A study of plastic trash hauled out of the Pacific Ocean found that most of it had been colonized by coastal life that was thriving right next to species that normally live in the open sea.
great pacific garbage patch
Four months into its testing phase, the Ocean Cleanup's plastic-catching device isn't catching as much plastic as intended.
A young innovator wants to remove all the plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. But his invention, a long floating boom, is moving too slowly to hold the trash it collects.
The giant, U-shaped tube is designed to form a garbage-corralling barrier propelled by wind and waves. Its creator hopes to remove half the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in five years.
Uchunguzi wa taka za plastiki zilizopatikana katika Bahari ya Pasifiki uligundua kwamba sehemu kubwa ya taka hizo zilikuwa zimekaliwa na viumbe wa pwani ambao walikuwa wakitawi karibu na spishi ambazo kwa kawaida huishi baharini. Mfumo wa Ocean Cleanup wa kuondoa plastiki haukukamata plastiki nyingi kama ilivyokusudiwa Mvumbuzi mchanga anataka kuondoa plastiki yote kutoka kwa Mchuzi Mkubwa wa Takwimu za Pasifiki. Lakini uvumbuzi wake, chombo kirefu kinachoelea, husonga polepole sana hivi kwamba hakiwezi kubeba takwimu zinazokusanywa. Bomba hilo kubwa lenye umbo la herufi U limebuniwa ili kufanyiza kizuizi cha kuhifadhi taka kinachosukumwa na upepo na mawimbi. Mtengenezaji wake anatumaini kuondoa nusu ya plastiki katika eneo kubwa la taka la Pasifiki katika miaka mitano.