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The Pacific Garbage Patch Explained
Learn everything you need to know about the Pacific Garbage Patch, the swirling mass of plastic in the middle of the Pacific ocean that is big enough to qualify as the planet's largest landfill. There's 315 billion pounds of plastic trash in the ocean; learn how it got there, what it's doing to the ocean, and how we can clean it up.
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Isn't It Time to Clean Up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
We all know it's out there: a giant swirling mass of trash and scrap known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. We have seen how the trash is killing birds and other wildlife. It's a twice-the-size-of-Texas problem, but what can we do to stop it?
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Planet100 Explains The Pacific Garbage Patch (Video News)
Get the Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How of the Pacific Garbage Patch in video form, all in a couple short minutes.
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Quiz: What's Your Oceans IQ?
How much do you know about our planet's oceans? Take our quiz to see how much you know (and how much you have left to learn!)
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Slideshow: An Ocean of Plastic...In Birds' Guts
Photographer Chris Jordan's photography project, Midway, documents the shocking impact of Pacific trash on birds.
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Focus Earth: Pacific Plastic, The Garbage Patch (Video)
Whatever washes into the Earth's rivers and streams will eventually find it's way to the Ocean. Join host Bob Woodruff as he tracks the largest collection of waste plastic into the Pacific Ocean, where garbage has collected from all around the globe.
