Animals have come to live on the “island” of garbage that floats in the Pacific, study indicates

Animals have come to live on the “island” of garbage that floats in the Pacific, study indicates

You may have heard of an “island” of garbage that exists in the Pacific Ocean. The so-called Large Garbage Portion (an appropriate name, let's face it) spreads over about 1.6 million kilometers (larger than the state of Amazonas) and, in fact, ...
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