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10 de abr. de 2024 · The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. Marine debris is litter that ends up in oceans, seas, and other large bodies of water. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific trash vortex, spans waters from the West Coast of North America to Japan.
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- Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Animals migrating through or inhabiting this area are then likely consuming plastic in the patch. For example, sea turtles by-caught in fisheries operating within and around the patch can have up to 74% (by dry weight) of their diets composed of ocean plastics.
In the Pacific Ocean, the North Pacific Gyre is home to the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”, a large area that is approximately the size of Texas with debris extending 20 feet (6 meters) down into the water column.
22 de mar. de 2018 · Here we characterise and quantify a major ocean plastic accumulation zone formed in subtropical waters between California and Hawaii: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP).
22 de mar. de 2018 · Some sea turtles caught near the patch were eating so much plastic that it made up around three-quarters of their diet, according to the foundation. The garbage patch is not exactly a...
26 de jul. de 2022 · Sea turtles frequently swallow plastic bags, mistaking them for jellyfish, their main prey. The plastic fills their stomachs, causing them to die of starvation.
2 de ago. de 2021 · A research team led by the University of Exeter has found plastic inside small juvenile turtles along both the east (Pacific Ocean) and west (Indian Ocean) coasts of Australia. After hatching on beaches, the animals then travel on currents and spend their early years in the open ocean.
