Great Pacific Garbage PatchThe 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' is also known as Pacific Trash Vortex or Eastern Garbage Patch. It is located in between 135° to 155° wat and 35° to 42° N, which is expected double the size of Texas. It is distinguished by the high quantity of plastic and various other remains collected from the North Pacific Gyre.
As like other remains the formation of great pacific garbage patch is the result of pollution of marine. It is not visible through satellite photography as it is made up of its small pieces. This garbage patch come into light or grabbed scientific attention of every one when captain and an ocean researcher Charles Moore made documentary on the place. About 1,600 kilometers area of the ocean has become polluted. On July 31, 2009 an article was published by the National Geographic News, which was saying that about 260 million tones of the plastic garbage ends in the ocean per year. This area has become a home for the waste material and garbage such as disposable diapers, plastic bottles of water and various other discarded fishing mechanisms. The scientists on this research mission are planning to study the garbage raft. Two ships named as Kaisei and New horizon are on the mission who has left on august 2, 2009 and August 4, 2009. The crew will study the reason behind the mixing of decomposing plastic with zooplankton and phytoplankton that will help to clean it by using netting techniques.
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