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A recent shows the world now has two ocean garbage patches. These are areas of the ocean which have a huge floating island of trash and . The first garbage patch was discovered in the Pacific by ocean Charles Moore in 1997. The new one was in the Atlantic by a husband and wife team Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen. “We found the Great Atlantic Garbage Patch,” said Ms Cummins. “Our job now is to let people know that plastic ocean pollution is a problem. Unfortunately, it is not to a single patch,” she added. Ms Cummins described her at what humans are doing to the ocean: “It’s to see it firsthand….We’ve managed to leave our really everywhere.”

The BBC has just reported the the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is doing. Tons of plastic is up on the beaches of Hawaii. This island is world famous for having some of the world’s most beautiful beaches. The very name ‘Hawaii’ up images of paradise islands. No longer. The BBC’s presenter Simon Reeve says Kamilo Beach on the island of Hawaii has been described as “the world’s beach”. He went on a tour of the beach with a local conservationist. They what was on the beach and found more plastic particles than of sand. A Wikipedia search the beach’s new status. The website says, “it is known for its accumulation of plastic debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch”.

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
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