what is the great pacific garbage patch?
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a soupy collection of marine debris—mostly plastics, and now another one has been found in the Atlantic.The patch is not easily visible, because it consists of very small pieces that are almost invisible to the naked eye. Most of its contents are suspended beneath the surface of the ocean, and the relatively low density of the plastic debris is, according to one scientific study, 5.1 kilograms per square kilometer of ocean area (5.1 mg/m²).
who made the 'Patch'? Can we blame it ON someone?
We could blame the problem on outside sources like the ocean currents that gyrate and make our trash into a big gulp of nastiness but the truth is that we are the ones to blame for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.The patch is characterized by exceptionally high relative concentrations of pelagic plastics, chemical sludge and other debris that have been trapped by the currents of the North pacific gyre.
Also how is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch effecting the environment?
The marine litter affects the environment is several ways. The new bigger parts of plastic cannot be digested by all kind of sea life like birds, fish and turtles. Once the plastic is in the belly there is not place for anything else and they simply starve to dead. Plastics are full of different kinds of chemicals. These toxin substances affect all kind of sea life including humans that eat fish.