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Anna-Marcus JUNKraft hull w Joel Paschel in hat. Photo credit: Peter BennettSMYou may be familiar with the dreaded Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a massive soup of plastic debris, flotsam and junk floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Scientists say that ocean currents determine the precise gathering of the junk: the patch lies in the middle of a giant ocean gyre, or vortex in the sea. There are five major gyres in the world's oceans, and one group, 5 Gyres, is determined to search the remaining 4 for evidence of similar plastic island gatherings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/the-5-gyres-project-searches-the-oceans-for-new-garbage-patches/'>READ ARTICLE</a>1
A little bit of plastic with your seaweedYou may be familiar with the dreaded Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a massive soup of plastic debris, flotsam and junk floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Scientists say that ocean currents determine the precise gathering of the junk: the patch lies in the middle of a giant ocean gyre, or vortex in the sea. There are five major gyres in the world's oceans, and one group, 5 Gyres, is determined to search the remaining 4 for evidence of similar plastic island gatherings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/the-5-gyres-project-searches-the-oceans-for-new-garbage-patches/'>READ ARTICLE</a>2
Plastic 5 Gyres artYou may be familiar with the dreaded Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a massive soup of plastic debris, flotsam and junk floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Scientists say that ocean currents determine the precise gathering of the junk: the patch lies in the middle of a giant ocean gyre, or vortex in the sea. There are five major gyres in the world's oceans, and one group, 5 Gyres, is determined to search the remaining 4 for evidence of similar plastic island gatherings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/the-5-gyres-project-searches-the-oceans-for-new-garbage-patches/'>READ ARTICLE</a>3
Melted plastic colonized by coralsYou may be familiar with the dreaded Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a massive soup of plastic debris, flotsam and junk floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Scientists say that ocean currents determine the precise gathering of the junk: the patch lies in the middle of a giant ocean gyre, or vortex in the sea. There are five major gyres in the world's oceans, and one group, 5 Gyres, is determined to search the remaining 4 for evidence of similar plastic island gatherings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/the-5-gyres-project-searches-the-oceans-for-new-garbage-patches/'>READ ARTICLE</a>4
St. Thomas landfill bulldozerYou may be familiar with the dreaded Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a massive soup of plastic debris, flotsam and junk floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Scientists say that ocean currents determine the precise gathering of the junk: the patch lies in the middle of a giant ocean gyre, or vortex in the sea. There are five major gyres in the world's oceans, and one group, 5 Gyres, is determined to search the remaining 4 for evidence of similar plastic island gatherings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/the-5-gyres-project-searches-the-oceans-for-new-garbage-patches/'>READ ARTICLE</a>5
Plastic boot!You may be familiar with the dreaded Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a massive soup of plastic debris, flotsam and junk floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Scientists say that ocean currents determine the precise gathering of the junk: the patch lies in the middle of a giant ocean gyre, or vortex in the sea. There are five major gyres in the world's oceans, and one group, 5 Gyres, is determined to search the remaining 4 for evidence of similar plastic island gatherings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/the-5-gyres-project-searches-the-oceans-for-new-garbage-patches/'>READ ARTICLE</a>6