What Is the Great Garbage Patch?
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- 01 Sep 2022
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a colossal collection of marine plastic waste and debris located in the North Pacific Ocean and is formed by the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre.
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Sea plastic pollution is one of the most pressing environmental problems the world currently faces right now. According to a study published in the science journal Nature, about 11 million tons of plastic enter the world’s oceans every single year, severely harming marine habitats and the animals that live in them.
But the ongoing problem of marine debris – which encompasses materials including marine plastic waste, fishing nets and gear – is nowhere more evident than the existence of the Great Garbage Patch, which is estimated to be a staggering 1.6 million square km in size.
The Great Garbage Patch, however, is not one single pile of trash in the ocean. but rather refers to two distinct collections of marine plastic waste formed by the massive North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Read More...
