https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gvSYEqOMn8
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Visualising the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240115-visualising-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch
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I saw the sock with a gaping hole in it and dutifully carried it to my mother.
“Mom,” I said, interrupting her from reading her Good Housekeeping magazine. “This has a hole.”
Working five days a week while trying to keep five kids clothed and fed left her exhausted. She looked at me, then at the pile of clothes next to her chair.
“I don’t have time,” she sighed. “Just throw it away.”
It was the beginning of the end...
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https://vocal.media/earth/looking-back-on-50-years-local-dumps-socks-with-holes-and-garbage-patches
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a massive accumulation of plastic and other marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean, is home to diverse and abundant marine life. A new study by researchers from the University of British Columbia and the Ocean Wise Conservation Association found that the patch hosts more than 1,000 species of animals, including fish, turtles, seabirds, and whales.
#GarbagePatch #MarineLife #OceanConservation
https://www.upworthy.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch-home-to-marine-life
Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now home to dozen of coastal species, finds study
#ocean #nature #ecosystem #pacificgarbagepatch #garbagepatch
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