Researchers are trying to learn the effects of the dust and debris on wildlife . Experts from the Scripps Institution of Philadelphia will spend three weeks at sea . It 's called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and it covers a vast area of hundreds , maybe even thousands , of miles of open ocean . Scientists say this sea - bound trash zone is largest among worldwide debris fields . Scientists say this enormous debris zone accumulated over many years .
Researchers are trying to learn the effects of the dust and debris on wildlife . Experts from the Scripps Institution of Philadelphia will spend three weeks at sea . Scientists say this sea - bound trash zone is largest among worldwide debris fields . Scientists say this enormous debris zone accumulated over many years .