Oceanography 11/29/12 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch The North Pacific Ocean is home to the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. This gyre is created by the North Pacific Current‚ the California Current‚ the North Equatorial Current‚ and the Kuroshio Current‚ all rotating clockwise throughout the northern hemisphere. It expands over the Pacific from the North Pole to the Equator and from California to Eastern Asia. The NPSG currents create the largest ecosystem on Earth‚ but they have also created
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch By: Niamh Leah Frances Edmonstone Imagine one day the whole ocean turning into a giant patch of toxic trash. People have been trashing the ocean for years‚ but now there is too much trash out there and it is destroying the environment and killing the marine life. If we don ’t try to stop this issue from escalating in the near future‚ The Great Pacific Garbage Patches size will increase rapidly and have huge effects on the planet we live on. Charles Moore‚ an oceanographer
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Alex Ibarra ENG 150-274 December 12‚ 2012 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Living on this earth is a privilege and unfortunately we sometimes take advantage of it. Stories of deforestation‚ air and water pollution really make a person think of just how much our planet is being harmed. A major concern is water pollution. Water covers at least 70 percent of the planet which makes our rivers‚ lakes‚ and oceans essential. Many of these bodies of water are being polluted and although they may be
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Plastic Paradise The great Pacific garbage patch. Not many people have heard of such a thing but this "thing" is real. The pacific garbage patch is said to be an island the size of Texas purely of garbage‚ but the majority of it being plastic. Plastic Paradise effectively shows the dangers of plastic and how it can harm the planet and the wild life it supports. Watching this film shows what we are slowly doing to this planet. It gives examples and states that ever since plastic was invented
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Ru_888688The Great Pacific Garbage Patch‚ also described as the Pacific Trash Vortex‚ is a gyre of marine debris in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135°W to 155°W and 35°N and 42°N. ... Wikipedia In context The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. education.nationalgeographic.com This gyre is similar to the North Pacific Gyre in the way it traps man-made marine debris in the North Atlantic Garbage Patch‚ similar to the Great Pacific
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Trash Island‚ AKA the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an island of trash build up in the ocean. There are two garbage patches‚ the Western Garbage patch and the Eastern Garbage patch. The Western Garbage patch consists of trash from mostly Japan and the Eastern Garbage patch consists of trash from Hawaii to California. During the past 10 years we have all let trash accumulate in areas of our oceans‚ called Gyres‚ which are areas of spinning debris. “These areas of spinning debris are linked together
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�PAGE � �PAGE �1� Garbage Patch The Great Pacific Garbage Patch and Our Plastic Ocean Bryan Taylor Environmental Science Dr. Tabone Februrary 1‚ 2009 Walking on any beach these days‚ you’re sure to find at least some form of plastic on the shoreline. Granted‚ there’s a lot of other stuff floating out in the sea‚ but unlike natural materials‚ plastic doesn’t degrade normally. Plastic bottles‚ containers‚ foam pieces made from polyurethane‚ and fishing lines are showing up in whole or pieces
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Michael Williams English 101-105 3/8/14 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch The Ocean seems to be used as a dump for everyone to throw their trash away in. Seems to be like all the pollution in the ocean comes from human waste than anything else. The ocean pollution is now a big problem facing us in everyday life. For years we have been trying to stop the dumping of trash‚ chemicals‚ and toxic waste into our oceans‚ but the people who
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Growing our own Garbage Patch Jessica R. Willard City University Growing our Garbage Patch Planet Earth is comprised of approximately 75% water. 96% of that 75% is all ocean water. The ocean is actually one very large body of water that is divided up into different smaller oceans. The large body of water is called “The World Ocean” and the individual smaller oceans are “The Pacific Ocean”‚ “The Indian Ocean”‚” The Arctic Ocean”‚ and” The Atlantic Ocean.” In the past‚ oceans have been viewed
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Present Technology The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) has caused a lot of problems. People have come up with ideas as to how we can fix the problem in a cost effective and plausible way. One of the major concerns is the wildlife in the oceans. Marine biologists use devices such a waterproof cameras to track the movements and habits of marine life. This may allow us to see how the trash is affecting the animals in their habitats but can be disrupted if there is to high of a concentration of
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