Open AccessPacific’s Garbage Hot Spot Holds More Plastic Debris Than Thought
Author(s) -
Randy Showstack
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2018eo095345
Subject(s) - debris , garbage , ocean gyre , marine debris , pacific ocean , plastic waste , environmental science , history , meteorology , aeronautics , oceanography , geography , waste management , engineering , geology , fishery , subtropics , biology
A nonprofit that helped to collect data for the research plans to use the study’s findings to help guide it in an upcoming campaign to remove buoyant plastic trash from ocean gyres.