I got a warning last week from State Parks about “mysterious silver containers, not to be opened…may contain rat poisoning.” That was all they said and they gave me an 8 ½ x 11 photo of these containers. I started digging on this online this evening…and found this coverage. Haven’t found any good information on the investigation of this, but all they know is: “the containers appear to be from China but officials don’t know what ship—or ships—they are from”.
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We’re fans here of Google Earth, not simply for it’s innate ability to locate remote surf spots, but it’s power in displaying data that was once only static. The Google Earth image above allows us to visualize, for the first time, the impact humans are having on the ocean’s ecosystems. The full map shows that over 40% of the world’s oceans are heavily affected by human activities and very few areas remain untouched, including the Pacific Northwest.
