May 02 2009

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Published by Evan at 2:46 pm under Environment,Oceans

I’ve written about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific where plastic outnumbers plankton! Here’s an excellent graphic showing the size and how it was created and how it’s sustained. If you’re looking for a good reason to cut down on plastic consumption, here’s an excellent one. Link to larger graphic on Flickr. Share this!

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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4 Responses to “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch”

  1. # Dennison 06 May 2009 at 7:18 pm

    Check out this effort to bring attention and solutions to the issue. The first voyage leaves Sausailito in just over a month http://www.projectkaisei.org.

  2. # garbage all over « ecopirates.neton 30 Dec 2009 at 4:24 am

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  3. # Ericon 29 Jan 2010 at 8:38 am

    Thank you for bringing attention to this pressing issue. We also featured an article about the ned to fix this issue on our blog at: http://ecocoupons.org/blog/environmental-news/the-sea-series…rs-zooplankton.html

  4. # The Great Pacific Garbage Patch « ERPZon 24 Apr 2010 at 9:44 pm

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