Study: Plastic in 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' increases 100-fold
The plastic island, known as "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch," has grown 100-fold in 40 years. Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego traveled to the plastic island – the size of Texas – and found insects called "sea skaters"
The amount of plastic trash in the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" has increased 100-fold during the past 40 years, causing "profound" changes to the marine environment, according to a new study. Scientists from Scripps
Over the past four decades, the amount of broken-down plastic has grown significantly in a region dubbed the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Most of the plastic pieces are the size of a fingernail. During a seagoing expedition, researchers from the
Now, Goldstein has discovered that one sea skater Halobates sericeus actually benefits from what most people would regard as an ecological disaster – the circling mass of plastic and debris known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
The amount of plastic trash in the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" has increased 100-fold during the past 40 years, causing "profound" changes to the marine environment, according to a new study. Scientists from Scripps
