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What Is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

You’ve heard of it on the news: a collection of mostly plastic garbage floating in the sea that is more than three times the size of France. Is it real? Can you see it on Google Earth? How harmful is it to sea life? Find out here. What Is It? The Great Pacific Garbage Patch… Read more »

What Is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

Water is our most crucial natural resource, and our planet is teeming with it: oceans, seas, rivers, and lakes that make life on Earth possible. But right now, these waterways are also some of the biggest dumping grounds for plastics and other human-generated waste. And in the Pacific Ocean, some of this waste is slowly… Read more »