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Pacific Garbage Patch “Grossly Exaggerated” Says One University Scientist

By On January 8, 2011

There is a lot of plastic trash floating in the Pacific Ocean, but claims that the “Great Garbage Patch” between California and Japan is twice the size of Texas are [...]

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Garbage Patch – Plastic Island in the Pacific

By On July 6, 2010

With all the recent talk of the Gulf Oil Spill and its effect on the marine environment it is good to take a moment and look at some of the [...]

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch – Mapped

By On July 2, 2010

(Source: IMC Brokers) In the broad expanse of the northern Pacific Ocean, there exists the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, a slowly moving, clockwise spiral of currents created by a high-pressure [...]

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Sunday, March 14 Event – The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, American Museum of Natural History

By On March 13, 2010

THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH AND THE EFFECTS OF PLASTIC DEBRIS IN OUR OCEANS Part of the Milstein Science Series At The American Museum of Natural History WHEN: Sunday, March [...]

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