The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (also Pacific trash vortex and North Pacific Garbage Patch[1]) is a garbage patch, a gyre of marine debris particles, in the central North Pacific Ocean. It is …

The entire Great Pacific Garbage Patch is bounded by the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) defines a gyre as a large system of …

Great Pacific Garbage Patch, zone in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii that has a high concentration of plastic waste. Ocean currents carry plastic debris into a subtropical gyre, …

2024年6月16日 · The name "Pacific Garbage Patch" has led many to believe that this area is a large and continuous patch of easily visible marine debris items such as bottles and other …

2024年1月16日 · Created by swirling ocean currents known as gyres, these act like a trash vortex, sucking in plastics and shifting constantly. Since its discovery, the Great Pacific Garbage …

2023年9月29日 · The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is primarily kept in place by ocean currents, specifically the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. This gyre is a system of circulating ocean …

2025年1月8日 · Ocean currents, particularly the North Pacific Gyre, act as a conveyor belt, funneling debris into the patch and ensuring that it continues to grow. Unlike localized pollution …