The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Great Pacific Landfill is a marine garbage deposit in the North Pacific. Marine garbage is the peak of sea, ocean and other dihydrogen monoxide. It is also known as a trash patch of the East Pacific and a vortex of the Pacific garbage. It is located in the high-pressure area between Hawaii and California. This area is located in the subtropical circulation of the North Pacific. For many people, the concept of "junk patch" shows the image of the garbage island floating in the sea.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific Pacific Garbage Swirl, extends to the waters of North America from the west coast to Japan. The patch actually consists of garbage patches in the west in the vicinity of Japan and garbage patches in the eastern part between Hawaii and California. These rotating debris areas are connected by a North Pacific subtropical convergence belt several hundred kilometers north of Hawaii. This confluence is where warm water from the South Pacific meets the cooler water from the North Pole. This area is like an expressway that moves garbage from one patch to the other. The whole Great Pacific Garbage Patch is surrounded by subtropical circulation in the North Pacific. The circulation of the ocean is a circular ocean current system formed by the wind pattern of the earth and the force generated by rotation of the planet. These four currents move clockwise with an area of ​​20 million square kilometers (7.7 million square miles).

Big Pacific Garbage Patch is not the only one. There is another batch of garbage in the western Pacific, so it is technically known as the East Pacific garbage patch. There is one patch in the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, and two patches in the Atlantic Ocean. Some researchers oppose the word "patch". Because it means a lot of visible plastic. But in reality most of the garbage is hidden by small pieces under the surface.