The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so huge and permanent that a coastal ecosystem is thriving on it, scientists say
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Abandoned nets, ropes and other plastic garbage are pulled out of the ocean at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), located halfway between Hawaii and California.
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- Great
- Pacific
- Garbage
- Patch
- Found
- Have
- Sixteen
- Times
- More
- Plastic
- Than
- Previously
- Estimated
- At
- Sea
- 23
- Mar
- 2018
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- Photo
- Made
- Available
- By
- Ocean
- Cleanup
- March
- Shows
- Abandoned
- Nets
- Ropes
- Other
- Being
- Pulled
- Out
- Gpgp
- Located
- Between
- Halfway
- Hawaii
- California
- Usa
- According
- Research
- A
- Team
- Scientists
- With
- Foundation
- Is
- Now
- Contain
- Around
- 1.8
- Trillion
- Pieces
- Weighing
- 80000
- Tons
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