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Coffee Bubbles<a href="https://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/coffee-bubbles/" rel="attachment wp-att-420787"></a> People aren’t the only ones getting a jolt from caffeine these days; in a <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X12001804">new study</a> published in <em>Marine Pollution Bulletin</em>, scientists found elevated concentrations of caffeine in the Pacific Ocean in areas off the coast of Oregon. With all those <a href="https://inhabitat.com/tag/coffee/">coffee</a> drinkers in the Pacific Northwest, it should be no surprise that human waste containing caffeine would ultimately make its way through municipal water systems and out to sea - but how will the presence of caffeine in our oceans affect human health and natural ecosystems? <a href="https://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/plastic-garbage-island-underwater/" rel="attachment wp-att-420790"></a> The precise impacts that exposure to caffeinated seas may have on humans are <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/120730-caffeinated-seas-pacific-northwest-caffeine-coffee-science/">not well known</a>....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/'>READ ARTICLE</a>1
Plastic Garbage Island Underwater<a href="https://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/coffee-bubbles/" rel="attachment wp-att-420787"></a> People aren’t the only ones getting a jolt from caffeine these days; in a <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X12001804">new study</a> published in <em>Marine Pollution Bulletin</em>, scientists found elevated concentrations of caffeine in the Pacific Ocean in areas off the coast of Oregon. With all those <a href="https://inhabitat.com/tag/coffee/">coffee</a> drinkers in the Pacific Northwest, it should be no surprise that human waste containing caffeine would ultimately make its way through municipal water systems and out to sea - but how will the presence of caffeine in our oceans affect human health and natural ecosystems? <a href="https://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/plastic-garbage-island-underwater/" rel="attachment wp-att-420790"></a> The precise impacts that exposure to caffeinated seas may have on humans are <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/120730-caffeinated-seas-pacific-northwest-caffeine-coffee-science/">not well known</a>....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/'>READ ARTICLE</a>2
Water Pollution Plastic Bottles<a href="https://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/coffee-bubbles/" rel="attachment wp-att-420787"></a> People aren’t the only ones getting a jolt from caffeine these days; in a <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X12001804">new study</a> published in <em>Marine Pollution Bulletin</em>, scientists found elevated concentrations of caffeine in the Pacific Ocean in areas off the coast of Oregon. With all those <a href="https://inhabitat.com/tag/coffee/">coffee</a> drinkers in the Pacific Northwest, it should be no surprise that human waste containing caffeine would ultimately make its way through municipal water systems and out to sea - but how will the presence of caffeine in our oceans affect human health and natural ecosystems? <a href="https://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/plastic-garbage-island-underwater/" rel="attachment wp-att-420790"></a> The precise impacts that exposure to caffeinated seas may have on humans are <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/120730-caffeinated-seas-pacific-northwest-caffeine-coffee-science/">not well known</a>....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/'>READ ARTICLE</a>3
Coffee in Green Hungarian Cup<a href="https://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/coffee-bubbles/" rel="attachment wp-att-420787"></a> People aren’t the only ones getting a jolt from caffeine these days; in a <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X12001804">new study</a> published in <em>Marine Pollution Bulletin</em>, scientists found elevated concentrations of caffeine in the Pacific Ocean in areas off the coast of Oregon. With all those <a href="https://inhabitat.com/tag/coffee/">coffee</a> drinkers in the Pacific Northwest, it should be no surprise that human waste containing caffeine would ultimately make its way through municipal water systems and out to sea - but how will the presence of caffeine in our oceans affect human health and natural ecosystems? <a href="https://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/plastic-garbage-island-underwater/" rel="attachment wp-att-420790"></a> The precise impacts that exposure to caffeinated seas may have on humans are <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/120730-caffeinated-seas-pacific-northwest-caffeine-coffee-science/">not well known</a>....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/'>READ ARTICLE</a>4
Heceta Head Lighthouse Along Oregon Coast<a href="https://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/coffee-bubbles/" rel="attachment wp-att-420787"></a> People aren’t the only ones getting a jolt from caffeine these days; in a <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X12001804">new study</a> published in <em>Marine Pollution Bulletin</em>, scientists found elevated concentrations of caffeine in the Pacific Ocean in areas off the coast of Oregon. With all those <a href="https://inhabitat.com/tag/coffee/">coffee</a> drinkers in the Pacific Northwest, it should be no surprise that human waste containing caffeine would ultimately make its way through municipal water systems and out to sea - but how will the presence of caffeine in our oceans affect human health and natural ecosystems? <a href="https://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/plastic-garbage-island-underwater/" rel="attachment wp-att-420790"></a> The precise impacts that exposure to caffeinated seas may have on humans are <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/120730-caffeinated-seas-pacific-northwest-caffeine-coffee-science/">not well known</a>....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/'>READ ARTICLE</a>5