From Mother Nature Network’s Russell McLendon:Sydney Harbor is one of the earth’s most picturesque seaports, renowned for both its natural beauty and iconic architecture. Yet after two centuries as the front porch of a major metropolis, it also hides an hideous secret below the surface: Garbage immediately blankets the seabed encircling Sydney, some of it nearly as ancient as the megalopolis itself.All this trash causes a variety of community problems, environmentalists affirm, such as leaching toxic chemicals into seawater or tempting marine animals to eat tiny bits of plastic. And it may feed a much broader environmental threat, also, since some of the debris washes outside to sea and could ultimately join the Fantastic Pacific Garbage Patch.Glance at More…
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