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Fact Checking the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
1:22:25 - 1:27:05 (04:39)
This episode discusses the misconceptions surrounding the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, including the belief that land birds feed plastic to their chicks, and highlights the lack of evidence to support this notion.
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch and images of birds with plastic inside their stomachs are often circulated on the internet, but many of these images are misleading or inaccurate.
1:22:25 - 1:24:33 (02:07)
Summary
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch and images of birds with plastic inside their stomachs are often circulated on the internet, but many of these images are misleading or inaccurate. Images of the Garbage Patch commonly include mountains in the background and various pictures of birds with plastic may not accurately represent the birds' actual state.
ChapterFact Checking the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Episode#373 - Patrick Moore - Greenpeace's Ex-President - Is Climate Change A Hoax?
PodcastModern Wisdom
The BBC has been accused of misleading audiences with nature documentaries that use footage from different times or places and present it as related to the specific program content.
1:24:34 - 1:25:13 (00:39)
Summary
The BBC has been accused of misleading audiences with nature documentaries that use footage from different times or places and present it as related to the specific program content.
ChapterFact Checking the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Episode#373 - Patrick Moore - Greenpeace's Ex-President - Is Climate Change A Hoax?
PodcastModern Wisdom
Land birds do not feed bits of plastic to their chicks as they have access to pebbles, but sea birds, being actual marine animals, need solid objects which grind their food as they lack teeth, leading them to feed pebbles to their chicks when they are unable to do it themselves.
1:25:13 - 1:27:05 (01:51)
Summary
Land birds do not feed bits of plastic to their chicks as they have access to pebbles, but sea birds, being actual marine animals, need solid objects which grind their food as they lack teeth, leading them to feed pebbles to their chicks when they are unable to do it themselves.