The Great Pacific Garbage Patch counts 1.8 trillion pieces of trash, mostly plastic

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is getting greater. Twice the size of Texas, the floating mass is up to 16 times larger than previously thought — carrying about 79,000 metric tons of plastic — according to scientists who performed an aerial survey.Thediscovery, published in the journal Scientific...

Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - March 22, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Amina Khan Source Type: news