Tag: gyres
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KNOWABLE: In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, new marine ecosystems are flourishing
In the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, at least 79,000 metric tons of plastic has coalesced to create the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The patch, kept together by ocean currents and spanning an area of roughly 1.6 million square kilometers — about twice the size of Texas — is one of the most incriminating examples of human pollution…
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What is the great pacific garbage patch?
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world and is located between Hawaii and California. Scientists of The Ocean Cleanup have conducted the most extensive analysis ever of this area. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is the largest of the five offshore plastic accumulation zones in the…
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The Ocean Cleanup, Part 1: Alternatives to reduce ocean plastic
Photo: Shutterstock, providing many images of a polluted ocean. This is the first of two-part post. This installment is written by Kim, who will present alternatives to the Ocean Cleanup project to help curb the problem of plastic pollution in the oceans. The second installment is a technical review of the Ocean Cleanup feasibility study and is a…
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Fiberglass – An Overlooked Aquatic Pollutant
From garbage gyres that choke aquatic life to microplastics that accumulate in the human body, plastic pollution in the ocean is a huge problem. People are starting to pay attention to ocean plastic. Another type of ocean pollution still doesn’t get much notice – fiberglass. On the coasts as well as along lakes and rivers, abandoned and derelict vessels (ADVs) break…
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Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé found to be worst plastic polluters…
…worldwide in global cleanups and brand audits Photo: A Greenpeace diver holds a banner reading “Coca-Cola is this yours?” and a Coke bottle found adrift in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Even hundreds of kilometres from any inhabited land, plastic can be found polluting our environment. © Justin Hofman / Greenpeace Manila, Philippines – Coca-Cola,…
