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Great Pacific Garbage Patch in August 2015 (model) The patch is created in the gyre of the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (also Pacific trash vortex and North Pacific Garbage Patch [ 8 ] ) is a garbage patch , a gyre of marine debris particles, in the central North Pacific Ocean.
View of the currents surrounding the gyre. The North Atlantic Gyre of the Atlantic Ocean is one of five great oceanic gyres.It is a circular ocean current, with offshoot eddies and sub-gyres, across the North Atlantic from the Intertropical Convergence Zone (calms or doldrums) to the part south of Iceland, and from the east coasts of North America to the west coasts of Europe and Africa.
5 Gyres was one of two organizations that sent Expeditions to research the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. [10] [11] 5 Gyres presented their results at the Aquarium of the Pacific [12] and were cited as a source for estimating the size of the gyres. [13] 5 Gyres explained their activities at a National Aquarium radio broadcast, [14] were featured ...
The Indian Ocean Gyre, located in the Indian Ocean, is, like the South Atlantic Gyre, bordered by the Intertropical Convergence Zone in the north and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to the south. The South Equatorial Current forms the northern boundary of the Indian Ocean Gyre as it flows west along the equator towards the east coast of Africa.
Time: 3 p.m. CT. Location: Camping World Stadium (Orlando) The 2024 All-America Game is scheduled for a 3 p.m. CT kickoff on Wednesday, Jan. 3, from Camping World Stadium in Orlando. 2024 All ...
The oceanic regions within the South Pacific Gyre (SPG), and other subtropical gyres, are characterized by low primary productivity in the surface ocean; i.e. they are oligotrophic. The center of the SPG is the furthest oceanic province from a continent and contains the clearest ocean water on Earth [2] with ≥ 0.14 mg chlorophyll per m 3. [2]
During the 5 Gyres expedition, 48 samples were taken from a 2,424 nautical sweep. The researchers found an increase in plastic pollution density, averaging 26,898 particles per square kilometer, but spiking at up to 396,342 particles per square kilometer, peaking near the center of the predicted accumulation zone, [4] with some estimates as high as one million particles per square kilometer.
The Central American gyre (CAG) is a broad and seasonal area of low pressure that occurs over the eastern Pacific Ocean and western Caribbean Sea. It primarily develops annually during the region's rainy season between May and November, and most commonly occurs during late spring (May–June) and early fall (October–November).