r/pics Aug 12 '21

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

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u/IMx03 Aug 12 '21

Micro plastics are everywhere. It wouldn’t be a garbage patch if it was made of micro plastics. It would just the the ocean.

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u/seaspirit331 Aug 12 '21

The microplastics that make up the pacific garbage patch are kept there by a series of ocean currents called the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre and are drawn into the center of the fringes of the gyre where they are concentrated into these garbage patches

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u/agreenmeany Aug 12 '21

Why are you being downvoted? You are making a factually accurate statement with nothing controversial in it!?

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u/theborch909 Aug 12 '21

People don't like FACTS that conflict with their OPINIONS