The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Also a Hub of Floating Marine Life

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By Olivia RosaneMay 19, 2022, 4:15 pm337 pts
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is infamous for being the largest collection of ocean plastic in the world. Twice the size of Texas, it is home to more than 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic that weigh an estimated 80,000 tonnes. But a new study made available ahead of peer review in the biology preprint service…

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