Scientists find 'great Pacific Ocean garbage patch


	Scientists find 'great Pacific Ocean garbage patch

leonardg

8-28-2009 3:54 AM

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8-28-2009 7:48 AM

chestnut501

Hi leonardg, I thought I'd bring your attention to this clip in case you want to re-title it. Sometimes this happens to me. My new copy doesn't pick up so when I paste it, it still has the old copy in there.

8-28-2009 7:53 AM

leonardg

Thanks Chestnut

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