Pacific garbage patch

Just a small overlook of what some places in our oceans look like.

According to the Earth Times a Garbage Island is the points of convergence are where the deposition of trash occurs… by heroback

Efforts are under way to clear the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Is that really a good idea, asks Andrew Kersley

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch covers an area twice the size of Texas or three times the size of France.

For World Oceans Day, I'm posting a full page infographic I produced while at the South Florida Sun Sentinel on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch or the pacific trash vortex is a collection of marine debris (litter that ends up in the ocean, seas, and other large bodies of water) in the North Pacific Ocean. It includes two distinct collections of debris which are formed due to the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre.

And that's a highly conservative estimate, say scientists.

If you guessed the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” you’re right. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is also known as the largest landfill in the world, and unfortunately it is not found in a thoroughly…

Clowns and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Spaceman floundering in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch