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I sailed the Clipper Route from Mexico to Portland Oregon in 2018. I crossed the garbage patch from south to north approximately 600 miles west of California. It was three days of flat smooth water with no wind. The water was filled with uncountable pieces of plastic, mostly less than two centimeters across with many larger pieces of plastic rope, fishing debris, a plastic wheelborrow, and one larger floating structure which I passed at about 1000 feet which appeared to be a trailer with two wheels. It was three days of motoring through a Dead Sea. No observable life except for the green turtles about a mile apart which were not entangled so I let them be. That three days were the most depressing place in nature I have ever experienced! She is absolutely accurate in her description.

1:09 You actually spoke correctly here. "If there were a shark species ..." is right, though in informal English, many people would say, "If there was a shark species ..."

That eel was like 0-0

Your eyes… 10

You DO have the options of independent research in your discipline, for contractors, from any governmental level to NPOs, NGOs, and even corporate entities. A few biologists manage to pursue initially self-funded research. as microbiology lab can be quite small endeavors. Bacteria and a few other organisms degrade hydrocarbons, and experimental development of more efficient such detritus feeders does not at all necessarily depend upon large labs. I realize that females of the species in question - us - ARE more anxious about maintenance of social-status, read $$$, than are the male independents i know. What you might consider navigating is that deep phenotypic female human conservatism on social status. Going against culturally learned and worse, very likely evolutionarily pressures occurring in your XX neural architecture, to become ( or rather, reinterpret one's arousal. PoV of one trained in Ev, bio, neuropsych) truly independent, is surely a greater difficulty than a male can know. Yet, one can cite many rara avis female scientists, intellectuals, and in fact, ANY human endeavor, who have ventured outside chart confines, and thus changed, the course of humanity itself.

I find it hilarious and absurd. How so many people are quick to point fingers at Asian countries when the majority of the plastics in the world are manufactured and sourced from the United States and Europe. Denial is an incredibly deep and wide river in the United States.

1:08 Sorry, not a grammar nazi, but actually "if there WERE" is grammatically correct. Because the sentence is hypothetical, the word 'was' is replaced with 'were'. You said it correctly the first time.

It's time to ban single use consumer plastics.

I don't believe that megladon is extent but some of the reasons given are kinda shit and seem pretty illogical primae facie. We would have seen one or a body. Yeah like the wollemi pine that was sitting immobile on land in more or less plain view, or the coalacenth. Or all those species that we know nothing about that turn up every now and then in African or Asian fish markets, or African meat markets. Not enough food. Huh. There's enough food for sperm whales, and killer whales, but there would not be enough food for a shark of about the same size. Maybe even killer whales or sperm whales. Right. Yeah there are no extent "extinct" species that we have missed before. And then there are the other phenomena that don't exist because some white person with letters behind their name has not seen them. Like rogue waves... Or let's get crazy UAP. Science needs to stop saying there s no evidence for stuff until they have looked for evidence... GTFO.

The "deep sea telescopefish" is basically the Salcious Crumb from Return of the Jedi.

Omg this girl needs to be quiet the guy is trying to explain and every time he tries to say something she butts in

Humboldt squid are terrifying! I have heard stories of divers being swarmed attacked! Being grabbed by tentacles, bitten by beaks and dragged to the depths of the ocean! NO THANK YOU lol

i like u. very fun person. some advice. Make sure to pause every time you talk a little more than a word. I would have liked to not strain to hear him talk. i enjoy you both. subscribed!

Jeeeeze... 6:20 I thought you said you were going to stop talking! I cant even hear what the folks who made the video are saying!! 😒

Giganticisum is to to lack of solar radiation

the thumbnail looks like the two worms from samurai jack that lie to him

Seriously? Did anyone think it was literally an island? You made a video on semantics.

I think your videos - those containing video clips made by others would be better if you would talk-over the guests a bit less. It is a little annoying.

You talk to much.. This sounds like a documentary, not a reaction

I've to be honest... I came for those gorgeous eyes, and stayed for the science.

