Gyre: The Plastic Ocean

Synopsis

Lavishly Illustrated With Informational Graphics, Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings And Photography, This 212-page Book Accompanies The Gyre Exhibition. Twelve Essays By Scientists, Artists, Writers And Others Explore The Ways In Which We Are All Connected -- Both By Trash And By The Sea, And Through Our Individual Actions. Gyre: The Plastic Ocean Looks At Human Consumption, Modern Materials And Environmental Change And Their Impacts Upon One Of The Largest, Most Mysterious And Critical Components Of Our Planet: The Ocean. This Book Includes The History Of Plastic, Startling Facts, Trash Breakdown Rates And Things You Can Do To Support Trash-free Seas. -- Anchorage Museum Website. From Giant Gray Whales To The Tiniest Corals : Marine Debris Is An Everyday Problem With Real Impacts / Nancy Wallace -- No Island Is An Island / Carl Safina -- Plastics Unwrapped / Ruth Pelz -- Art And The Environment / Julie Decker -- Turning The Tide On Marine Debris / Nicholas Mallos -- Plastic Beach / Donovan Hohn -- Ocean Conservation : Facts, Foresight And Fortitude / Howard Ferren -- Nowhere Is Remote : Voyage To The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands / Susan Middleton -- From Pristine To Plastic : The Cluttering Of Alaska's Coast / Dave Gaudet -- Ghost Nets : Modern Waste And An Ancient Culture / Sue Ryan And Trish Barnard -- Mark Dion And Alexis Rockman : Artists At The End Of Their Ropes / Mark Dion And Alexis Rockman -- Wilderness And Invasion : Plastic Place-markers Of The Anthropocene / Pam Longobardi -- Embedded / Andy Hughes. Julie Decker. Published To Accompany An Exhibition Held At The Anchorage Museum, Feb. 7 Through Sept. 6, 2014. Includes Bibliographical References.