The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so huge and permanent that a coastal ecosystem is thriving on it, scientists say

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch(GPGP) is the world's largest accumulation of ocean plastic, trapped in the North Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California by circulating currents known as the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Despite its name, it is not a solid island of trash but a widely dispersed area. While it covers an estimated surface area of 1.6 million square kilometers, the vast majority of the debris consists of microplastics, which are tiny fragments not always visible to the naked e

Aerial view of Plastic Island or Great Pacific Garbage Patch or Pacific Trash Vortex, consisting mainly of plastic, light metals organic residues of ocean garbage. Environmental disaster. AI-generated

An aerial view of an island full of plastic, also known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch or the Pacific Trash Vortex, showing a concentration of plastic, metal, and organic garbage in the ocean.