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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
It doesn't get any better beneath the surface of the water....
- Ocean Gyre
The garbage patch in the North Pacific Ocean is sometimes...
- 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...
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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) 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]
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.
18 de ene. de 2024 · Learn what the garbage patch is, why it is not a literal island of trash, and how it affects marine life. Find out the challenges of measuring and cleaning up the marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean.
Learn what garbage patches are, how they form, and what impact they have on marine life and the environment. Listen to an interview with a NOAA scientist who studies the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and other areas of concentrated marine debris.
21 de mar. de 2024 · Garbage patches are large areas of the ocean where litter, fishing gear, and other debris - known as marine debris - collects. They are formed by rotating ocean currents called “gyres.” You can think of them as big whirlpools that pull objects in.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an enormous agglomeration of plastic waste floating in the world's largest ocean, but it's not the only one and now scientists are trying...