Thursday, February 21, 2013

Ocean Garbage Patch


  • There is not specific ocean garbage patch, there are many all across the ocean. The Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch, also know as the Pacific Trash Vortex, is a gyre of marine debris in the Central North Pacific Ocean.
  • The ocean garbage patch is formed due to the currents of the Pacific Ocean that turn circular creating a vortex of just constant flowing marine debris and trash.
  • This has a very large effect on marine life for the ocean. It not only effects marine animals but also the flora that live in the water. It effects the fauna by polluting the water that they breath in and also a lot of fish/animals die in the ocean because circular trash gets stuck around the nose/snout cause them to not be able to breath or eat. The way in which it effects the flora is that it pollutes the water majorly that they breath in and also they the water can be consumed by them.
  • There are many things man can do to stop this madness of the ocean garbage patch. One big main thing that man can and should do is to simply stop dumping our trash into the ocean. Human trash does not belong in the ocean. Its not right to make the marine life and ecosystem pay for the actions of humans. 
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