Plastic seas

Saturday, January 12th, 2008 at 01:24  

There’s a huge trash field floating in the North Pacific gyre (E on the map):

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A segment on NPR about the same trash field noted that it does not show up on satellite photos because most plastic floats just under the surface of the water, where it is invisible unless you are close to the surface.

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