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But what is the Great Pacific Patch?
The Great Pacific garbage patch, also described as the Pacific trash vortex, is a gyre of marine debris particles in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135°W to 155°W and 35°N and 42°N. Besides killing wildlife; plastic and other debris damage boats and submarine equipment, litter beaches, discourage swimming, and harm commercial and local fisheries. The problem of plastic and other accumulated trash effects beaches and oceans all over the world, including both poles. |