the great pacific garbage patch was found to exist by hypothesis in 1988.
the great pacific garbage patch was found to exist by hypothesis in 1988.
when was the great pacific garbage patch found to exist by hypothesis?
1988
research indicates that the patch is rapidly accumulating. a similar patch of floating plastic debris is found in the atlantic ocean, called the north atlantic garbage patch.









































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the patch was described in a 1988 paper published by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa). the description was based on research by several alaska-based researchers in 1988 who measured neustonic plastic in the north pacific ocean.
great pacific garbage patch
the south pacific garbage patch is an area of elevated levels of marine debris and plastic particle pollution, most of which is concentrated within the ocean's pelagic zone. it is located within the south pacific gyre, which itself spans from waters east of australia to the south american continent, as far north as the equator, and south until reaching the antarctic circumpolar current. the degradation of plastics in the ocean also leads to a rise in the level of toxins in the area. this garbage patch is the most recently discovered having only been confirmed in mid-2017. the south pacific garbage patch has been compared in nature to the great pacific garbage patch's state in 2007, making the former ten years younger. the garbage patch is impossible to detect using satellites, or other visual means as most particles are smaller than a grain of rice.
south pacific garbage patch