r/pics Aug 12 '21

The majority of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is discarded fishing gear.

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u/seaspirit331 Aug 12 '21

You can raise awareness about the garbage patch without having to lie. It's largely made up of microplastics, not discarded fishing gear like what the woman in this picture is standing on

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u/InTimidationm8 Aug 12 '21

In SeaSpiracy they state that its mostly fishing gear

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u/seaspirit331 Aug 12 '21

Recent publications, such as Yang et al. (2021) and Mani et al. (2015), in addition to generalized research from GESAMP suggests otherwise