Great Pacific Garbage Patch - A Serious Issue: The worlds largest garbage dump is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. 3.5 million tons of trash make up what is referred to as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The patch, also known as the North Pacific Gyre, spans from California to Japan. If you put all the trash floating here together, it would be twice the size of Texas. Environmentalist Mary Crowley says the Garbage Patch includes everything from fishing nets to toothbrushes. She says shes seen even seen a car fender floating. On Marys first trip to sea in the 70s, she says she saw just one plastic bottle. Today, in parts there are six times more plastic than plankton. She says the toll can be seen everywhere, like a lighter found inside a dead albatross, found pieces of plastic inside jelly fish and plastic that killed a seal. To save the sea and the sea life, Mary founded the Ocean Voyage Institute and Project Kaisei. Aloha. oceandefenderhawaii Read more here, news4jax/news/Great-Pacific-Garbage-Patch-an-issue/-/475880/5629292/-/12e7bv3z/-/index.html
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:50:52 +0000