> .. at least 79,000 metric tons of plastic.. coalesced to create the #GreatPacificGarbagePatch.. 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 #HumanPollution on the planet. It’s also a huge hazard for #MarineLife, killing up to 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals each year via #IngestionOfPlastic or entanglement in #PlasticPieces.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2023/in-great-pacific-garbage-patch-new-marine-ecosystems