Open AccessThe oceans’ accumulating plastic garbage
Author(s) -
Erik van Sebille
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
physics today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1945-0699
pISSN - 0031-9228
DOI - 10.1063/pt.3.2697
Subject(s) - garbage , subtropics , oceanography , geology , earth science , environmental science , computer science , ecology , biology , programming language
A piece of plastic discarded into the sea travels far and wide, carried by complex currents. Eventually, the material settles into one of five distinct garbage patches in the subtropical oceans
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