- Headed to the beach this summer? Dont forget to pack the sunscreen, the inner tubes, the paddle ball, and an effing trash bag the size of your house because the sad news, folks, is that youre going to need it. (The Stir)
- Imagine a landfill twice the size of Texas, filled with junk, castoffs and other trash. Now imagine it's floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. (Time)
- And much of the debris will never make its way ashore at all but will remain in the ocean, swirling into a vast collection of floating trash known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. (Los Angeles Times)
- What is known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now the size of the United States, according to Moore. Wind and ocean currents sweep up this garbage and deposit it in this slow-moving gyre. (Scientific American)
- AFP - The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a swirling mass of marine debris, a Plastic Soup of discarded bags and bottles, in the north-east of the Pacific Ocean, whose mass is impossible to determine accurately. (France 24)
- (CNN)-- A marine expedition of environmentalists has confirmed the bad news it feared -- the Great Pacific Garbage Patch extends even further than previously known. (CNN)
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Great pacific garbage patch
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