Great Pacific Garbage Patch Has 1.8T Plastic Pieces: Study

There’s an 80,000-ton monster lurking in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California and it’s still getting bigger, NBC News reported.Arguably more frightening than any shark, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a rapidly growing hot spot for ocean plastic, carrying 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic in what is now the largest accumulation of ocean debris in the world, according to a new report Thursday in Scientific Reports. Girl, 11, Speaks for Those Who ‘Don’t Make the Front Page’ The patch is now two times larger than the size of Texas, with bits of plastic and debris spread over more than 600,000 square miles of water, according to the three-year mapping effort from eight different organizations.Meanwhile, the annual consumption of plastic is on the rise around the world and currently totals more than 320 million tons, according to the report. Fla. Survivors Share Stage With Others From Chicago, LA Photo Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images, File
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