What IS a 'Great Ocean Garbage Patch'? - Gyre science updated

12:06 AM Fri 17 Jun 2011 GMT

'Many sailors report first hand on the garbage in the ocean, but confusion remains' .

Sailors for the Sea, a nonprofit organization that educates and engages the boating community in the worldwide protection of the oceans, has written a lot about plastics in the ocean - so-called 'islands of trash' float, trapping fish, choking birds, and growing larger with the passage of time. However, confusion remains, so here is an update from the Sea Education Association (SEA): Despite widespread concurrence on the subject the confusion remains due to the fact that these gyres are not actually floating mats of garbage the size of entire states, an image fostered by some of the earlier, more publicized ...

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by Sailors for the Sea