Joining the numerous documentaries that have been made about the environmental debacle of plastics filling our oceans, filmmaker Vincent Pérazio’s Oceans: The Mystery of the Missing Plastic focuses on extensive and often surprising research into the amount of plastic in the world’s seas, where the plastic has gone, and what happens to it over time. In answering some of these questions, scientists have found novel ways of tracking the travel paths of objects caught in crosscurrents that find their way to resting places in deep canyons, among other unnatural graves. But that only explains part of the mystery of hidden plastic, and the film looks at cutting-edge research that may provide more insight. The uglier question is: what happens to plastic after years of being in sea water? The answer is horrifying, describing a potential destruction of the food chain and alteration of ocean ecosystems. A solid complement to Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (VL-9/17) and A Plastic Ocean (VL-3/17), this is recommended. Aud: H, C, P. (T. Keogh)
Oceans: The Mystery of the Missing Plastic
(2016) 52 min. DVD: $39: public libraries; $79: high schools; $159: colleges & universities. DRA. Green Planet Films. PPR. Closed captioned. Volume 33, Issue 3
Oceans: The Mystery of the Missing Plastic
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