North Atlantic garbage patch
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north-atlantic-garbage-patch-176-5663101
title:
North Atlantic garbage patch
text:
The North Atlantic garbage patch is a garbage patch of man-made marine debris found floating within the North Atlantic Gyre, originally documented in 1972. A 22-year research study conducted by the Sea Education Association estimates the patch to be hundreds of kilometers across, with a density of more than 200,000 pieces of debris per square kilometer. The garbage originates from human-created waste traveling from rivers into the ocean and mainly consists of microplastics. The garbage patch is
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Large floating field of debris in the North Atlantic Ocean
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_garbage_patch
date created:
2010-02-26T08:24:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T20:30:29Z
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