CNET on MSN8 个月
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: The Floating Islands of Trash Three Times the Size of France
As plastic waste continues to grow, so does the trash that's accumulating in the Pacific Ocean. Two huge floating islands of ...
Center for Biological Diversity1 个月
OCEAN PLASTICS POLLUTION
All five of the Earth's major ocean gyres are inundated with plastic pollution. The largest one has been dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of plastic ...
The Weather Channel on MSN3 个月
Could The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Be Eliminated In Five Years?
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of plastic in the world, but one company says it can get rid of ...
BBC3 年
Pacific Ocean garbage patch is immense plastic habitat
Many of the creatures are coastal species, living miles from their usual habitats, on a patch halfway between ... floating debris to accumulate - in the Pacific. Lead researcher Dr Linsey Haram ...
BBC6 年
Plastic patch in Pacific Ocean growing rapidly, study shows
Predictions suggest a build-up of about 80,000 tonnes of plastic in the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" between California and Hawaii. This figure is up to sixteen times higher than previously ...