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Most debris consists of small plastic particles suspended at or just below the surface, evading detection by aircraft or satellite. Instead, the size of the patch is determined by sampling. The estimated size of the garbage patch is 1,600,000 square kilometres (620,000 sq mi) (about twice the size of Texas or three times the size of France). [52]
Floating trash pile between Hawaii and California estimated to be twice the size of Texas 25,000 pounds of trash pulled from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Skip to main content
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (also Pacific trash vortex and North Pacific Garbage Patch [9]) is a garbage patch, a gyre of marine debris particles, in the central North Pacific Ocean. It is located roughly from 135°W to 155°W and 35°N to 42°N . [ 10 ]
Twice the size of Texas, the mass of about 79,000 metric tons of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii is growing at an exponential pace, according to researchers.
A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports on Thursday, March 22, found that the GPGP has grown to more than 600,000 square miles, which is twice the size of Texas or three times ...
The South Pacific garbage patch is an area of ocean with increased levels of marine debris and plastic particle ... or about 1.5 times the size of Texas, [3] ...
The Garbage Patch is not only one massive Garbage pile, but it is actually a combination of two separate masses. It has been calculated that the Patch is around 617,674 square miles in size, amounting to about three times the size of Texas. The Patch was discovered in 1997 by Charles Moore.
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