<P> The Great Pacific garbage patch , also described as the Pacific trash vortex , is a gyre of marine debris particles in the central North Pacific Ocean discovered between 1985 and 1988 . It is located roughly between 135 ° W to 155 ° W and 35 ° N and 42 ° N. The patch extends over an indeterminate area of widely varying range depending on the degree of plastic concentration used to define the affected area . </P>
<P> The Great Pacific garbage patch , also described as the Pacific trash vortex , is a gyre of marine debris particles in the central North Pacific Ocean discovered between 1985 and 1988 . It is located roughly between 135 ° W to 155 ° W and 35 ° N and 42 ° N. The patch extends over an indeterminate area of widely varying range depending on the degree of plastic concentration used to define the affected area . </P>
where does all the plastic go in the ocean
where does all the plastic go in the ocean
The Great Pacific garbage patch
The Great Pacific garbage patch