Scientists Confirm The Existence Of A Second Garbage Patch In The Pacific Ocean

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Jul 22, 2017 · 1 min read

The South Pacific patch may be as big as a million square miles, 1.5 times the size of Texas.

A team of scientists has confirmed the existence of another ocean garbage patch, this time in a remote area of the South Pacific. Unlike the famous patch in the northern Pacific Ocean, which has long been one of the world’s most recognizable symbols of pollution, the new patch is in an area that had previously been largely unstudied.

The high degree of plastic pollution was uncovered by captain Charles Moore and his team of volunteer researchers on a six-month voyage: “We discovered tremendous quantities of plastic.” …

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