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Could an island made of trash become the world’s newest country?
Floating in the North Pacific Ocean is a mountain of waste the size of France. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of two masses ... Designer Mario Kerkstra created the identity for the ...
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The growing garbage island polluting the Pacific Ocean
Did you know that there's a garbage patch twice the size of Texas floating in the Pacific Ocean? What's more, this trash pool ...
CNN4y
Plastic Island
Standing on the island's remote shoreline brings ... miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which you probably contribute to.
The Star1y
QuickCheck: Is there a 'garbage island' bigger than Texas in the Pacific Ocean?
However, unlike a true island, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not a solid mass, but rather a dense collection of floating pieces. In 2018, scientists from The Ocean Cleanup project ...
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Here’s Where the Ocean’s Trash Comes From
Roughly eight million tons of plastic enters the ocean every year. That’s according to a 2015 report, which also identified where the bulk of this trash originates. At the top of the list ...
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Toxic debris from Los Angeles fires found at secretive military site
Wildfire debris landing on the waves is sadly nothing new for longtime Pacific Ocean researchers ... at a sampling station past San Nicolas Island, the remote and off-limits landmass within ...