ES101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: North Pacific Gyre, Pacific Ocean, Gross Domestic Product
6 May 2016
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The importance of integrating natural science with social science. We must consider all different impacts of the issue, for example, the polar bears: The issue: plastics suspended throughout the surface to the bottom of the ocean, killing animals habitats, equaling up to the surface mass of texas. The garbage is located in an ocean current vortex called the north pacific. Garbage is comprised of non-biodegradable material which has pops (persistent organic pollutants) in it capable of travelling a long distance and bio accumulating in human and animal tissue. A collection of marine debris (garbage that ends up in the ocean) in the. Located between the u. s. and hawaii and california. Usually made up of tiny bits of plastics, called microplastics (can"t be seen by the naked eye) Isn"t shown on satellite imagery can only be noticed if you are in the waters, experiencing the flow of the ocean, like charles moore did (yacht racer)
