The Surprising Ecosystem Thriving in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
TL;DR
Biologists have found that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an 80,000-ton cloud of plastic and trash floating in the Pacific Ocean, is teeming with life. They discovered 484 marine invertebrates from 46 species, including gooseneck barnacles and sea anemones, clinging to the detritus. While the garbage patch is an environmental disaster, it is also a unique ecosystem that supports marine life.
- Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Is Bursting With Life The Wall Street Journal
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so huge and permanent that a coastal ecosystem is thriving on it, scientists say CNN
- Animals Are Migrating to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch The Atlantic
- Great Pacific Garbage Patch in open ocean hosts coastal life from far away NPR
- In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, coastal life piggybacks on plastic trash The Hindu
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