Big companies are to blame. Here's why: Before I had the common brick of milk. Now big company decided to add a plastic lid that I didn't need. Extra plastic unnecessarily added. Before I bought for years honey in glass jar. Now the big company decided the jar is going to be made of plastic. More unnecessary plastic added. And I could go on. However, they focused in blaming consumers, who can't do anything because they have to buy food to eat. The real problem is never addressed.

Does it matter? Humans are just smart enough to realize we fu*ked ourselves. Bring on natural selection

1:25 what did editor doo😅

Don't care..

She talks so freaking MUCH🙄😠Lol She even knows she’s talking too much!! Like STFU alrdy & add your comment after or keep it short

Im glad im not the only one who think squids are cute!!

ah yes I to love overcomplicating things for the sake of being technically correct, with a slightly less misleading title because. Well how else are people supposed to click.

Honestly, blue whale metrics are underrated!

Almost none of this plastic is from Europe, btw!

Never once heard it called an island ! So I'm guessing it came from you and this video !!!!

So basically human females and angler females are the same, they suck the life out of as many men as they can until they choose one to reproduce with.

Unfortunately, the exaggerated hype/false claims around the plastic island and things like it, once people discover they’re not true, has dramatically harmed the perceived credibility of all of climate science. Scientists and especially journalists need to be more careful about the kinds of claims that they make so that this won’t keep happening and people can continue to have faith in science.

Studies show that 90% of the plastic comes from asian countries.

This clears up a lot for me. I still believed in the plastic island until watching this. It was always one of those things that seemed wrong but I never really questioned because I had heard it from legit sounding sources, lol. Kinda like the whole, "you swallow 7 spiders in your sleep every year" thing

grow a sense of humor and buy a gag!

Isnt there a project going on at the moment that is sweeping human rubbish from the sea. Seen reports on it

Really liked the new style! Hope to see more new videos soon! Also, to add to the discussion, a lot of the plastics comes from fishing activities. I was born and raised next to a fishing community, and the amount of plastics they use is incredible. Everything from the nets, floaters and tools are plastic. All of these by nature, are perfect for microplastic generation, as the thickness of the fibers of the nets are close to the size range of microplastics, floaters are made of styrofoam balls that break appart by minimal physical stress, and salt and extreme UV radiation typical of the ocean surface will make plastics brittle fast.

The real reason that one dude shouldn’t be tryna make diesel form plastic… asides from the fact he’s using more energy and causing more pollution that just reusing the plastic and using regular diesel

... yet the whole world is obsessed about CO2 "pollution" while the real, dangerous pollution of ocean with plastic is neglected. Spend 10% of what's invested in green tech on developing packaging materials that would harmlessly biodegrade. Spend another 10% on introducing island nations to material recycling. Spend another 1% on developing a bacteria that feeds on micro- and nano-plastics.

When I was younger I really wanted to be a marine biologist. I love sea creatures , I’m just too scared to get in the water 😂😂

Plastic is a Genie that's not going back in the bottle.

I don't understand...if animals eat plastic, does that mean they also eat stones and sand? If not why not? I find those images of animals full of plastic suspicious. Why don't all animals die in cities, where plastic is abundant... and not a single bird dies of plastic. I agree that we shouldn't get the planet dirty...but inventing problems just to make more money is not cleaner...it's just another kind of mess.

I guess the patch will grow bigger once all the billions of face masks used since 2019 finally get there...

The trash problem WILL NOT BE FIXED until the entire world is lifted from poverty. That is the cold, hard truth. Plastics are not the bogeyman. It is the response to trash we need to fix.

The fact that even a specialist is learning new facts from their videos is so damn wholesome

I went to the extreme deep of the sea and I can confirm the horrors are unspeakable. I can type them, write them down, draw them, paint, but I can't speak of the horrors!

This doesn't at all explain why you would leave academia. You do your post doc and then presumably you move on to a tenure track position where you have permanent job security at a decent salary rate for the rest of your academic life. Why would you give that up? For a completely insecure position as a science communicator? I don't get that at all. You haven't really addressed that question.

Plastic can be harvested, heated, compressed into dense blocks and recycled as a crude building material. But.. no political will. All talk and no action.

i would very much like to see a part 2 if there isn't one yet!!!

im glad orcas dont like eating people because they're the apex predators of the ocean.