The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Transforming Into a Wildlife Hotspot — And That's a Problem

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so packed with long-lasting plastic that dozens of coastal species are living, breeding and spreading on it — forming a new 'neopelagic' ecosystem that could ...
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‘Beautiful and Terrifying': Scientists Find 38 Million Pieces of Trash on Pacific Island

When researchers traveled to a tiny, uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they were astonished to find an estimated 38 million pieces of trash washed up on the beaches. Almost all of ...
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Transforming Into a Wildlife Hotspot — And That's a Problem

What – and where – is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Screenshot from The Ocean Cleanup via theoceancleanup.com The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not a solid island of rubbish, but a vast region of ...