Pacific Garbage Patch‚ which is a “nebulous‚ floating junk yard on the high seas” that stretches for hundreds of miles across the North Pacific Ocean (McLendon‚ 2010). I have observed that this is an incredible issue occurring today worldwide affecting our environment caused by a large amount of pollution. Today I will be talking about how the world’s largest landfill is formed‚ the global health effects it’s causing‚ and actions that can be taken to prevent The Great Pacific Patch to grow any further
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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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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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In a letter dated March 31‚ 1776‚ Abigail Adams requests his husband John Adams not to forget about the women’s rights in the Continental Congress and in the fight for American’s Independence from Great Britain. This piece of text belongs to a series of letters Abigail Adams and John Adams wrote to each other while they were separated between 1762 and 1801. This correspondence of over 1000 letters remains in the Massachusetts Historical Society. Those letters‚ “Remember the Ladies” letter included
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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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The best way to tell if a fucoxanthin diet patch is right for someone is if they start to shed weight after two months. The weight loss is supposed to happen very quickly at this point. Most people say that they have lost 15 pounds or more after their third month of using it. What Happened During the Fucoxanthin Clinical Study? After reading about how supposedly safe and effective that a fucoxanthin diet patch is to use for weight loss‚ many people might be wondering if it all seems to good to
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Directed by: Adam Green Summary: Frozen is about three friends‚ Dan‚ Joe‚ and Parker who go to a ski resort for a day. And when everyone else leaves they convince the ski lift attendant to let them go on the lift one more time‚ as they go on the ski lift the attendant leaves and another one takes his place. He tells the attendant that there is three people left but he misunderstands him and then he shuts off the lift. Then Parker‚ Dan‚ and Joe are left on the lift alone as it gets darker
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The Not-So-Great Garbage Patch The waste of mankind can literally be found throughout all parts of our planet. Contrary to what people would like to believe‚ not all garbage magically makes its way into some convenient dump. In fact‚ it is estimated that mankind dumps about 14 billion pounds of plastic into our oceans each year ("Marine Debris"). Everywhere leads to the ocean; whether pollutants travel by river‚ sewer‚ or runoff makes no difference. In recent years‚ the amount of debris making its
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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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Abigail Adams was a important figure during the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. She helped start ideas about the equality among women. She was born November 11th 1744 in a time when women had poor educations. As she grew older‚ she became interested in more than just the basic “roles” of women. Abigail Adams made many contributions to the United States. Abigail Adams grew up like mot girls in her time. Abigail Adams‚ born Abigail Smith was born on November 11th‚ 1744 in Weymouth‚ Massachusetts
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