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What effect does the Great Garbage Patch have on the atmosphere?
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∙ 9y ago
It has little effect on the atmosphere. Most of its damage is to marine life and sea birds, which eat small pieces of plastic and die.
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Can a car be driven on the Great Garbage Patch?
No. The items in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch are not bonded together.
When did the great pacific garbage patch start?
1997 the effect of water pollution on ecosystem
How long is the great garbage patch?
1,000 years
How long is the great pacific garbage patch?
1,000 years
How much does pollution raise sea levels through displacement See the 87000 tons in the Pacific garbage patch for example www.nytimes.com20180322climategreat-pacific-garbage-patch.HTML?
87,000 tons, according to the NY Times: See article: "The 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' Is Ballooning, 87,000 Tons of Plastic and Counting"
What are the benefits of a garbage patch?
None whatsoever!
Approximately where is it Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
It is located in an area call the North Pacific Gyre, which is a patch of the North Pacific Ocean that covers thousands of square miles roughly between the United States and Japan and reaching toward Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. It's called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch because the prevailing ocean currents tend to swirl around this patch of ocean, causing all manner of floating debris to be concentrated in the gyre.
How did the pacific garbage patch start?
Indiscriminate dumping.
How can we stop goblal warming and the great pasific garbage patch?
Well we can stop it by recyling and ridiing bikes to school work. If we all do our part we can help.
Where maximum pollution can be seen and felt?
Great pacific garbage patch.... It's where thousands of tons worth of waste has gathered in a big floating mess
How big is the pacific garbage patch?
Twice the size of Texas.
How does currents create a garbage patch in the ocean?
eddy currents
