Pacific Garbage Patch | Scientists study ‘garbage patch’ in Pacific Ocean

August 5, 2009 by frankls
Filed under: Top Stories, US 

Members of the SEAPLEX expedition set sail on the New Horizon to study a trash field in the Pacific Ocean.Scientists study ‘garbage patch’ in Pacific Ocean
It is a problem of massive plastic proportions — a giant floating debris field, composed mostly of bits and pieces of plastic, in the northwest Pacific Ocean, about a thousands miles off the coast of California.

It’s called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and it covers a vast area of hundreds, maybe even thousands, of miles of open ocean.
Now researchers are trying to learn more about the sea-bound trash zone and perhaps find answers to basic questions.

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So What Do You Think?

2 Comments on Pacific Garbage Patch | Scientists study ‘garbage patch’ in Pacific Ocean

  1. Hudson on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 3:31 pm

    2. Forget studying it! Get some trawlers out there equipped with special nets and start cleaning! I realize this would be a HUGE undertaking, and probably very expensive, but GreenPeace, or the NOAA should be able to divert some funds and take care of this

  2. Scott on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 4:56 pm

    3. We need to focus more energy and resources on issues like this. Clean up idea – The creation of a huge floating platform that is equipped with solar powered filtration system. The giant barge can drift with the garbage patch. Fix the problem – we need find more eco friendly alternatives to plastics and other petroleum based products – start by eliminating corporate lobbyists in our government and force the politicians to work for the people.

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