The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a plastic trash nightmare. It could also be part of a much bigger, hidden problem

Out in the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirl of plastic trash more than twice the size of Texas. As pieces of plastic tumble against each other, they break down into particles tiny enough to be borne aloft on the wind. Once in the air, they hav...

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