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Let’s Talk Trash!
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
National Geographic says, “No one knows how much debris makes up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre is too large for scientists to explore. In addition, not all trash floats on the surface. Denser debris can sink centimeters or even several meters beneath the surface, making the vortex’s area nearly impossible to measure. About 80% of the debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch comes from land- based activities in North America and Asia. Trash from the coast of North America takes about six years to reach the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, while trash from Japan and other Asian countries takes about a year.” This is an oceanic mess of an unprecedented degree! Billions of pounds
of trash has spread over so much of the open ocean, it cannot be dragged in, and because it contains so many type of garbage- including microplastics that have broken down because of saltwater and sun exposure, some of it cannot even be gathered. And plastic never fully degrades, it just breaks down into a smaller and smaller pieces. According to the EPA, every piece of plastic ever made is still in existence. This is the waste of our world, gathered together in what should be a totally pristine environment. And it affects everything, including the wildlife of the Pacific Ocean and beyond. National Geographic says, “Marine debris can be very harmful to marine
First found by Charles Moore on a trans-Pacific sailing voyage, the Pacific Garbage Patch is an accumulation of plastics, fishing lines, and other marine and land debris that spans HUNDREDS of miles in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The PGP is the largest, but it’s not the only one– there are actually multiple garbage patches across the Pacific.
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