Clara Mottura Created a Post in Plastics - ISLANDS Life on the Patch The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which is twice the size of Texas, is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world. There are about 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic in th 2 years ago Life on the Patch The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which is twice the size of Texas, is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world. There are about 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic in the patch that weigh an estimated 80,000 tonnes. The Patch has become so big and permanent that a coastal ecosystem is thriving on it. It shows how nature can adapt to human activities, which have become so vast that we have literally created a "country of waste" in the middle of the ocean. Click on the link below to read the article and watch the video! https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/17/world/plastic-pollution-ocean-ecosystems-intl-climate/index.html Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Add this Repost 0 likes 0 comments