What is Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

Answer 1

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a region in the center of the North Pacific where, by coincidence of ocean currents, trash has gathered in an area larger than twice the size of Texas. Much of this is plastic trash, since it floats and is not biodegradable. Despite its size, it is not visible from space because most of the debris is tiny and floats below the ocean surface.

Answer 2

The pacific garbage patch is an island of plastic bags and all nature of plastic objects about a few feet thick and it stretches for miles in every direction. You can not stand on it because it is only floating plastic pieces but it is a horrible sight to see and it grows bigger by the day. It is estimated to be about twice the size of the State of Texas.

Answer 3

I think that it probably started when any plastic items began find their way into rivers and streams that made their way to the ocean. Along with debris from passing ships, fishing nets torn loose from their anchors, and some cargo containers inadvertently spilled, eventually became an enormous amount of floating plastic caught up in the huge spiral of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, filling a large space between Japan and California. Some say that it is the size of the State of Texas, some say it is twice the size of the State of Texas, but whatever the size, it is enormous, devastating to marine life, and a disgrace.

Answer 4

It's affecting animals that live in water and land. Sea turtle's main pray is jellyfish, when they see a plastic bag floating upside down, they thinks its a jelly fish and then its eats it. The plastic in its stomach is not biodegradable so it stays in there forever it never digests . The sea turtle thinks it full and it won't eat anything but the plastic doesn't have anything your body needs it's just toxic The sea turtle will starve to death

Answer 5

Nobody knows for sure, but it has been estimated that it is twice as big as Texas. That could be really wrong, though.