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The Great Pacific ... particular area of the Pacific. Today, scientists know that the patch is the result of a combination of ocean currents that corral tons of manmade trash into a vortex of ...

It’s easy to find striking images of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP ... causing many to believe that these are islands of trash. Instead, the debris is spread across the surface of ...

But don't let the name "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" fool you. It doesn't look like a giant mountain of trash at all. It's actually scattered over a region of ocean that's twice the size of Texas ...