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

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Clara Mottura
Clara Mottura

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.

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