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Pacific Garbage Patch, Pacific Ocean
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch sits near the surface of the ocean. Dense debris can sink centimeters or even several meters ben each the surface, making the vortex's area nearly impossible to measure.
Pacific Garbage Patch, Pacific Ocean: Work
The Great Pacific Patch Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. Also, known as the Pacific trash vortex, the garbage patch is actually two distinct collections of debris bounded by the massive North Pacific Subtropical Gyre.
The marine debris of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch can devastate marine life in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. The stomach contents of this unfortunate albatross include plastic marine debris fed to the chick by its parents.
Most debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is plastic. Plastic is not biodegradable, meaning it does not disintegrate. It simply breaks into inner and tinier pieces, known as Microplastics. Microplastics of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch can simply make the water look like a cloudy soap.
Pacific Garbage Patch, Pacific Ocean: Work
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