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The gyre contains approximately six pounds of plastic for every pound of plankton. [17] A similar patch of floating plastic debris is found in the Atlantic Ocean, called the North Atlantic garbage patch. [18] [19] This growing patch contributes to other environmental damage to marine ecosystems and species.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. Large floating field of debris in the North Atlantic Ocean The North Atlantic Gyre is one of five major ocean gyres. The North Atlantic garbage patch is a garbage patch of man-made marine debris found floating within the North Atlantic Gyre, originally documented in 1972. A 22-year ...
Fuse beads are small cylindrical plastic beads that fit tightly onto an array of pegs. [6] The arrangement of pegs on the board constrains the possible patterns that can be produced on that board. Most fuse-beading is done on a square grid pegboard, but there are other arrangements like hexagonal grids . [ 4 ]
This turtle, which would fit in the palm of your hand, had eaten 104 pieces of plastic. This is a sad reminder that we all need to do our part to keep our oceans plastic free."
In the latter half of the century, plastic technology advanced so that it was feasible for artists to start using plastic and acrylics as an artwork medium. Artist Roxy Paine created a sculpture-making machine "Scumak No. 2": [2] a large metal contraption that oozed acrylic on to a conveyor belt that jiggled slowly back and forth. The barely ...
Plastic rings will (hopefully) soon be eliminated. This hack might soon be an unnecessary relic of the past. Fortunately, many brands are making efforts to reduce or eliminate single-use items ...
The pieces to be moved may consist of simple shapes, or they may be imprinted with colours, patterns, sections of a larger picture (like a jigsaw puzzle), numbers, or letters. Sliding puzzles are essentially two-dimensional in nature, even if the sliding is facilitated by mechanically interlinked pieces (like partially encaged marbles) or three ...
Parkesine, the first member of the Celluloid class of compounds and considered the first man-made plastic, is patented by Alexander Parkes. [4] 1869: John Wesley Hyatt discovers a method to simplify the production of celluloid, making industrial production possible. 1872: PVC is accidentally synthesized in 1872 by German chemist Eugen Baumann ...