Great pacific garbage patch

And that's a highly conservative estimate, say scientists.

The Great Pacific garbage patch is a gyre of marine debris particles in the central northern part of the Pacific Ocean bounded by the mass...

Spaceman floundering in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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World Oceans Day: Great Pacific Garbage Patch (infographic) - Belinda Ivey

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch or the pacific trash vortex is a collection of marine debris (litter that ends up in the ocean, seas, and other large bodies of water) in the North Pacific Ocean. It includes two distinct collections of debris which are formed due to the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre.

Great Pacific Garbage Patch Infographic about garbage in the ocean. Created by second graders at an Expeditionary Learning School.

Coastal plants and animals are thriving on the plastic debris, posing potential ecological risks

Take a look at pieces of the Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch, a loose, free-floating "dump" twice the size of Texas.