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How Debris Accumulates
Many different ocean features can cause debris to accumulate, and it can do so on a very large scale or small scale. For example, gyres, which spin over huge swaths of ocean, can aggregate debris in...
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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...
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MovementThe term "Pacific Garbage Patch" is a popular nickname for an area of marine debris concentration in the North Pacific Ocean, located in between Hawaii and California. While higher...
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MovementMuch like in the Pacific, there is a North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre made up of four major currents – North Equatorial, Gulf Stream, North Atlantic, and Canary Current. There is also a North...
View ArticleCan you clean up the Pacific Garbage Patch?
MovementSolutionsThe answer to this is not as simple as you may think. It is certainly not cost-effective to skim the surface of the entire ocean. Even a cleanup focusing on “garbage patches” would be...
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How Debris Accumulates
Many different ocean features can cause debris to accumulate, and it can do so on a very large scale or small scale. For example, gyres, which spin over huge swaths of ocean, can aggregate debris in...
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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...
View ArticleWhat is the "Pacific Garbage Patch?"
MovementThe term "Pacific Garbage Patch" is a popular nickname for an area of marine debris concentration in the North Pacific Ocean, located in between Hawaii and California. While higher...
View ArticleAre there other "garbage patches?"
MovementMuch like in the Pacific, there is a North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre made up of four major currents – North Equatorial, Gulf Stream, North Atlantic, and Canary Current. There is also a North...
View ArticleCan you clean up the Pacific Garbage Patch?
MovementSolutionsThe answer to this is not as simple as you may think. It is certainly not cost-effective to skim the surface of the entire ocean. Even a cleanup focusing on “garbage patches” would be...
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