B-Roll: Marine Debris Archive Footage
2,107 views · Published 26 September 2012 · 4:16 · Indexed 28 September 2026
Channel: noaaBroll · 2012 · Science & Technology
Right-click and Save-As to download: http://tinyurl.com/9gwb5q2 Contents: Midway Atoll (2001): litter-strewn beach with sea birds. Glass and plastic bottles, plastic crates, metal baseball bats, laundry baskets, Midway Atoll (2001): Wayne Sentman, Biologist, Oceanic Society: Biologist Wayne Sentman, on beach next to a dead albatross with stomach cavity full of plastic pieces. Sentman explains the detrimental effects of debris on local sea birds that pick up floating pieces of plastic, having mistaken it for food. Scenes from "Trashing the Oceans" (1987) Old footage of beach trash, pulling up a barnacle-covered motorcycle from the water. Sea lions with net around neck.
