Plastasia

Much talk of bricolage in various parts lately, perhaps presaging the discovery of a mass of slowly decomposing plastic the size of Texas in the North Pacific, reported in yesterday's NYT. An 8th continent, man-made, hormone disrupting, highly unstable, pulled in by the swirling currents of the North Pacific Gyre. And they haven't even checked the South Gyre yet. Oceanographer Miriam Goldstien, who writes the blog The Oyster's Garter, describes the situation, and waits for the other shoe to drop.