What is the big Pacific patch?

Some scientists consider the patch of large pacific garbage to be incorrect names for the floating pile of waste of approximately the size of Texas, which can be found between Oregon and the Hawaiian islands, as it suggests that epic amount of waste can be manageable. Whatever it is called, garbage is an environmental disaster for the world oceans and is often used to illustrate the need to preserve the ocean. When it was sampled in 2001, it brought 6 pounds (2.7 kilograms) of plastic per pound (0.45 kilograms) plankton in water. The repair is not actually static in the position, sometimes carried into a solid mass that began to resemble landfills. It moves with a subtropical gyr in the northern Pacific, a high pressure zone of air that forces the ocean surface streams to move slowly clockwise and form a whirlpool sucks from other parts of the ocean to the gyro. The high -pressure zone is extremely stable because it is caused by hot air from cooling the equator when p with pbends north. There are several such gyres around the world and sailors and fishermen traditionally avoid them because they lack wind and sea organisms.

Traditional avoidance with the subtropical gyru in the North Pacific meant that the garbage that was slowly gathering has accumulated a huge volume at the time it began to be recognized. Most of the remains in the large Pacific patch are made of plastic that Neo biodegrad. Organic material and debris from other sources eventually disintegrate, but plastics do not build, even if they fall apart into smaller and smaller pieces. Greenpeace estimated that approximately 10% of plastics produced every year will eventually end up in this part of the ocean.

Environmental risks representing large Pacific garbage are diverse. First, the area supports minimal marine life because the garbage patch limits a limited area of ​​water in which photosynthetic organisms can live. Other moHe also suffers from life, including birds, mammals, fish and jellyfish, because he is wrong garbage for food. The garbage also carries a hidden payload: oily toxins that have accumulated in plastic floating on the water surface. These toxins seem to be absorbed and concentrated by plastics, which in turn consume unconscious animals.

public awareness of the Great Pacific Garbage increased in 2006, when a number of articles on feature reports were published. Some scientists are afraid that increased knowledge of the problem may come too late, as cleaning can be impossible. The problem emphasizes the growing problem of garbage in the world oceans and hopes to consider consumers to reduce the amount of garbage they generate, as well as to solve the problem.