Great Pacific garbage patch - good explanation - National Science Foudation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azwKxDVGmns
Key points
-the garbage patch doesn't stay in the middle of the Pacific, huge sections hundreds of km wide break out and reach shores far away ex. Oregon
-the garbage comes from many sources falls off boats, river discharge, land.
-by studying the garbage that comes in alongside the species that live on coasts, they can map a coastline to show which areas may be hazardous for specific species
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