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News Release 09-159
Scientists Find "Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch"
Discover extensive plastic debris floating 1,000 miles from land
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SEAPLEX researchers spotted a large net tangled with plastic in the "garbage patch."
Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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By-the-wind sailor jellyfish and other animals live in the North Pacific Ocean Gyre.
Credit: National Park Service
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Scientists retrieved myriad plastic bottles, many with an assortment of inhabitants.
Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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A piece of plastic floating at the surface carries a crab, algae and masses of flying fish eggs.
Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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