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10 de abr. de 2024 · Learn about the collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean, also known as the Pacific trash vortex. Find out how plastics and other trash affect marine life and the ocean ecosystem.
- Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Marine Debris Litters the Ocean. A lot of the debris in the...
- Ocean Gyre
An ocean gyre is a large system of circular ocean currents...
- Marine Debris
Marine debris is litter that ends up in oceans, seas, or...
- Food Chain
The food chain describes who eats whom in the wild. Every...
- View Leveled Article
Article originally published on July 3, 2019, this material...
- Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Great Pacific garbage patch (also Pacific trash vortex and North Pacific garbage patch [1]) is a garbage patch, a gyre of marine debris particles, in the central North Pacific Ocean. It is located roughly from 135°W to 155°W and 35°N to 42°N. [2] The collection of plastic and floating trash originates from the Pacific Rim ...
Learn about the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world, located between Hawaii and California. Find out how much plastic, of what types, and how it is distributed in the patch, and how The Ocean Cleanup is cleaning it up.
Scientists have discovered marine animals living on plastic debris in an area of the open ocean dubbed "the Great Pacific Garbage Patch". Many of the creatures are coastal species, living...
18 de ene. de 2024 · Learn about the marine debris problem in the North Pacific Ocean, not just one area of trash. Find out why the term "garbage patch" is misleading and how it affects marine life.
16 de ene. de 2024 · Since its discovery, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) has often been depicted in the media as a floating mass of plastic, and referred to as a trash island.
22 de mar. de 2018 · Ocean plastic can persist in sea surface waters, eventually accumulating in remote areas of the world’s oceans. Here we characterise and quantify a major ocean plastic accumulation zone formed in...
