The Ocean Garbage Gyre is Impacting Sea Life

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The Northern Pacific Ocean, there obtained the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre.

The Gyre is created by a high pressure system off the air, it moves in a clockwise spiral and

moves very slow.

Ocean gyre is a circular ocean current formed by the Earths wind pattern and created by

the rotation of the planet. Then enter an area of the gyre is very calm and stable. The Circular

motion of the gyre tends to draw in debris. The motion of the gyre prevents garbage and other

objects from escaping.

This area is called the oceanic desert. Tiny phytoplankton but few fish or mammals fills the

oceanic desert. This area is not only filled with plankton, it is also filled with trash. Millions of

pounds of plastic, it is the largest landfill in the world and it floats in the middle of the ocean.

The Western and Eastern Pacific Garbage Patches are two large masses of ever accumulating

trash, which is stated the Gyre gave birth to them. The present is a large amount of hazards to

our marine life, fishing and tourism.

According to United Nations Environment Program, for every square mile of ocean lays over

46,000 pieces of plastic just floating around.

There is a large amount of material that accumulates because much of it is not biodegradable.

Like plastics, do not wear down, they simply break into pieces. They say plastic is being called

the chemical sponge, plastic is the most harmful debris found in the oceans.

DANGERS 3

So many of the ocean animals are eating tiny pieces of plastic and causing them to ingest toxic

pollutants.

There is a lot of trash that can get into the ocean, like glass bottles, aluminum cans, and

medical waste, etc. The majority of trash that ends up in the ...

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...d can even destroy the environment. The effects of not recycling can be very dangerous to the eco system and to the health of all living things. That is why it is very important to recycle.

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