1. montereybayaquarium: Starting June 8, the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts in Carmel presents “False Food,” a photo exhibition by Jerry Takigawa featuring plastic artifacts from the Pacific Gyre and the remains of albatross on Midway Island. Jerry’s work has been featured at the Aquarium, and on June 22  at 7 pm he will introduce our climate change specialist Sarah-Mae Nelson, who shares ways to reduce  plastic from our lives and help heal the oceans.

    montereybayaquarium:

    Starting June 8, the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts in Carmel presents “False Food,” a photo exhibition by Jerry Takigawa featuring plastic artifacts from the Pacific Gyre and the remains of albatross on Midway Island. Jerry’s work has been featured at the Aquarium, and on June 22  at 7 pm he will introduce our climate change specialist Sarah-Mae Nelson, who shares ways to reduce  plastic from our lives and help heal the oceans.

  2. nationalgeographicdaily: Black-Browed Albatrosses, South GeorgiaPhoto: Marius Coetzee A pair of black-browed albatrosses billing in West Point, South Georgia. It is believed that billing strengthens the bond between the pair.

    nationalgeographicdaily:

    Black-Browed Albatrosses, South Georgia
    Photo: Marius Coetzee

    A pair of black-browed albatrosses billing in West Point, South Georgia. It is believed that billing strengthens the bond between the pair.

  3. montereybayaquarium:

    Our Laysan albatross, Makana, gets a unique enrichment: a trip through the Aquarium offices! Everyone seemed to enjoy the visit—including Makana.

    I didn’t know I loved albatross until I saw Makana this summer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
  4. npr: Since 2009, photographer Chris Jordan has been documenting birds on Midway Atoll way out in the Pacific Ocean — near what’s known as the “Pacific Garbage Patch” or, essentially, a swirling heap of plastic the size of Texas. What Jordan found on those islands were carcasses of baby birds that have died an unnerving death: According to the BBC, “about one-third of all albatross chicks die on Midway, many as the result of being mistakenly fed plastic by their parents.” (via How Soda Caps Are Killing Birds : The Picture Show) Photo: Chris Jordan

    npr:

    Since 2009, photographer Chris Jordan has been documenting birds on Midway Atoll way out in the Pacific Ocean — near what’s known as the “Pacific Garbage Patch” or, essentially, a swirling heap of plastic the size of Texas.

    What Jordan found on those islands were carcasses of baby birds that have died an unnerving death: According to the BBC, “about one-third of all albatross chicks die on Midway, many as the result of being mistakenly fed plastic by their parents.”

    (via How Soda Caps Are Killing Birds : The Picture Show)

    Photo: Chris Jordan

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