Unfortunately, plastic is so durable that the EPA reports “every bit of plastic ever made still exists.” All five of the Earth's major ocean gyres are inundated with plastic pollution. The largest one ...

Quick Key Facts Eight million tons of plastic reaches our oceans annually. The top plastic marine debris items are cigarette ...

North and South Atlantic and Indian Ocean. In the middle of these gyres, plastic trash has accumulated into huge “garbage patches” that act as “giant blenders - shredders that eviscerate ...

Mesoscale eddies, oceanic gyres about 100 kilometers in diameter, are ubiquitous features of the global ocean and play a ...

The North Pacific Gyre is a swirling vortex of water ... Most of the marine debris in the ocean is not biodegradable. Plastic, instead of biodegrading, photodegrades—it breaks up into smaller ...

The also discovered that the plastic appeared to be most abundant in areas where the subtropical gyres - giant ocean-wide currents - converged. Where these gyres come together they make huge ...

Plastic pollution is a significant issue in Hawaii, mainly due to its location in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre—a massive system of rotating ocean currents. This current system traps debris ...

slow-moving accumulation zones created by circular ocean currents, wind patterns, and the Earth's rotation. Recognizing that this “plastic smog” can’t be effectively cleaned up, 5 Gyres ...

Celia Konowe is originally from Reston, VA and earned her bachelor's degree in... July 7, 2020 Fishing nets and debris being removed from the North Pacific Gyre by ...

Unfortunately, plastic is so durable that the EPA reports “every bit of plastic ever made still exists.” All five of the Earth's major ocean gyres are inundated with plastic pollution. The largest one ...