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Bookmark or Share- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch | The Ocean CleanupThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world and is located between Hawaii and California. Scientists of The Ocean Cleanup Foundation have conducted the most extensive analysis ever of this area.
- How Big Is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Science vs. MythUPDATED FEB. 27, 2019 — While everything may be bigger in Texas, some reports about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch would lead you to believe that this marine mass of plastic is bigger than Texas—maybe twice as big as the Lone Star State, or even twice as big as the continental U.S.
- What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? - NOAA's National ...The name "Pacific Garbage Patch" has led many to believe that this area is a large and continuous patch of easily visible marine debris items such as bottles and other litter—akin to a literal island of trash that should be visible with satellite or aerial photographs.
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so huge and ... - CNNCNN — Scientists have found thriving communities of coastal creatures, including tiny crabs and anemones, living thousands of miles from their original home on plastic debris in the Great Pacific...
- Visualising the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - BBCSince 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. However, contrary to popular...
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