Started by Moira Gallagher (@moira_at_sea) ·
the great pacific garbage patch isn't an island of trash
It's more like a thin soup of mostly small plastic spread over a huge area, plus a surprising amount of fishing gear. Which makes it harder to clean up, not easier.
5 sources · 26 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “what does the great pacific garbage patch look like”
- Ended at
- The Ocean Cleanup
The Trail
- “what does the great pacific garbage patch look like” (google.com)
- Great Pacific Garbage Patch (en.wikipedia.org)
- North Pacific Gyre (en.wikipedia.org)
- Microplastics (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Ocean Cleanup (en.wikipedia.org)
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