Pacific Pollution Mass 'Roughly the Size of Texas' How a humongous garbage patch in breeds new bugs Ocean Trash Is Lifesaver for Insect may change marine life

Great Pacific Garbage Patch affecting sea life An increase in plastic debris floating in a zone between Hawaii and California is changing the environment of at least one marine insect, scientists report. Great garbage patch threatens Pacific The vast swirl of plastic waste floating in the North Pacific has grown 100-fold over the last 40 years, according to a research paper published Wednesday. How a humongous garbage patch in the Pacific breeds new bugs (+video) The great Pacific garbage patch has created a new breeding ground for a marine insect, which in turn is changing Pacific ecosystems.  How a humongous garbage patch in the Pacific breeds new bugs The great Pacific garbage patch has created a new breeding ground for a marine insect, which in turn is changing Pacific ecosystems.  Plastic in 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' Has Increased 100-Fold Plastic garbage in the ocean has increased 100-fold in the past 40 years and could have ecosystem-wide impacts, according to a study released Tuesday. Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography looked at the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG), known as the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch,' and found an "alarming amount" of plastic trash, much in small bits. read more PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH JUST KEEPS GROWING The amount of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has increased by 100 times over the past 40 years and it's causing potentially significant changes in the marine food web, according to a new study by UCLA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. More plastic in 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' The amount of plastic trash in the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" has increased 100-fold during the past 40 years, causing "profound" changes to the marine environment, according to a new study. Pacific Ocean 'Garbage Patch' Increasing At Alarming Rate Brett Smith for RedOrbit.com Plastic trash has been accumulating in the Pacific Ocean at an alarming rate and its effects are reverberating throughout the ecosystem, according to a new study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego . The study, published in the May 9 online issue of the journal Biology Letters , found that plastic trash in the "Great Pacific Garbage ... Pacific garbage patch may change marine life Scientists claim at least one marine insect now laying eggs in plastic; "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" may have lasting effects Great Pacific Garbage Patch plastic particle content up 100-fold Plastic particle content has increased 100-fold in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch since the 1970s. Plastic content in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre off the California coast is causing changes to sea creatures like sea skaters, who are laying their eggs on discarded plastic rubbish.
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