martedì 11 novembre 2008

GREETINGS FROM THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH

For surfers and not... did you know that there's a plastic trash island in themiddle of the pacific ocean ?



The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also described as the Eastern Garbage Patch or the Pacific Trash Vortex is an area of marine debris in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly in an area between 135° to 155°W and 35° to 42°N. The patch is characterised by exceptionally high concentrations of suspended plastic and other debris that have been trapped by the currents of the North Pacific Gyre.


TO LEARN MORE VISIT http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/pollution/trash-vortex

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