareness to an issue that has reached a crisis level in the marine environment.
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