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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. Laysan albatross chicks from Kure Atoll and Oahu Island have around 45% of their wet mass composed of plastics from surface waters of the GPGP.
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.
22 de mar. de 2018 · 991 Citations. 6318 Altmetric. Metrics. 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...
Sea turtles and other marine creatures mistake plastics and other garbage as food (such as jellyfish) and ingest it. This mistake causes blockages within their digestive system and eventual death. According to the US EPA, Americans use more than 380 billion plastic bags and wraps each year.
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.
5 de may. de 2023 · CNN —. Translucent, fragile marine creatures that drift through the sea are riding the motion of the ocean to a destination that’s infamous as a home for trash: the Great Pacific Garbage...
22 de mar. de 2018 · The ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ Is Ballooning, 87,000 Tons of Plastic and Counting - The New York Times. By Livia Albeck-Ripka. March 22, 2018. Leer en español. The stomach contents of a...
