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Bookmark or Share- Great Pacific Garbage Patch - EducationThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific trash vortex, spans waters from the West Coast of North America to Japan. The patch is actually comprised of the Western Garbage Patch, located near Japan, and the Eastern Garbage Patch, located between the U.S. states of Hawai'i and California.
- What We KnOW abOUt the “GarbaGe Patches” - National Geographic SocietyPacific Ocean “GarbaGe Patches” “Garbage patches” – inaccurate nickname given to open ocean areas where marine debris concentrates. What’s in a name? - the name “garbage patch” is a misnomer. there is no island of trash forming in the middle of the ocean nor a blanket
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Isn’t What You Think It Is - EducationThere is a huge patch of trash floating in the Pacific Ocean. It is between Hawaii and California. It is called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The floating trash covers a huge area. That area is larger than the state of Texas. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was discovered in 1997. In 2013, a teenager started a company to clean it up.
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Isn’t What You Think It Is - EducationThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the world’s largest collection of floating trash—and the most famous. It lies between Hawaii and California and is often described as “larger than Texas,” even though it contains not a square foot of surface on which to stand.
- Great Pacific Garbage Patch - EducationThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not the only marine trash patch, but it is the biggest. It spans waters from the West Coast of North America to Japan. The patch is actually made up of two parts: the Western Garbage Patch, located near Japan, and the Eastern Garbage Patch, located between Hawai'i and California.
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