Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Growing Rapidly, Study Finds
The world’s largest collection of ocean garbage floating in the Pacific Ocean, halfway between Hawaii and California, is now bigger than France, Germany and Spain combined. The sprawling patch of detritus, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, contains nearly 80,000 tons of plastic, a study released Thursday found. Winds and converging ocean currents funnel the…
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Sure is empty down here...