The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a region located in the Pacific Ocean that is characterized by extremely concentrated marine pollution, predominately pelagic plastics. This "trash vortex" is caused by the currents that make up the North Pacific Gyre. These currents rotate in a pattern that causes any marine pollution off the coasts of North America and Japan to flow towards the center of the gyre where it is trapped. This pollution has collected and grown to be estimated as covering an area as large as twice the size of the state of Texas.
Monday, May 9, 2011
What is "The Garbage Patch"?
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a region located in the Pacific Ocean that is characterized by extremely concentrated marine pollution, predominately pelagic plastics. This "trash vortex" is caused by the currents that make up the North Pacific Gyre. These currents rotate in a pattern that causes any marine pollution off the coasts of North America and Japan to flow towards the center of the gyre where it is trapped. This pollution has collected and grown to be estimated as covering an area as large as twice the size of the state of Texas.
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