Ocean Garbage Patch
The ocean garbage patch is found in the pacific ocean that is a a gyre of marine debris located roughly between 135 degrees W to 155 degrees W and 35 degrees N and 42 degrees N. It has high concentrations of pelagic plastics, chemical sludge and other debris. All of this comes 80 % of land-based pollution and 20 % of pollution from ships. Some of these plastics end up in stomachs of birds and animals, including sea turtles, and albatrosses. Many of the birds young dies because of the plastic being fed to it from the mother. Toxic chemicals are also eaten by many other marine creatures witch in turn are eaten by a larger predator. Then some fish that we eat might also have these chemicals, so therefore it affects humans too. The ways humans can fight off this garbage patch is creating organizations of clean ups and get lots of people to help. And also to promote the idea of cleanup and to let people understand what littering does.
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