Giant Garbage Patch Near Japan
February 7th, 2008 by James
The Independent reports that some scientists believe there is a gigantic “plastic soup” of garbage in the Pacific ocean:
The vast expanse of debris – in effect the world’s largest rubbish dump – is held in place by swirling underwater currents. This drifting “soup” stretches from about 500 nautical miles off the Californian coast, across the northern Pacific, past Hawaii and almost as far as Japan.
Check out the full article for more information and a larger diagram.
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“Mr Moore said that because the sea of rubbish is translucent and lies just below the water’s surface, it is not detectable in satellite photographs.”
There are things that sink in water, and there are things that float on water. What are the things that stays “just below the water’s surface” for years? Do they mean the plastic debris has the same density as water?
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It has the same density as Godzilla.
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This is total conspiracy!
The country that claims to have generated the most garbage will try to lay claim to the territory surrounding the these soups: my garbage my territory. The Takeshima/Dokdo dispute ain’t nothin’ compared to this!
Alternatively, if these so-called “soups” really do exist, they’re probably just part of the Earth’s natural cycle anyway. You know, like the natural fluctations in global temperature that gave rise to the “global warming” conspiracy.
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No doubt generated by all those volcanoes spewing plastic lava.
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xDDDDD
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OK then how can this garbage be cleaned?
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Do a google search. This article is debunked each time it appears (about every 3 months). I don’t know who keeps putting it out there, but they are misinformed and should put there energies into actually doing something about many REAL trash problems.
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“OK then how can this garbage be cleaned?”
Teach whales to eat garbage.
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