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What is the difference between the Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch and the Tsunami Trash caused by the March 11th 2011 Japan Earthquake and resulting Tsunami?
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The Pacific Ocean Garbage patch is the collective effort of many countries-mostly China and America consisting of mainly plastic that seems to be swirling around in one area of the ocean because of it's low density/ocean currents. The Japanese tsunami trash consists of fishing boats of considerable size, trees, buildings, chemicals, cars, bodies, and other contaminated radioactive debris from the Fukishima Daiichi nuclear plant explosion caused by the tsunami.
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What country was recently devastated by a tsunami?
11th March 2011: Japan was hit by an earthquake resulting in a tsunami coming in from the pacific ocean.
Did the tsunami begin the pacific garbage patch?
No. There has been a field of garbage floating in the Pacific for years as the result of accumulated litter.
How much did the pacific plate move in the Japanese earthquake?
It varied, but some parts of the Pacific plate slipped as much as 80 feet during the earthquake in March 2011.
Where else in the world oceans are garbage patches likely to form?
pacific?
What caused the Japanese earthquake and tsuname?
Tectonic plates caused the earthquake, the Pacific and North American plate were rubbing against each other, and this caused the earthquake. the earthquake caused the Tsunami.
What country was recently devastated by a tsunami?
11th March 2011: Japan was hit by an earthquake resulting in a tsunami coming in from the pacific ocean.
Did the tsunami begin the pacific garbage patch?
No. There has been a field of garbage floating in the Pacific for years as the result of accumulated litter.
What type of earthquake was the 2011 Japanese earthquakes?
Earthquakes don't come in "types"; but there are a number of ways of how they are caused. In this case, the Japan 2011 earthquake happened when the pacific plated shifted, causing a tremendous amount of energy to be released and resulting in the earthquake and tsunami.
Where did the pacific garbage dump start?
nowhere
When you see the the debris field caused by the earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit Japan on March 11th 2011 do you incredulously ask how are we going to reduce reuse recycle THAT?
Yes; it's very sad to consider the damage to many species that the trash in the North Pacific Gyre will continue to wreak. Perhaps it will draw the world's attention to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, discovered (identified) between 1985 and 1988. Unfortunately, the South Pacific, North Atlantic, and Indian Oceans have garbage patches, too. The United Nations Ocean Conference has estimated that the oceans may contain more weight in plastics than fish by the year 2050.
How did the pacific garbage patch start?
Indiscriminate dumping.
Can a car be driven on the Great Garbage Patch?
No. The items in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch are not bonded together.
Is the Pacific Ocean the same as the North Pacific Ocean?
Basically. There's a North Pacific and a South Pacific. I think. (ex: the North Pacific garbage thing)
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"
How big is the pacific garbage patch?
Twice the size of Texas.
How long is the great pacific garbage patch?
1,000 years
What type of fault caused the Tangshan earthquake?
the uneven heat distribution between the plate tectonics
